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January 5, 2012
Recent posts here on tree vandalism, new apartments and a toy store closing have attracted so many comments that we’re, frankly, astonished. One thing all the posts have in common is the Northgate area. And many of the comments allege that policing, particularly of juveniles and young adults, is lacking there. We don’t have numbers …
January 4, 2012
Two Maple Leaf-area actors are among the young talent starring in Broadway Bound‘s upcoming performance of “Annie,” which is showing Friday, Jan. 13, through Sunday, Jan. 22, at the Broadway Performance Hall on Capitol Hil. Among the 200 young actors ages 5 to 16 starring in “Annie” and “Annie. Jr.” are Sarah Gustafson (left), age 12, a …
January 3, 2012
Note: Ray has posted another possible answer on our Facebook page. A friend living in the Eastlake area reports she and two others saw beautiful floating globes of light over either Maple Leaf or Green Lake last week. “We were leaving the moorage where I lived, and saw perhaps 8 of these beautiful golden orbs …
January 1, 2012
Chances are you weren’t among the brave polar bears who took the plunge into Lake Washington this morning, but there are plenty of other ways to ring in the New Year with a healthy resolution. One new opportunity is the Orbit Fit Boot Camp that takes place at 4:45 and 6 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Maple Leaf …
December 30, 2011
With the weather calling for clouds and a high of 47 degrees and a low of 42 on Sunday, Jan. 1, participants of the annual Polar Bear Plunge at Matthews Beach are in for a more balmy day for a dip in Lake Washington than we’ve seen in years past (last year the lake measured …