December 14, 2011

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn went to the North Helpline food bank this morning to donate food and to ask for public support of the area’s food banks, where need is up 30 percent but donations down by 31 percent in the last four years, according to a report to the U.S. Conference of Mayors. “As

December 14, 2011

UW Medicine has sent a letter to some of its patients announcing that the new clinic at Thornton Place will open March 1. The purpose was to explain to current patients of the Family Medical Center at the University of Washington Medical Center on Roosevelt that their clinic is moving to the new UW Neighborhood Clinic, located at 314

December 12, 2011

All photos courtesy Dane Doerflinger Photography The photographs from Saturday’s tour inside the Maple Leaf Reservoir are in, and they are stunning. We’re posting some of them here, the rest are at Dane Doerflinger’s photo sharing site, here. Our thanks to Dane, a neighbor, who also has supplied Halloween photos to Maple Leaf Life, and

December 11, 2011

Our news partners The Seattle Times have posted 13 photographs from Saturday’s tour here. We’ll have more photos and videos probably later today. (You won’t have to sit through an ARCO ad to see ours.) For earlier photos underground at the Maple Leaf Reservoir, click here.

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December 9, 2011

Starting at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow, you’re invited to (try to) beat the rush and entertain the kids for free during “Santa-Palooza” at Northgate Mall, where Santa and will be leading the official ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Children’s Play Area. Children’s Play Area/Photo courtesy Northgate Mall. The festivities are from 8:30 a.m. to noon Dec. 10