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April 21, 2016
On the Maple Leaf Community Council – the elected body that represents our neighborhood – five of the c0uncil’s nine positions will soon be vacant. That news came in the newsletter distributed this weekend – yet it’s scarcely news. We wrote about it here, in January, and here, a year ago. The election is at …
April 16, 2016
Disappearing dive bars? Our news partner The Seattle Times has a piece on funky neighborhood bars that are slowly becoming extinct. Two that remain in Maple Leaf are The Rez (the Reservoir Tavern, 8509 Roosevelt Way N. E.) and the Old 5th Avenue Tavern, 8507 Fifth Avenue N. E. The full story is here .
...April 4, 2016
The city today filed paperwork allowing 80 assisted living units to be built by Aegis Living in a three-story building on the site of the old Waldo Hospital, 8511 15th Ave. N.E. The property has been abandoned for over a year. The plan includes underground parking for 32 vehicles. The trees on site would be …
April 2, 2016
Matthew emails: This evening I found this sweet, shy dog strolling along 12th Ave NE between NE 98th and NE 100th St. She has a collar but no tags. After spending 90 minutes trying to find her home or someone looking for a lost dog in the neighborhood, I brought her to the emergency hospital …
March 30, 2016
Thanks to Thor for emailing: Today I got a mailer about a meeting tomorrow about safety improvements to Banner Way. It’s at the Fairview Church at 844 N.E. 78th St. from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Maybe it’s worth a post? Seems like it should be. (Banner Way is the street in Maple Leaf that in …