March 11, 2016

Brenda emails: Reading about the explosion in Greenwood and how it has severally impacted those business made me think it would be great if the Maple Leaf neighborhood put together some kind of a fund raiser to support the Greenwood neighborhood. Maple Leaf Life is such a great communication tool. Perhaps we could put out

March 10, 2016

Update 8:13 a.m.: Wind gust to 35 mph. Update: City Lights estimates power returns around 8:30 a.m. For updates go to the utility’s outage map. Power was lost at 5 a.m. to over 3,400 neighbors in the northeast part of Maple Leaf and up into Pinehurst. Winds at the time were blowing up to 39

March 9, 2016

Is your bus route changing? ————————————– Over at Re-think Green, Julia has done a lot of work on the changes coming to our bus service as the University Light Rail station opens later this month. This post is for my peeps who ride Metro (or may want to ride Metro) in the North part of

March 8, 2016

Update March 9: Kevin emails this morning to report two hit-and-run sideswipes. Last night around 1:30 a.m., near the intersection of 20th Avenue Northeast @ Northeast 88th Street, a vehicle ( possibly a black Honda Civic) side swiped both my wife’s and my cars , leaving extensive damage. A police report has been filed. My

March 7, 2016

The National Weather Service in Seattle this afternoon issued a special weather statement: Wet and wetter. By Wednesday night: STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A STRONG FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO AFFECT THE REGION. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE FOR THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS AND A MIX OF