June 20, 2011

The North Seattle community will come together again this summer for the second annual Celebrate North Seattle block party from 2-6 p.m. Sunday, June 26, in Oak Tree Village. The first annual Celebrate North Seattle in 2010. The Rotary Club of North Seattle, Epic Life Church and North Seattle Minuteman Press are sponsoring the free event,

June 18, 2011

A quick update on our post from Wednesday on the North Helpline food bank running out of protein. On Thursday the donation barrel at Cloud City Coffee was overflowing - mostly with tuna, mac and cheese, and peanut butter. (The food bank picked it up, so there’s plenty of room now for more.) Also Thursday,

June 17, 2011

If you’re not already a frequent visitor to Maple Leaf’s Dog Oasis, you’ve undoubtedly read in our pages about the corner stop at 12th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 89th Street that offers water and doggie snacks for our four-legged friends. Because one of the co-editors of our site also is the “co-keeper” of the Dog Oasis, we’ve likely failed to give it

June 16, 2011

The Family Terrace slated to replace the current Maple Leaf Playground as part of the Maple Leaf Reservoir Park project, is on track to receive $100,000 from Seattle’s Neighborhood Matching Fund. The proposed Family Terrace will be located in the bottom left corner of the above map of Maple Leaf Reservoir Park. Scott Bishop, a neighbor who

June 15, 2011

Update 9:30 p.m.: The trikes are back! A huge THANK YOU to Maple Leaf Life! The bikes were found and returned to us this evening. A neighbor had found the bikes in the bushes down the street (apparently a common dumping ground) and after seeing this post returned them to us. My boys went to