June 2, 2011

Since we last wrote about neighborhood home burglaries in mid-May, there have been only two additional cases reported, according to Seattle police. On Thursday, May 26, burglars smashed a back door window of a home in the 1500 block of Northeast 91st Street, police report. Stolen was cash, a guitar, a camera and jewelry. Burglars

June 2, 2011

This post is from our partner, Wedgwood View, about the well-known Christmas tree lot on 35th Avenue Northeast. The Wedgwood Community Council is working on making the lot a public space. “Given the location of this site and the value of the Hunter Tree Farm to NE Seattle more generally, we are hopeful that we

June 2, 2011

This post is from our partner, Wedgwood View, about the well-known Christmas tree lot on 35th Avenue Northeast. The Wedgwood Community Council is working on making the lot a public space. “Given the location of this site and the value of the Hunter Tree Farm to NE Seattle more generally, we are hopeful that we

June 2, 2011

Child’s-eye view of how the Maple Leaf Playground might look, from an earlier get-together with kids. Some folks wanted to wander, some wanted edible plants. Some wanted birdhouses, some rocks to climb. About 30 people attended Wednesday night’s meeting on the Maple Leaf Playground and Family Terrace. About a third of them were the meeting’s

June 2, 2011

The Thornton Creek Watershed Oversight Council is warning area residents to stay out of Thornton Creek due to the spread of the invasive New Zealand Mud Snail. The above video from KING-5 News reports that the snail, which earlier took over Olympia’s Capitol Lake, was found Wednesday in Thornton Creek, near its entry into Lake