March 22, 2011

Maple Leaf Life follows birds (and dogs) and was pleased to get an email today from Matt: I bought a home 2 years ago in this neighborhood and like it very much, it has a great mix of small businesses and residential appeal. I was curious, has anyone written in recently with sightings of a

March 22, 2011

Photo of wood ducks in Thornton Creek Park No. 6 from Don McCall. If you want to show your support for Thornton Creek, you’ll get plenty of chances through the rest of March: Tomorrow night, Vicki Stiles, executive director of the Shoreline Historical Museum, will discuss ways to preserve stories and photos featuring Thornton Creek. The

March 21, 2011

Although the street mural of a turtle painted in Wallingford had the support of 100 percent of its neighbors, a similar proposal to paint the Maple Leaf intersection at Northeast 96th Street and 12th Avenue Northeast seems unlikely to be as popular with some of its immediate neighbors. Maple Leaf neighbors are considering painting the street at

March 20, 2011

Mayor Mike McGinn at the beaver pond in Thornton Creek Park No. 6. Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn joined around a dozen neighborhood residents - and a dozen or so government staffers - this weekend for a tour of parks, gardens and Thornton Creek. “I just got to see some of the assets of this neighborhood,”

March 20, 2011

Drive carefully this week on Fifth Avenue Northeast as Seattle Department of Transportation crews will be repairing a retaining wall along Thornton Creek that was damaged by erosion. SDOT plans to close the sidewalk and curb lane just north of Northeast 103rd Street starting Tuesday, March 22, and expects both to remain closed for a week or longer until the project is completed.

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