March 4, 2011

Many of the students at Northgate Middle College High School have tried to fit in at other high schools, some of them multiple times, and it just didn’t work out. Until they found the alternative public school nestled in Northgate Mall, which introduced those students to the community Thursday night at its Spring Fling Silent Auction. Photo courtesy

March 4, 2011

By Katie Melton Looking to avoid the rainy weather this weekend, but still do something fun with the family? Stop by Maple Leaf’s Northwest Puppet Center, 9123 15th Ave. N.E., which will feature “Adventures of Monkey King” at 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The story of the “Monkey King” is a tale from

March 4, 2011

A reader in neighboring Pinehurst wrote to ask us to remind all of our readers to never leave anything in your car, even if just for a few minutes. Elizabeth shares her account from Thursday night when she was parked at Bark! Espresso, which is north of Maple Leaf at 11335 Roosevelt Way N.E.: I wanted to

March 3, 2011

Update: Seattle police have issued a release on this incident: Investigation later determined that there was no female involved in the disturbance nor was there any evidence that an axe was used as a weapon. Several subjects fled the residence in question prior to the arrival of officers and those subjects remain at large. One

March 3, 2011

In casual conversations about the neighborhood over the past few weeks one topic kept coming up. Often. And with feeling. It wasn’t about crime in the neighborhood, nor about whether we should or should not acknowledge crime in the neighborhood. It wasn’t about snow, or lack thereof. It wasn’t even about neighborhood chickens (though expect