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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 …
March 3, 2011
At least one neighborhood home is holding onto the holidays - and with good reason. Temperatures remain below normal, additional snow in the mountains can be measured in the yards, and the forecast here calls for rain and sleet today and tonight. It’s supposed to be 52 degrees today, not the forecast 47 degrees. And …
March 3, 2011
On Monday, the Seattle City Council unanimously adopted legislation to streamline enforcement of overgrown vegetation and junk storage on residential properties. From the press release: The new changes create a consistent set of standards to help negligent property owners understand the rules and clean up their yards. “Neighbors rightly get riled when nearby owners turn …
March 2, 2011
North Helpline, the food bank that has served Maple Leaf and much of north Seattle for two decades, is holding a recycling event for electronics on Saturday, April 2. The event is free, but donations are accepted to help the food bank, which saw demand grow by over 37 percent last year. It will take …
March 2, 2011
Seattle Police, in a release this morning, said they were called overnight to a report of a naked man “growling like a dog” on a man’s front porch. Officers contacted the naked man, who was clearly under the influence of narcotics. The man continued to scream that he was “the devil” and that “everyone was …