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January 24, 2011
We’re mixing up the menu this week for lunchtime mobile food vendors at the Washington Dental Building, 9706 Fourth Ave. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Got Soup? returns with Shrimp Etouffee; Jerk Chicken with Black-Eyed Peas and Greens; vegetarian Turnip and Gruyere; and vegan Garden Pea with Mint and Tarragon among this week’s …
January 23, 2011
By Katie Melton Photo taken in Thornton Creek Park No. 6 from Don McCall. Seattle Parks and Recreation is inviting residents to name two parks in Maple Leaf: Thornton Creek Park No. 6, which is on track for $500,000 for restoration work, as well as Thornton Creek Park No. 2. Park No. 6 spans from Northeast …
January 23, 2011
It’s been a little over a month since the last signed crosswalks went in on Roosevelt Way Northeast, at Northeast 90th, 92nd and 97th Streets. Today we stood partway into the street at 92nd and watched some half-dozen cars ignore us entirely. But that’s nothing. Here’s a comment from Donna last month: I’ve stood at …
January 23, 2011
The city’s Office of Economic Development is asking businesses to host an electric vehicle charging station for customers. Charlie Cunniff, with the OED’s Seattle Climate Partnership, told a recent Greenwood-Phinney Chamber of Commerce meeting that any business with a parking lot could host one parking spot with a plug-in. Cunniff says the business could promote …
January 22, 2011
The Maple Leaf Community Council Executive Board meeting on Wednesday was the last for President Marc Phillips, right, who is moving next month to Durham, N.C., to take a new job with Relevance Inc. The board’s new president is Joshua Newman, and the board also is actively seeking new officers, specifically a new treasurer with bookkeeping experience. …