January 20, 2011

Maple Leaf residents and Taproot Theatre co-founders Pam and Scott Nolte will be honored this morning as Seattle Pacific University’s 2011 Alumni of the Year, during Homecoming festivities. As part of the honor, Scott Nolte, Taproot’s Producing Artistic Director, will direct SPU’s spring production of “Our Town.” Pam and Scott Nolte in front of the

January 19, 2011

Remember a year ago when buses traveled through Maple Leaf up and down 15th Avenue Northeast? Those days will be returning sooner than we thought. Although the regular 15th Avenue buses were rerouted last February in anticipation of the bridge closure that didn’t start until mid-May, Linda Thielke with the King County Department of Transportation says there won’t

January 18, 2011

Keying off the overnight break-in at Cloud City Coffee, KOMO-TV today produced a piece titled: “String of burglaries in Maple Leaf.” In fact, the TV news truck is at Cloud City now (6 p.m.). Pharmacist Bill McNary told us earlier today that the KOMO crews were back in the neighborhood. He dealt with them last

January 18, 2011

Thanks to Amy at My Green Lake for this post. Boy Scout Troop 186, a North Seattle-based Boy Scout troop, is conducting a fundraising e-cycling drive Sunday, Jan. 23. “We’re shooting to raise $5,000 for scholarships for scouts and to help fund next month’s trip to Ecuador to visit our ‘brother’ troop there and perform community

January 18, 2011

Cloud City Coffee tweets: “We had our yearly break-in last night. They broke a door but nothing taken.” As the quote implies, it’s not the first time the coffee house, at 8801 Roosevelt Way N.E., has been hit. Last time, if memory serves, a new cash register was required. Also new on the police crime