January 17, 2011

As we wrote last week in “A burglar inside her home,” police say a standard way to break into houses is through the back door or window. This afternoon, Andrea wrote us about something similar that occurred on Sunday, Jan. 16. It’s sad to see all the burglary postings of late. I had a prowling

January 17, 2011

Who’s ready for the 15th Avenue Bridge to reopen to traffic? Believe it or not, the yearlong wait is almost over, with the reopening scheduled for March, noted the most recent edition of the Maple Leaf Community newsletter (January/February/March 2011). Kit Loo with the Seattle Department of Transportation has provided us and Pinehurst Seattle with more details

January 17, 2011

Last month we reported that the windows at A New York Pizza Place were covered up, and commenter SMP gave us the bad news when we asked if anybody knew what was up: They are closed. The last night was Saturday December 4th. The lease was up and business was down. And now it’s official. Signs

January 16, 2011

First it was potholes. Boy, did folks get incensed about them. Now on the Maple Leaf street scene we have the vanishing yellow buttons, or bumps, or whatever the city calls them. We’ll have to wait for the work week to ask the Seattle Department of Transportation, but our guess is these missing yellow buttons

January 15, 2011

One firefighter hoses off another after the fire, which closed Ravenna Boulevard in both directions from 17th Avenue Northeast to 20th Avenue Northeast. Editor’s note: This fire, at 1857 Northeast Ravenna Blvd., was visible from much of north Seattle after it was reported at 12:47 p.m. Our PhinneyWood.com crew spotted the smoke from Phinney Ridge.