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December 15, 2010
Redfin has released its monthly home-sales report for November, which includes a “few lumps of coal” for King County: November sales volume is down for King County by 22.3%, and inventory is continuing to be pulled off the market for winter at a quick pace. Of the homes withdrawn from the market, only 40% of them sold …
December 14, 2010
Our news partner The Seattle Times writes that a sewage spill caused by the torrent of rain we had over the weekend has mostly been cleaned up at Meadowbrook Pond, located across from the Meadowbrook Community Center on 35th Avenue Northeast, between Northeast 107th and 110th streets. King County’s Wastewater Treatment Division writes that the “wastewater overflow … occurred …
December 14, 2010
This weekend, Cooper’s Alehouse is turning back the clock on its prices in honor of its 10-year anniversary. Owner Kirbie Predmore said 10 years ago on Saturday he took over the Lake City Way alehouse, and to celebrate both the bar and its patrons, Cooper’s will offer some of its long-running menu items at their original prices, …
December 14, 2010
If you think it rained a lot in Maple Leaf over the weekend, other parts of Seattle had it even worse. According to the above storm rain gauge from Seattle Public Utilities, Maple Leaf got 3 to 3.5 inches in a 24-hour period after the Pineapple Express rainstorm hit on Saturday. For much of the city, the amount of …
December 14, 2010
Two more cars were stolen and six vehicles ransacked since our last report. And a reader reports a bicycle was stolen Monday morning from near 17th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 98th Street. The bike is a purple Gary Fisher Tassajara, and is the primary transportation for its owner, who is out of the country but …