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November 22, 2015
A Subaru full of bears on their way to Holiday Helpers. Looking for a way to help others in your own community this holiday season? Children’s Home Society, the oldest nonprofit serving children in the state of Washington, is looking for donors to become “Holiday Helpers” for local low-income families served by its North Seattle …
November 20, 2015
The Boy Scout Christmas tree sale – a fixture in Maple Leaf for decades – will be open a week from Saturday in a new location. This email from the Scoutmaster: Boy Scout Troop 151 annual fund raising Tree Lot has found a home for the 2015 season. The new location will be at St. …
November 17, 2015
Victoria emails: My beautiful cat hasn’t been home since last Wednesday night (11/11). Her last known location was Northeast 88th Street and 17th Avenue Northeast. She is a domestic short-hair, all-white cat with light green/hazel eyes. Which is fitting, since her name is Hazel. She is full-bodied so she wouldn’t be picked up by someone …
November 17, 2015
Update 3 p.m.: Scott Sistek at KOMO says peak winds here have passed. 11 a.m. So far only one neighbor appears to have lost power. The average wind speed is 11 mph. The highest gust so far was 29 mph at 9:49 a.m. At West Point (Magnolia) a wind gust hit 55 mph, according to …
November 15, 2015
Snow is being reported this morning in Tacoma, Puyallup and Eatonville. Also, Auburn. The south hill in Puyallup is 400 feet above sea level, the National Weather Service says. Maple Leaf is at 466 feet outside the Blue Saucer on Roosevelt Way Northeast. So far, though, just rain. Totaling 1.79 inches overnight plus .95 inches …