November 28, 2010

It’s the Sunday after the day after the day after Thanksgiving, and we know what that means….time to get a tree! Forget specials at the stores and head to one of these local lots, which started opening with the holidays. Boy Scout Troop 151 has set up its usual lot at Safeway, 7300 Roosevelt Way

November 28, 2010

It appears nobody wants to be a burglar when it’s 20 degrees out and very easy to track your footsteps in the snow. After the spate of burglaries in recent weeks, crime took a holiday beginning Monday, Nov. 22, with the first snow storm of the year. Since our last report, a few burglaries and

November 26, 2010

The wave of burglaries nearby - highlighted by the neighborhood meeting with police last week - also revealed that most recent burglaries started with breaking glass. The most common method of entry was breaking out a window or the glass in a door. According to Seattle Police: Burglars usually break in through rear and side

November 25, 2010

Photos from Renee Staton and George Allen. In an effort to help welcome two new homeless camps to the Northeast Seattle community, students at St. Catherine of Siena Parish School, 8524 Eighth Ave. N.E., decorated more than 300 bags that community members helped fill with food on Wednesday night. Volunteers today are passing out the food bags, along

November 25, 2010

Even though garbage pickup was suspended Tuesday and Wednesday, Seattle Public Utilities has announced that pickup is scheduled to resume on Friday. And because of today’s Thanksgiving holiday, those of us with a regular Thursday pickup, which includes most of Maple Leaf, will have our waste picked up on Friday. Which means, after enjoying your holiday feast