November 13, 2015

This post courtesy of our sister site PhinnyWood.com. Many Seattle Parks and Recreation facilities will be closed on Tuesday, Nov. 17, because of an all-staff in-service day. The majority of classes and programs will not be running, however, all enrichment programs taking place outside of community centers and at schools will operate as usual. All

November 13, 2015

Maple Leaf’s street mural on Northeast 98th Street is back. Tara writes:” The street art on Northeast 98th Street (between 15th and 12th avenues northeast) was covered up by the recent chip sealing. It was just redone. Looks great!” She actually sent these photos in mid October, but we were saving them for use in

November 12, 2015

Update Friday 11/13: A neighbor on Eighth Avenue Northeast reports her locked mailbox was pried open, the contents taken and the box destroyed, sometime between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Update 2:30 p.m.: From Nextdoor Northgate/Mapleleaf: Sorry to report that a set of locked mailboxes were pried open (guessing with a crow bar) and mail

November 10, 2015

This post courtesy of our sister site WedgwoodView. NEST is searching for friendly and enthusiastic new volunteers to engage in a variety of activities. North East Seattle Together (NEST), is a local non-profit building a sustainable, inter-generational community in NE Seattle. They exist to support neighbors helping neighbors grow older in their homes with confidence,

November 10, 2015

Sarah emails: The Roosevelt High School Jazz Band will perform the Jazz Nutcracker on December 5th and 6th. The Nutcracker Suite by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn is a 1960s take on Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. The Roosevelt Jazz Band is one of the few bands in the United States to have the score. Ellington reworked Tchaikovsky’s