November 16, 2010

It’s almost over. The bumper crop of paving trucks and “lane closed” signs that prevailed throughout Maple Leaf in recent weeks, perplexing many residents, ends today with a final project just south of Northgate Mall, on Northeast 100th Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. By this afternoon the Seattle Department of Transportation will have completed

November 16, 2010

It’s almost over. The bumper crop of paving trucks and “lane closed” signs that prevailed throughout Maple Leaf in recent weeks, perplexing many residents, ends today with a final project just south of Northgate Mall, on Northeast 100th Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. By this afternoon the Seattle Department of Transportation will have completed

November 15, 2010

If you haven’t made your way down to the Washington Dental Building for its street food lunch hours, this is your week to go. Every day this week mobile food vendors are scheduled to serve lunch, dessert and more from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) just north of Thornton Place, at 9706 Fourth Ave. Today’s vendor, Fusion

November 15, 2010

One of the suspects in the Maple Leaf burglary arrests last week lives just six blocks from the home he’s suspected of breaking into, records show. Six suspects in all were arrested last Wednesday, Nov. 10, at a home near Northeast 90th Street and 12th Avenue Northeast. One of them, an 18-year-old Ingraham High School

November 15, 2010

Last week we wrote, with some frustration, about the profusion of street work in our neighborhood. Why, we wondered, are those crews cutting holes in the street and then paving them over? Neither Seattle Public Utilities nor the city Department of Transportation seemed to have an answer. And the crews had disappeared. Today they’re back,