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November 7, 2015
This post courtesy of our sister site PhinnyWood. Veterans Day is Wednesday, Nov. 11, which is a federal holiday. That means schools, banks and post offices will be closed, along with all branches of the Seattle Public Library and many Seattle Parks and Recreation facilities. Parks facilities that will be closed: Community centers Teen life …
November 7, 2015
Today is the annual Holiday Bazaar at the Fairview Church in Maple Leaf. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the church, 844 N.E. 78th St. Get an early start on holiday shopping with vendors, hand-crafted items and baked goods. (Entrance to the parking lot is on Northeast 79th Street between Eighth Avenue Northeast …
November 4, 2015
Local Boy Scout Troop 151 has been selling Christmas trees for the past 34 years from the parking lot of the Safeway at Roosevelt Way Northeast and Northeast 75th Street. That’s not working this year, writes Bob Brotherson, Scoutmaster. “Troop 151 needs a location with power and parking in order to continue with our Tree …
November 3, 2015
You’ve had that ballot for weeks. It has to be postmarked by today to be counted in this year’s general election. As we wrote in October: Seattle’s first-in-a-century election of city council members by district is the focus of our upcoming November general election. But the ballot also features the largest levy in Seattle history, …
November 1, 2015
Photo courtesy Marcus Donner. What weather? Halloween 2015 broke all records for trick-or-treating here at the Maple Leaf Dog Oasis. Kids in costume = 232. (Adults in costume = 33. Dogs = 6.) The previous record was set in 2013, with 152 kids.
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