August 13, 2010

A visitor to Maple Leaf’s Dog Oasis, at Northeast 89th Street and 12th Avenue Northeast, left this message, saying he was badly bitten nearby on Tuesday, Aug. 10. Anybody know of any biting dogs here?

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August 12, 2010

Cars and pedestrians on Northeast 125th Street near Lake City. UPDATE Aug. 15: The Seattle Times is now covering this issue. When we wrote last month about a proposed “road diet” to slow traffic on Northeast 125th Street and boost pedestrians and bicyclists, 17 readers chimed in even though the busy arterial is north of

August 12, 2010

A 23,000-square-foot wine store that’s slated to open right off of Interstate 5 in Wallingford has its roots in Maple Leaf, where owner David LeClaire operates his Wine Events & Promotions company and Seattle Uncorked. “If everything goes as planned, that’s about a five-minute drive,” said LeClaire, who our news partner MyWallingford called a “sommelier, event producer

August 12, 2010

This morning fog faded Maple Leaf’s landmark water tower, but temperatures are expected to warm to the mid-70s under sunny skies by this afternoon. Then it gets hot. The National Weather Service expects locations from Seattle southward to break into the 90s by Saturday. Don’t expect to flee to the ocean, either. “The big warm

August 11, 2010

More details have been released on Saturday afternoon’s robbery of the Alaska USA Federal Credit Union inside the Safeway store on Roosevelt Way. Police say the robber was a woman, thin and wearing glasses, who passed the teller a note demanding money about 1:30 p.m. Aug. 7. She is white and 40 to 50 years