August 8, 2010

Crime returned from its holiday this weekend, led by a credit union robbery Saturday afternoon. The mask at the bottom of the map, near Roosevelt Way Northeast and Northeast 75th Street, is the police website symbol for “robbery-bank-bodyforce.” Details were not readily available on Sunday, but the accompanying police report says the robbery occurred at

August 6, 2010

The good news: Crime seems to have largely taken a vacation here during the first week of August, as can be seen on the city’s crime map. The bad news: A house and a car were broken into on Northeast 88th Street. Both occurred on Sunday Aug. 1. Few details are available yet from the

August 5, 2010

We’ve had several people ask when the annual “Maple Leaf Garage Sale” will be this year. The answer is, in a little over a week, on Saturday Aug. 14. The community sale is organized by Linda Dorgan and Susan Heller, both John L. Scott Realtors. They advertise the event on Craig’s List, make neighborhood maps

August 5, 2010

North Helpline food bank’s “Round Up Hunger” campaign ends in two days, so please help fill food barrels at local shops. Thirty-eight organizations, businesses, and community groups have signed up to participate by decorating a barrel and filling it with food for the food bank, which has seen demand grow by 37 percent this year.

August 4, 2010

Power to about 3,200 homes and business in northeast Seattle was cut Wednesday around noon by a downed wire. Seattle City Light repair crews restored power about 1 p.m.in the Pinehurst and Cedar Park neighborhoods. The general boundaries of the outage were North 145th Street on the north, North 104th Street on the south, 35th