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July 24, 2010
Some people are going door to door in several Seattle neighborhoods pretending to be members of the UW Rugby team. They try to sell homeowners a magazine subscription, saying the funds will go to help the team pay for a trip to Australia. The team decided to put a message on their website to warn …
July 23, 2010
The city’s new online site for police reports is adding more details, but it’s taking days for them to show up. An example: On Tuesday, July 20, we wrote about a robbery that occurred very early the previous morning in the 9400 block of Roosevelt Way Northeast. The police report then simply announced a “robbery-street-bodyforce” …
July 23, 2010
On Saturday, the neighborhood is invited to the Maple Leaf Community Garden at 529 N.E. 103rd St. for some serious weed pulling. Show up from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. if you’d like to help, or give Seattle community garden coordinator Kenya Fredie a call at 206-684-0264 to learn more. You also can learn more about …
July 22, 2010
Face painting at the Maple Leaf Summer Social. Photo from Dane Doerflinger There will be a heckuva lot more than ice cream at next week’s annual Maple Leaf Summer Social from 7-11 p.m. July 28. For the first time, the neighborhood’s biggest event is topping off the evening of festivities with an outdoor movie after …
July 22, 2010
Seattle Police are seeking an “armed and dangerous” felon as the man who on Monday robbed the Moneytree check cashing service at gunpoint. Todd R. Lucas, 45, is the man police are seeking, according to a release Thursday about the robbery at 551-B N.E. Northgate Way. Lucas is a white male, 5-foot-10 and 180 pounds. …