July 9, 2010

Just as the temperature is about to break 80 degrees around noon today, we’ll have a little respite for you down at the Washington Dental Building, Fourth Avenue Northeast and Northeast 97th Street, where Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream truck will be dishing out frozen delights from noon to 1:30 p.m. And if you like mobile food

July 8, 2010

Food, music, clowns and magic are on tap this Saturday at the Seattle Police Department’s annual Picnic at the North Precinct. The free event, hosted by the Seattle Police Foundation, will also feature an opportunity to learn about Seattle Police specialty units including K-9, mounted bomb squad and SWAT team. The event runs from 1-4

July 8, 2010

Maple Leaf surely has its fair share of backyard chicken coops and other small animals that fit the “urban farm” lifestyle, but you might have to venture outside of the neighborhood to get a glimpse at some of the city’s finest at Seattle Tilth’s City Chicken Coop Tour this weekend. Seattle Tilth offers a “sneak peek” of Saturday’s City Chicken Coop

July 7, 2010

A staircase on Northeast 97th Street that links 19th and 20th avenues northeast where the road ends to vehicle traffic is under construction, but not for long. Karen Johnston, a crew chief with the Seattle Department of Transportation, said the project to update the staircase to meet new standards began June 23 and shouldn’t take longer than a month. The project,

July 7, 2010

A Maple Leaf home was burglarized Tuesday, but little information is available from the police report. What’s know is that the home, in the 9200 block of 17th Avenue Northeast, was entered about 5 p.m July 6. The burglar did not have to use force to break in, the report states. It wasn’t reported to