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June 30, 2010
A police officer and crews from the state Department of Transportation removed the homeless camp in Maple Leaf above Interstate 5 late Wednesday morning. This “Notice and Order to Remove” is all that’s left. A reader, Thor, notified police, the Transportation Department and us two weeks ago. “The other day my family walked to Rainbow …
June 30, 2010
The people who work directly with our neighborhood in preventing crime could soon be out of a job. The six civilian crime prevention coordinators for the Seattle Police Department, including North Precinct coordinators Diane Horswill and Neil Hansen, have been told they’ll lose their jobs next spring when grant money runs out. Diane Horswill and …
June 30, 2010
The city’s online crime map is back up and running. Here’s some of what it shows in Maple Leaf: * More than 20 crimes were reported in the neighborhood in June. But since the crime map only got up and running this week, most of the incidents are just from the past few days. * …
June 29, 2010
Unless you have a teenage girl, you may not be aware that the vampire-teen romace “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” premieres tomorrow across the nation, getting a jump-start at many theaters with midnight showings tonight including at Regal Cinemas Thornton Place. If the big screen isn’t big enough for you to see all of the cut-throat …
June 29, 2010
It can be a bit balky, but the city and the Seattle Police Department have created an interactive map that displays crimes from homicide to purse-snatching and graffiti. The city uses color-coded icons to represent the different types of crime, and says they should show up on the map within 12 hours of being reported …