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June 22, 2010
If you’re planning to stroll into the office a little later than usual tomorrow so you can catch the U.S.-Algeria World Cup match, you won’t have to travel far to watch it in good company. Cooper’s Alehouse, 8065 Lake City Way N.E., posted on Twitter that it will open at 7 a.m. Wednesday: We’ll provide donuts, …
June 22, 2010
North Helpline is also looking for businesses to sponsor food barrels. North Helpline - the food bank that helps people in Northeast King County - has seen demand for its services increase by 30 percent since the start of the year. In March it issued an urgent appeal for more donations. Now the Wedgwood Alehouse …
June 22, 2010
A new nonprofit in Seattle is helping the elderly stay in their homes by creating a virtual village. Our newspaper partners at the Seattle Times just did a profile of NEST (North East Seattle Together). NEST ensures that seniors continue to live safely in their own homes and neighborhoods instead of moving into nursing homes or …
June 22, 2010
We’re excited to announce that Maple Leaf Life and the other Next Door Media local news sites have partnered with MyGreenLake.com, our neighbor down the hill and one of Seattle’s best local news sites. Edited by Amy Duncan, My Green Lake is teaming up with Next Door Media’s editorial and sales network in North Seattle. …
June 22, 2010
Applications for the Neighborhood Matching Fund Small and Simple grant program are due by 5 p.m. July 12 - that’s three weeks away. What in Maple Leaf could use funding? No projects in Maple Leaf made last year’s list. The closest is $10,420 for a playground in Laurelhurst. Under the program, which first started in …