June 1, 2010

The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement warning of heavy rains arriving tonight and Wednesday. A VERY STRONG LATE SPRING PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL AIM AN UNUSUALLY MOIST BAND OF MOISTURE AT WESTERN WASHINGTON TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. Rainfall in town could reach as high as 1.5 inches. Some flooding is possible. We

June 1, 2010

Visiting area stores and restaurants seems like the most obvious way to support local businesses, but you also can do a lot of good for Maple Leaf residents by just pointing and clicking from the comfort of your computer desk. And on the website Seattle Subsonic, created two years ago by Maple Leaf resident Kevin

May 31, 2010

Monday is starting off foggy, with light rain. A cold front is moving through the area, changing rain to showers this afternoon. The forecast is for a relative break, but cloudy skies remain and rain returns Tuesday night into Wednesday.

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May 30, 2010

Early Sunday morning a man died when the car he was driving hit a tree just east of Maple Leaf, Seattle police say. The 27-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene. Two male passengers were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, and a dog in the car was treated by a vet, police said. The accident

May 30, 2010

Update: Photo has been successfully wrestled (not by me) and an eyewitness account by Dane appears below. Thanks, Dane! We had returned from Ikea and smelled what we thought was a regular fireplace fire, which we both commented seemed a little odd, maybe it was a BBQ. When we went back to unload we saw