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August 21, 2015
Seattle City Light emails that it is replacing two transmission lines alongside Interstate 5 at Northeast 60th Street next week. Intermittent rolling slowdowns in both directions on I-5 between Northgate Way and State Route 520 are necessary for motorist and worker safety. Traffic will be escorted through the construction zone. The two-day project is planned …
August 20, 2015
Maple Leaf streets will be closed for up to eight hours at a time during parts of next week as the Seattle Department of Transportation performs “microsurfacing.” What to expect during construction 2-3 days before the work begins, crews will place “no parking” signs on streets and distribute confirmation notices with dates and instructions. Cars …
August 18, 2015
This is the pump house at the Maple Leaf Reservoir Play Area, which is part of the Maple Leaf Reservoir Park, in June. And this is the pump house – true name Roosevelt Pump House – this week. The mural promised by Seattle Public Utilities is begun. SPU is working with local artist Jonathan Fischer …
August 17, 2015
Atarah emails this afternoon: “Our 13-year-old male cat (orange tabby with white belly and white facial markings and light green eyes) disappeared the night of August 13 in the vicinity of Northeast 100th Street and 17th Avenue Northeast. “He is not wearing a collar but has micro-chip and is licensed in Seattle.”
...August 15, 2015
The full police report is now available for this armed robbery last month of a 14-year-old boy on Roosevelt Way Northeast. The robbers were caught minutes later at 12th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 94th Street. In the report Officer Ed Medlock writes: At 2234 hrs we responded to an armed robbery call at NE 88 …