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March 11, 2010
UPDATE: Sebastian (see comment below) has a first-person account and photos of the fire here. Sebastian says he is the person who called 911 to report the fire. Then: “I have to admit that I was impressed by the response time. After I called, gave them the address, and hung up, the first fire truck …
March 11, 2010
More furlough days for the city of Seattle. The Department of Parks and Recreation is reminding us that a number of its facilities will be closed Friday and Monday, including the Northgate Community Center on Friday. The next-door Northgate Branch of The Seattle Public Library will also be closed Friday due to budget cuts, but …
March 10, 2010
Looking for a new route to take the dog on or just to take a long stroll through the neighborhood? We’ve already written about the Walk Score Web site, which by the way now rates Maple Leaf as the city’s 29th most walkable neighborhood. But what if nature is your destination instead of the shops, …
March 10, 2010
Five men who attacked and hospitalized a motorist might have picked the wrong victim, seattlecrime.com is reporting. The assault occurred a little before 1 a.m. on March 2 in the 14300 block of Stone Avenue North, which is northwest of Maple Leaf. Police say the five men got out of another car and began smashing the …
March 9, 2010
Way back in early February, when Maple Leaf Life was new, one of our first posts was about this apparent sewer problem on 12th Avenue Northeast between 88th and 89th streets. There was - and is - a sinkhole there, and after a heavy rain a green dye, apparently a tracer, bubbled up. Well, on …