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August 4, 2015
This post courtesy of our sister site My Ballard. Seattle police officers, firefighters and emergency management staff are spreading the word about AlertSeattle, a new, real-time emergency alert and notification system. With AlertSeattle ready for action, Seattle now has a convenient way to send messages to the public with information on what to do when …
August 2, 2015
Close your street, enjoy potluck food and music with your neighbors. It’s National Night Out from 6-10 p.m. Tuesday. Or, locally, Seattle Night Out Against Crime. Follow the above link for more details. “Last year, over 1,400 events were registered to participate.” A few of the Maple Leaf participants are shown on the map. Registration …
August 2, 2015
Update 10 a.m. Police came out and picked up the shoes. Update 9 a.m. As noted in comments below, the second shoe has been spotted and we picked it up. M.L. emails overnight: This (Saturday) morning just before dawn I found car and house keys next to Mojito’s restaurant near Safeway (at Roosevelt Way Northeast …
August 1, 2015
Crews working overnight to relocate utility lines will close First Avenue Northeast between Northeast 95th and Northeast 100th streets for several weeks. The closure is from 7:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. A detour will be marked to Fifth Avenue Northeast. That section of First is already heavily impacted by preliminary work on light rail, and …
August 1, 2015
Victims of the arson fire here a week ago are thanking neighbors for their support, and plan to rent a Maple Leaf home to live in. (Thanks, Lisa, for the tip.) The Gibbons family, which fled their burning home with only the clothes they were wearing, wrote on a gofundme page: We, the Gibbons family, …