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February 16, 2010
A man who allegedly told officers he was going to bomb the Seattle police department’s North Precinct will have a date in court on Monday. According to court documents, Adrian Scott Dower, 37, called Seattle Police on Feb. 6 to say: “At six in the afternoon today I’m going to plant a bomb at the …
February 16, 2010
If you’re looking for a good excuse to order from Pagliacci Pizza, think of your heartstrings instead of your heart health and eat in support of the local company’s food drive for Northwest Harvest. In a bid to make hometown heroes out of us while the our neighbors to the north are making heroes out of the world’s Olympians, Pagliacci drivers are …
February 16, 2010
Our partners at The Seattle Times have identified the man who died in a two-alarm fire at a Green Lake public housing building on Monday. He is Alphonso Goldwire, a resident of the building believed to be in his early 70s. A spokeswoman for the Seattle Housing Authority, which operates the building, told the Times …
February 15, 2010
The former Napa Sherry Auto Supply store at 9212 Roosevelt Way N.E. may look like just another empty storefront in a down economy, but there’s actually plenty going on behind the scenes.
Math ’n’ Stuff, located just down the street at 8926 Roosevelt Way N.E., has been renting the storefront since summer and using it as storage, but owners Gini and Tom Wingard-Phillips have much bigger plans for the space that include possibly creating a playroom out of the front area.
“It’s going to be more than just storage,” Tom Wingard-Phillips said. “We hope to be able to get it cleaned up enough and get it organized enough that we can do a Lego-based birthday party later this month.”
And they hope it will be the first of many such Lego-based parties and other events at the location, including possibly some knitting events to help expose the store’s yarn supply, Wingard-Phillips said.
...February 15, 2010
Updated 5 p.m.: One person has died in a two-alarm fire at Green Lake Plaza at 505 NE 70th St., just over the freeway from Maple Leaf. The facility is a Seattle Housing Authority residence for low income and disabled seniors. Seattle Fire Department spokeswoman Helen Fitzpatrick said they believe the fire started in a …