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May 26, 2015
Update May 26 with this link from coverage of the last District 5 candidate forum. This email arrived this morning from the Maple Leaf Community Council: We have invited candidates for District 4, District 5, Position 8, and Position 9 — some 23 candidates in all — to attend our June 3 Candidate Forum. This …
May 23, 2015
Christina emails: On Tuesday, May 19th, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. thieves broke into a house on Eighth Avenue Northeast between Northeast 85th and 86th streets. They smashed a door window in the back to let themselves in and ransacked several rooms stealing cameras, tablets, cash, and jewelry. This was particularly brazen as it …
May 21, 2015
Rich emails: I live on Northeast 100th Street @ 15th Avenue Northeast, where as you know they have been installing fiber on the poles for the CenturyLink Gigabit Internet service. Being the geek that I am I have been chatting the technicians up trying to get an idea of how soon the service would become …
May 21, 2015
Signs are up at Maple Leaf Reservoir Park saying 10 months of earthquake retrofitting will begin soon. Expect: Trucks and construction equipment around and within the park (see graphic). Do Not Expect: Tearing up our (almost) new park. It was stressed that none of the reservoirs will have to be dug back open for these …
May 21, 2015
Jennifer emails: “We found a lovely tuxedo cat near our house and I think she’s a lost house kitty. Attached are photos.” In an separate email she said: “She has no collar, but she seems healthy and well-fed and we think she’s missing her family . We’d love to keep this sweet purring machine but …