Yesterday the weather was perfect for the first day of this year’s Phinney Farmers Market at the Phinney Neighborhood Association. Gary Paine (under the yellow tent) played guitar and sang while shoppers picked their fruits and veggies. Beautiful flowers were on...
James sent us these photos of the arrest of a suspected drunk driver near NW 60th St. and 3rd Ave. NW. on Friday about 5 p.m. James says the woman in the orange vest is an off-duty Seattle Police Officer who happened to be riding down the street on her Vespa and found...
State legislators Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson and Rep. Reuven Carlyle will host a town hall meeting from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday to provide an overview of the 2009 session and what future steps our state should take.The town hall is at the...
Ben tells us that his church community is having a multi-family garage sale on Saturday to benefit the Greenwood Food Bank. The sale is at 9222 3rd Ave. NW, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. We are selling tons of clothes, kid and baby gear, kids toys, lots of shoes, household...
The Seattle Times has done a review for the latest play at Taproot, the rollicking adaptation of Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 80 Days,” that does a better job of describing the fast-paced play than we could do as amateur theatergoers....
Strut shoe store at 7511 Greenwood Ave. N. is celebrating its one-year anniversary on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Owner Paula says they’ll have hourly drawings, refreshments, cake, and that-day-only discounts. Strut’s motto is: “We are all about...
Today St. John’s Catholic School formally dedicated and blessed a “Peace Wall” created by its students. Each tile was decorated by a St. John student and has a picture or peaceful word such as smile, appreciate, comfort, and grace. Fr. Crispin Okoth,...
Time to get your fresh fruit and veggies, flowers, jam, pickles, cheese, hand-made pasta, baked goods, pizza and a whole lot more as the Phinney Farmers Market opens the season Friday from 3-7 p.m. at the Phinney Neighborhood Center. Live music from 4-6 p.m., a play...
The Seattle P.I. reports that a bar in the 6800 block of Greenwood Avenue North was robbed at gunpoint about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday. The police report does not name the bar (because all crime reports are supposedly confidential), but we received a tip from someone who...
KapKa Cooperative School, right by the south entrance to Woodland Park Zoo, is holding a fundraiser. They’re looking for used cell phones, PDAs and ink jet cartridges that they will send to Phoneraiser, where they will be refurbished and reused or recycled in...