That’s what our 3-year-old asked today in a tiny, questioning tone, as he stood staring at the edge of the wood chip covered space that was a sand box up until a week or so ago. A couple other kids who came prepared to dig in the sand at the park near the corner...
The Seattle Parks Department and the Seattle Animal Shelter are stepping up enforcement at city parks being turned into unofficial “off-leash” areas by dog owners. Park staff have created a “Top Ten” list of worst offender sites including Green...
Curtis Allen Rapp, arrested last March for suspicion of molesting a 9-year-old girl at Small Faces Child Development Center where he was a teacher, has been sentenced to at least 5 1/2 years in prison. According to the report, Rapp will remain in prison until a state...
6:40 p.m. update: You’ll have to wait a couple more days, it turns out. They’ve decided to delay their opening until Tuesday, according to one of the managers, Erin Streitz. “…we are delaying our opening until Tuesday March 3rd at 4 p.m. Our...
After years of hoping and negotiations, the Phinney Neighborhood Association now owns the buildings and land it has called home for the last 25 years. The old John B. Allen School was surplused by Seattle Schools in the 1980s, and the PNA had rented the two buildings...
Singers, musicians and actors are invited to the Phinney Center tonight for a casting call for “The Anarchist Songbook,” a contemporary opera based on the 1999 WTO demonstrations in Seattle. Seattle School is looking for performers for lead roles, minor...
Paul sent us some photos of a multiple-car accident on Greenwood Avenue near 90th St., which happened just before 2 p.m. today. Paul said it looked like three to five cars were involved. He wasn’t sure if anyone was taken away in the ambulance, but he said...
The emails first circulated back in December, now there’s a new warning that a Level 3 sex offender may be lurking near schools in our area. Salmon Bay K-8 Principal Jodee Reed sent this email to families, which contained information sent to all North End school...
Woke up at about 4:30 a.m. to an eerie quietness. Looked out the window and saw thick snowflakes and a thin coating of snow that looks like it started falling a short time earlier. At 5 a.m., there was no word on Seattle school closures/delays, or Metro Bus issues....
We just got word that Mud Bay Granary, which will be displaced by a new development, has signed a lease to move a few blocks away into Piper Village. The development under construction on 87th between 1st and Palatine fit Mud Bay’s criteria for a new location:...