by Chris Maykut | Jun 30, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Phinney Neighborhood Center officially celebrated its purchase of its long-time rental home at 67th & Phinney Avenue with a big community party on Sunday. These kids couldn’t wait to taste the cake in the shape of the PNA’s blue building. Several...
by Chris Maykut | Jun 30, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The public is invited to a community meeting to brainstorm ideas for new uses and activities at Greenwood Park from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, at the Salvation Army, 9501 Greenwood Ave. A volunteer group called Vision Greenwood Park is working in partnership...
by Chris Maykut | Jun 30, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Phinney resident Heather Tarr, the celebrated coach of the Husky women’s softball team that won the NCAA Softball Championship on June 2, was honored along with her team at Monday’s King County Council meeting. That’s Heather in the middle, holding...
by Chris Maykut | Jun 30, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Update Wednesday, 9 p.m.: Commenting on this story has been turned off due to some people disregarding the rules against offensive language and threats. George emailed to tell us of a terrible accident at Greenwood & 102nd just before 9 tonight: The motorcycle was...
by Chris Maykut | Jun 29, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
A man robbed the Bank of America on 85th St. at 1 p.m. this afternoon, Seattle Police say. They’re looking for the suspect, who’s described as a man in his 20s wearing jeans and a green-checkered dress shirt, with brown hair gelled and combed back....
by Chris Maykut | Jun 29, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
We weren’t able to make the Greenwood Car Show this weekend, so we’re still looking at all the photos people sent in. (Thanks to the Geeky Swedes at MyBallard for covering the event for us!) We also asked our friend Mike Veitenhans to take photos for us,...
by Chris Maykut | Jun 29, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
A couple of Mariners players stopped by the Greenwood Food Bank last week to help volunteers sort and give out food to clients. That’s infielder Russell Branyan on the left and pitcher Brandon Morrow on the right, boxing up groceries. Here they’re sorting...
by Chris Maykut | Jun 29, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Police are still searching for a strong-arm robbery at the Cowgirls Espresso on 143rd and Greenwood Ave. Sunday morning. Police say that the suspect punched through the glass window and demanded the money from the register. A short time later an unoccupied car was...
by Chris Maykut | Jun 28, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Hundreds of hot rods and classic cars lined 17 blocks of Greenwood Ave. today for the neighborhood’s annual big event, the Greenwood Car Show. Thousands of people from all over the Northwest enjoyed all the food, fins and fenders in beautiful weather....
by Chris Maykut | Jun 27, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Don’t forget the 17th annual Greenwood Car Show is today. Greenwood Avenue will be closed to traffic from 70th to 87th streets, starting at 5:30 a.m. The car show runs until 4 p.m. Greenwood Avenue will reopen at 7 p.m. More than 500 cars and 20,000 spectators...