Michael Gregory, director of the Phinney Soup Kitchen at St. John Lutheran Church, will be honored next Sunday for his 25 years of service. Gregory began volunteering at the soup kitchen in 1984, when it was run by the Fremont Public Association (FPA), and quickly...
Update: Sheila tells us the cat has been returned to its home. Sheila sent us this note last night about a cat she found on Greenwood Avenue between N. 72nd and N. 73rd streets: I just found a cat running around in front of Labels. If you are missing a very sweet...
Neptune Coffee is hosting “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” Trivia Night on Friday, Sept. 25 to benefit its neighbor across the street, the non-profit writing center 826 Seattle. Questions about improbability, the significance of the number 42, and the...
A large crowd of bargain shoppers were lined up this morning waiting to get into the Half Price Books warehouse sale at 9241 Greenwood Ave. N. This is what the line looked like at 10:30 a.m., 90 minutes after the door opened at 9 a.m. The sale goes until 6 p.m. today...
Next Thursday, Sept. 24, is Dish Up Literacy day in Seattle, an event put on by Page Ahead, a non-profit organization that works to increase and develop literacy programs for children. One of their programs is providing free books to children – 160,000 of them...
The Couth Buzzard bookstore is working hard on its new space at 8310 Greenwood Ave. N. When I stopped by this morning, co-owner Theo Dzielak said they’re still on track for opening at the beginning of November. But one thing about the new place had been...
To encourage people to shop at their local farmers market, the Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance is passing out free “Fresh Bucks” at several local businesses during the next two weeks. “Fresh Bucks” coupons worth $2 each will be distributed during the next two...
Today is International PARK(ing) Day, where people take over a parking spot to turn it into a mini park for the day. Thirty groups are vying for the prize of best PARK(ing) Day spot in Seattle, including this one here in Greenwood, sponsored by the Greater Greenwood...
The Seattle Police Department Blotter reports that a group of armed men robbed a person in his apartment in the 8600 block of Third Avenue NW late Wednesday night. …the victim (male, 22-years-old) was in his apartment in the 8600 block of 3rd Avenue NW., when he...
We’re no bird experts, but that’s what we think we saw this morning near the corner of NW 73rd Street and 7th Avenue NW. I managed to snap a fuzzy pic at a distance with a cellphone camera – see if you can spot the bird in this picture. I’d...
