One day after the second anniversary of the arson that destroyed four Greenwood restaurants, the Arson Alarm Foundation and Liberty Mutual/Safeco Insurance rewarded two people for coming forward with information that helped in the arrest and conviction of Kevin Todd...
You have two opportunities to get your little munchkins all sugared up before Halloween this weekend. First up, from 12-3 p.m. on Saturday, the Greenwood-Phinney Chamber of Commerce is once again sponsoring the Safe Trick-or-Treat at businesses all along...
This weekend’s planned closure of the intersection at North 80th Street and Greenwood Avenue North has been postponed because of expected heavy rains. Seattle Department of Transportation will instead close the intersection the following two weekends – Oct. 28-31 and...
Here are a few highlights of what’s happening around Phinney Ridge and Greenwood this weekend. Check out our Events calendar for more. Friday is the last Phinney Farmers Market of the season. The market is open from 3-6 p.m. in the upper parking lot of the...
A Seattle woman and her brother will receive $18,500 for helping police arrest Kevin Todd Swalwell, who was convicted in a string of arsons in Greenwood two years ago, including the massive fire that destroyed an entire building housing four restaurants next to...
The King County Prosecutor’s Office has charged 29-year-old Jesse K. Drugger with one count of Child Molestation Second Degree and five counts of Indecent Exposure, for exposing himself to children in several areas of Seattle, including in Greenwood on Holman...
By Next Door Media Intern Mwiza Kalisa For the past 20 years, Couth Buzzard Books has been a center for the community. The bookstore at 8310 Greenwood Ave. N., which sells new and used books, is a place where people not only go to browse books, but to socialize and...
Luscious Skin Spa and several other retailers around North 65th Street and Phinney Avenue North have all chipped in for a basket of goodies that they’d like to donate to a deserving family for Thanksgiving, and they’re looking for nominations. Mari Mamikunian,...
Balderdash Books & Art, 8536 Greenwood Ave. N., will close at the end of May 2012. Owner Vanessa Ormiston tells us the used bookstore is for sale, and she hopes someone will buy it before she closes. A number of factors have contributed to my decision to close,...
Oregon-based Umpqua Bank opened its Phinney Ridge branch today at 7120 Greenwood Ave. N. When I stopped by in the late morning, staff members told me there had been a steady stream of people coming in. Umpqua Bank’s selling point is a strong tie to the community and a...