by Chris Maykut | Feb 17, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) plans to resurface NW 100th Street from 8th to 14th Avenue Northwest at the end of this month. The work is scheduled to happen Feb. 28-March 2. Work hours will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Traffic will be reduced to one lane,...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 17, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Students from Christ the King Catholic School in Broadview, just north of Greenwood, recently performed a flash mob at Barnes & Noble at Northgate Mall to promote the school’s upcoming production of “Grease.” You can see a YouTube video of the...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 17, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Here’s a sampling of weekend events in the neighborhood. Check out our Events calendar any time for more. Tony Grant in concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Couth Buzzard Books Espresso Buono Café, 8310 Greenwood Ave. N. And Pint & Dale perform “Music of the Blue...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 16, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Northwest District Council meets at from 7-9 p.m. next Wednesday, Feb. 22, at the Greenwood Senior Center, 525 N. 85th St. On the agenda: Neighborhood Film Project – A Story Runs Through It – Nassim Assefi, Seattle Center Next 50 Civic Action Committee Proposed...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 16, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Greenwood Fred Meyer will close at the end of Saturday, Feb. 25, for an extensive remodel that will grow the store by more than 55,305-square-feet. Most everything in the store is being sold at clearance prices, up to 70 percent off. Fred Meyer plans a...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 15, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Greenwood Community Council meets at 7 p.m. next Tuesday, Feb. 21, at the Greenwood Library, 8016 Greenwood Ave. N. On the agenda: Greenwood Park update Backyard Barter project Repaving of Greenwood Avenue and N/NW 85th Street Metro Transit’s proposed service...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 14, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Congratulations to Asha Reichenbach, a first-grader at Greenwood Elementary School, for her grand prize-winning video in the League of Education Voters’ “My Dream School” contest. Asha wrote, illustrated and narrated a three-minute video about a pink castle in the sky...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 14, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Seattle Public Schools just announced that the Washington State Dairy Princess and a baby calf will visit three elementary schools this week to illustrate “dairy’s farm-to-table journey and the benefits of dairy and calcium for children’s growing bodies.” They’ll be...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 14, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
A group of teens from the North Seattle Boys & Girls Club in Greenwood is hosting a fundraiser on Feb. 25 to help send a local church group to Haiti, and to raise awareness of issues that still linger there long after the massive 2010 earthquake. It’s part of a...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 13, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Recently we told you about a new city program that is bringing “greenways” to several neighborhoods, including Phinney Ridge and Greenwood. A greenway is a road that parallels an arterial, but is designed to be more pedestrian- and bike-friendly and less car-oriented,...