by Chris Maykut | Nov 20, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Phinney Neighborhood Association’s annual Winter Festival & Crafts Fair on Dec. 1-2 features 115 artists and crafts vendors, plus hundreds of musicians and dancers, a bake sale and a quilt raffle. More than 4,000 people are expected to shop for holiday gifts...
by PhinneyWood | Nov 19, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Chef and reality TV star Gordon Ramsay will be in our neighborhood filming an episode of Fox’s “Kitchen Nightmares” from Nov. 29 – Dec. 2 at Yanni’s Greek Restaurant. This is the fourth season of the show, where Chef Ramsay tries to help a fledgling restaurant turn...
by PhinneyWood | Nov 19, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Seattle Public Utilities will not pick up garbage, recycling or yard waste on Thanksgiving. All recycling and disposal stations also will be closed on Thursday. Collections scheduled for Thursday will instead be picked up on Friday, and regular Friday pickups will...
by PhinneyWood | Nov 19, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Seattle Police have released information on a Level 3 registered sex offender who has moved into East Ballard, just a few blocks from Phinney Ridge/Greenwood. Timothy Pendleton is 34 years old, white, 6-feet tall and 260 pounds. He has brown hair and blue eyes. His...
by PhinneyWood | Nov 19, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Viewlands Elementary students collected 992 non-perishable food items over the last few weeks to give to 25 school families in need this holiday season. More than a dozen students, parents, and volunteers from 10 community businesses and organizations gathered last...
by PhinneyWood | Nov 17, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Here’s a sampling of events happening in Greenwood and Phinney Ridge this weekend. Check our Events calendar any time for more. Woodland Park Zoo’s Holiday Silent Auction, from 4-8 p.m. Friday, offers behind-the-scenes animal tours and other experiences. At the...
by PhinneyWood | Nov 16, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Three Phinney Ridge girls have roles in Pacific Northwest Ballet’s “Nutcracker,” which runs from Dec. 7-29 at Seattle Center’s Marion Oliver McCaw Hall. Ivy JaNayah, a 9th grade student at the Center School, and Annika Greenig, an 8th grader at Hamilton International...
by PhinneyWood | Nov 15, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Editor’s Note: This article is from Michael McCarthy, MD, at My Local Health Guide, a health news website for the Puget Sound region. While it’s not neighborhood specific, he felt it was important to share with neighborhood news websites. The number of...
by PhinneyWood | Nov 15, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
School of Rock is moving from Lake City to Greenwood next summer. The new space is at 104 N. 85th St., directly under Top Ten Toys in Piper Village. School of Rock will occupy the suite at the far right of this picture. General Manager Kristoffer Kierulff tells me the...
by PhinneyWood | Nov 14, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Another residential solar energy program is offering bulk-buying discounts in our neighborhood. Go Solar Northwest will host a workshop from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Phinney Neighborhood Association. (This is a different program from Solarize...