The King County Council this week recognized the North Seattle Boys and Girls Club in Greenwood for its 70th anniversary. Pat Murray, Regional Director of the Boys and Girls Clubs of King County, and Calvin Lyons, President and CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of King...
Here’s a roundup of various neighborhood news. Zeliga Management is remodeling the space that formerly housed Mae’s Phinney Ridge Café at North 65th Street and Phinney Avenue North. Eli Secor tells us tenant work could start around the beginning of the year, with...
Update Wednesday: Food Bank officials tell me another batch of donations from the trick or treating event came in today, increasing the total to $1,050 and 780 pounds of food. Earlier: Volunteers of America Greenwood Food Bank tells us that Saturday’s Hunger...
Tons of fun to be had in the neighborhood this weekend, including trick or treating and other Halloween events. Here are a few highlights; check our Events calendar any time for more. The main Halloween event is the annual trick or treating at businesses all along...
The Seattle Fire Department and Seattle Public Library have partnered to promote literacy and raise awareness of home fire safety during October’s Fire Prevention Month. Firefighters will read “No Dragons for Tea” at 10 branches all across the city, including the...
The foggy weather may have left some of us in a funk, but at least in Phinney-Greenwood, we’ve been able to break free from that misty blanket later in the day. That’s not so much the case in a goodly portion of Ballard, which remained under the clouds...
A task force commissioned by Woodland Park Zoo is recommending a number of changes to its elephant program. The task force released its comprehensive final report Tuesday night, providing the zoo’s board of directors with two options. The majority of the task force...
Halloween is just over a week away. These guys are anxiously awaiting the chance to trick or treat. So, here’s a reminder of all the fun Halloween events happening in Greenwood-Phinney this weekend: Carkeek Park’s Wild Halloween, 10:30-11:45 a.m. Thursday...
Seattle Department of Transportation will provide mini-grants of up to $1,000 to school groups to educate students about pedestrian and bicycle safety, and encourage walking and biking to school. Private and public schools, PTAs and other school-related nonprofit...
The task force that’s been evaluating Woodland Park Zoo’s elephant program will present its final report at 6 p.m. tonight (Tuesday) at the Central Library downtown, 1000 4th Ave, 4th Floor, Meeting Room 1, Seattle. The WPZ board appointed the Task Force...