by PhinneyWood | Jan 18, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Don’t forget that the median lanes will be closed in each direction along a one-mile stretch of Aurora Avenue North between the Aurora Bridge and just north of Mercer Street beginning Monday. The closures will last about a month. Construction crews will build...
by PhinneyWood | Jan 15, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The King County Sheriff’s Office’s Guardian One helicopter was hovering over Phinney Ridge and Ballard for over an hour this morning looking for a burglary suspect who broke into an occupied home in the 100 block of NW 59th St. Det. Patrick Michaud told me...
by PhinneyWood | Jan 15, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Here’s what’s happening in Greenwood and Phinney Ridge this weekend. Check our Events calendar any time for more. Difficult Conversations Series: The Social Constructs of Race from 1-3 p.m. Friday at the Greenwood Senior Center, 525 N. 85th St. Pint &...
by Chris Maykut | Jan 14, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
West Woodland Elementary third-graders are taking their social studies unit, Democracy in Action, to a new level. Tomorrow they’ll walk from the school at NW 56th Street and 4th Avenue NW to the Ballard Nickelsville homeless encampment at 28th Avenue NW and Market...
by PhinneyWood | Jan 14, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Tax-Aide, a national free tax assistance and preparation service, is again providing free tax preparation and electronic filing at 12 North Seattle and Shoreline sites starting Feb. 1. The service is free, and there are no age restrictions or membership in AARP...
by Chris Maykut | Jan 14, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Violet Sweet Shoppe, at 6410 Phinney Ave. N., closed on Dec. 31. Co-owner Crystal Rice had a baby and told me she wants to concentrate on her family and not have to work seven days a week. Greenwood resident Jeff Stilwell has thrown his hat in the ring for the 7th...
by Chris Maykut | Jan 14, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Licton Springs K-8, a public option school temporarily housed in the south wing of the Lincoln Building, 4400 Interlake Ave. N. in Wallingford, is hosting an open house and tours in January and February. Licton Springs is open to any student in Seattle Public Schools....
by Chris Maykut | Jan 13, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Our friends at the neighborhood nonprofit writing and tutoring center The Greater Seattle Bureau of Fearless Ideas (formerly 826 Seattle) are putting together their latest anthology from student and professional writers. “Encyclopedia Greenwoodia” will be...
by PhinneyWood | Jan 13, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The city’s Office of Planning and Community Development and Councilmember Mike O’Brien are co-hosting two community meetings on Backyard Cottages. The meeting closest to our neighborhood is from 6-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at the Wallingford Community Senior...
by PhinneyWood | Jan 13, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Seattle Police Department is hosting a community open house to update folks on the progress of the new North Precinct Station, which will be at the southeast corner of Aurora Avenue North and North 130th Street. The meeting is from 10 am. to 12 p.m. on Saturday,...