Playing in the street

Queen Anne Greenways pulled out the stops for its first Playstreet event of the summer along First Avenue West on Thursday, July 18, giving families room to play during the neighborhood farmers market.
County cites power outage at West Point treatment plant for unauthorized wastewater discharge

A Seattle City Light power outage is being blamed for an unauthorized discharge of three million gallons of untreated wastewater at the West Point Wastewater Treatment Plant early Friday morning.
Mayor, councilmembers in food fight over sweetened beverage tax

Last year, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan allocated short-term rental and sweetened beverage tax revenue to social programs in her biennial budget that fell outside the original intent for which the taxes were adopted in order to free up general funds.
KING 5 strengthening Queen Anne tower to support NextGen TV upgrade

KING 5 plans to begin construction work to upgrade its Queen Anne tower to meet Next Generation Television standards on Monday, July 22. The tower, which was erected in 1953, needs to be strengthened first, in order to support new antennas. There is also a mitigation plan in place for addressing work around lead-based paint on the tower.
Magnolia Summerfest rocking Village during Seafair

A Seafair tradition for more than 50 years, Magnolia Summerfest will heat up the village from Aug. 2-4. The Magnolia Chamber of Commerce organizes the free neighborhood summer festival, with strong volunteer support over the course of the Seafair weekend.

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NEWS

County cites power outage at West Point treatment plant for unauthorized wastewater discharge

A Seattle City Light power outage is being blamed for an unauthorized discharge of three million gallons of untreated wastewater at the West Point Wastewater Treatment Plant early Friday morning.

ON THE TOWN

Movies at the Mural reels in hits at Seattle Center

It isn’t inconceivable: Seattle Center Movies at the Mural season is here.

SCHOOLS & YOUTHS

Four students earn Nico Luiggi Scholarship in its first year

Carmen Hagios and Ray Luiggi started the fund to honor their son and Hamilton International Middle School student, who died two months after a summer rollover collision last year put him in the hospital with a traumatic brain injury.

OPINION

Queen Anne Historical Society honors local preservationists

As Seattle has welcomed more than 100,000 people in the last decade, and as we witness much of our beloved neighborhood falling to wrecking balls, many people quietly labor to preserve Queen Anne’s historic buildings and special places.

BUSINESS

Thai Kitchen site slated for redevelopment

Developers are planning to replace the site where The Thai Kitchen sits in Queen Anne with a five-story 40-unit apartment building with ground-floor retail.

POLICE BLOTTER

SENIORS & BOOMERS

Cartons for Bayview Boat Crew

The Bayview Boat Crew is making a second outing for the Lucerne Seafair Milk Carton Derby, where crews create boats using milk cartons, and then race them across Green Lake. Bayview was the first retirement community to compete in the derby.

Queen Anne resident makes bid for port commission

Nina Martinez launches Port of Seattle Commission campaign

County cites power outage at West Point treatment plant for unauthorized wastewater discharge

Barrera running for port commission on labor, environment

Mayor, councilmembers in food fight over sweetened beverage tax

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