UNIVERSITY DISTRICT - Motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians should expect traffic congestion around the University of Washington's Husky Stadium on Saturday, June 9, as the university has its 2007 graduation ceremony that day.The ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m.; traffic is expected from noon to 6 p.m.detours.
A KING 5- TV reporter and Laurelhurst resident was harassed when someone in the early hours of May 12 put fliers announcing that she was a sex offender on windshields of vehicles on the woman's street.A neighbor of the reporter spotted the fliers and collected them, the reporter told police
The MySpace Internet page for Tommy's Nightclub & Grill in the University District offers these words for the curious: "You have heard the legends and myths, and guess what? They are all true. Ha ha...."Legendary is one way of putting it, though according to some neighbors of the popular late-night venue, "notorious" might be the better word.
br>It's been a hectic time for the Jubilee Women's Center, a Capitol Hill women's shelter that provides long-term, supportive housing for women making the transition from homelessness and unemployment to permanent housing and a steady job. The center- long housed in a former convent next door to St. Joseph Catholic Church on 18th Avenue East-will undergo this month a much-needed renovation that currently has staff moving into a temporary headquarters.
Grand reopening at the former Des Amis site scheduled for June 13, 14As is common knowledge by now, three bars, a restaurant, a small grocery store, a clothing boutique and several relatively affordable apartments above them will soon fall prey to a major development in the 500 block of East Pine Street. The entire building will be torn down and replaced with pricey condos, along with ground-floor retail spaces. But at least two of the old tenants have found a new home within the Pike-Pine corridor. The Cha Cha Lounge and Bimbo's Bitchin' Burritos Kitchen are moving to the former home of the Des Amis bar at 1013 East Pike Street.
What was lost has now been foundMostly forgotten, it gathered dust in the back of a small storage room at Meany Middle School for years, a room filled with cleaning supplies, vacuum cleaners, boxes and other janitorial ephemera.But last week the large, 4-by-8-foot painting by William Cumming, an acknowledged Northwest master, saw the full light of day for the first time in more than decade.
GEORGETOWN - Blessed with sunny skies, hot temperatures, and cold beers, this year's edition of the Georgetown Music Fest drew the crowds down to the shadow of the old Rainier Brewery for two days' worth of live music. With more than 47 acts performing on four stages, the music was so continuous that each afternoon blended into evening in what seemed like a heartbeat. John LeMaster, owner of Jules Maes, was happy to be a part of the event and appreciated the full tables on two sunny weekend afternoon. "It turned out to be a huge success," LeMaster said. "It's fantastic. We don't ever see anything like this on a regular basis - it's a total zoo."
BEACON HILL - Maple Elementary School principal Pat Hunter said she knew something was up practically from the moment she arrived at work on Wednesday, June 20. She found flowers on her desk and her staff invited her to a potluck lunch-though she hardly could have guessed what lay in store for the end of the day. Hunter-who took over at the Beacon Hill K-5 public school in 2000-was the surprised recipient of Boeing's annual John Warner Award, which every year recognizes a school in the King, Pierce and Snohomish counties region that has overcome challenges to achieve a high level of academic success.
Vandalism in the form of rope-cutting and fence damage has repeatedly occurred at the Washington Park Arboretum's Japanese Garden since the beginning of the year. Between January and February of this year, employees first noticed a large hole in a chain-link fence bordering the gardens. Later in February, employees noticed ropes used to border trails and ponds throughout the gardens had been cut on different days.
Whether to have a comprehensive community-development plan in the Madison Park community has taken on an energy that is focusing residents' thoughts on what they would like to see happen in "The Park" in the near and middle future.Residents daily peruse the information panels in the community Starbucks, think about the array of options that are possible and fill out comment forms for Historic Madison Park, the organization of Park residents that is spearheading the drive for a community plan.
In keeping with the growing tradition of Seattle supporting all things green and environmentally sound, the public utilities department has instituted a list of area nurseries that offer customers a nontoxic option for keeping their yards in good shape without damaging the long-term health of the planet.Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) recently released its 2007 list of natural yard care nurseries, which points ecologically minded gardeners in the direction of stores offering a selection of safe, natural lawn and gardening products as well as information on sustainable practices for yards of all sizes.
For just over a year, the partial and occasionally complete closure of the Fremont Bridge has majorly complicated life on Queen Anne. That particular pain officially came to an end Saturday with the mayorally solemnized reopening of the span. After which, party in Bleitz's parking lot.
Two years ago, on April 19, 2005, Gov. Christine Gregoire signed into law Senate Bill 5332. That bill changed the identity of King County by changing the logo (and its many incarnations) to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the revered civil-rights leader.To most people, this would seem like an uncontroversial and common-sense act.
A while back, we decided to catch an early dinner on the Ave. It was the kind of day that, had it occurred during the work week, it would have been referred to as sick leave or Attitude Adjustment Day. Watching the throngs of people going in and out of their favorite eateries, I reflected how this kind of dining activity was not nearly as fashionable in the early '50s.
Until recently I thought I knew where I lived. You would think there wouldn't be any doubt after almost four years. The confusion started when I recently published an article in this newspaper. The editor likes to state what neighborhood the writer lives in at the end of each piece. So when I was reading the final proof I noticed she wrote that I lived in Fremont. When I informed her I lived in Wallingford, she replied "No, you don't. You live in Fremont," with that definitive tone editors use on deadline day.