Help neighbors in need stay warm this winter by donating new or gently worn sweaters, coats and cold-weather gear for adults and children to KCTS 9’s annual Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Sweater Drive, running from Jan. 13 through Feb. 9. All donated items will go to Wellspring Family Services and Northwest Center, serving Seattle and King County
Mike and Alex Smith, of Leroux Fine Apparel for Men & Women (3220 W. McGraw St.), have been named Magnolia’s Business Persons of 2012. A dinner celebrating the honor will take place Jan. 29 at Szmania’s Restaurant & Bar, 3321 W. McGraw St. For tickets or information, go to www.magnoliachamber.org.
Rachel Alexander, of Queen Anne, recently attended the 91st-annual Associated Collegiate Press Conference in Chicago as the editor-in-chief of Whitman College’s student-run newspaper, The Pioneer. She won second place for the Feature Story of the Year for her article on sexual assault.
Call it the ripple effect from South Lake Union and Uptown Queen Anne development: Commercial real estate prices are going up all around. Last week’s announcement from Easy Street Records owner Matt Vaughn that he would close his lower Queen Anne store signifies another, locally owned brick dropping out of the retail mix.
I waited until the last moment to write this column on Dec. 21, 2012. It was not because I thought the world was coming to an end, but because I was thinking about the kind of world we have to build on this planet before we destroy ourselves.
For many residents, the Magnolia Community club has been a staple of the Magnolia neighborhood since its inception in 1921...
The newly formed Magnolia Transit Riders Group will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 15, to discuss the return of late-evening transit service to Central Magnolia. Metropolitan King County Councilmember Larry Phillips has been invited, and Metro service-planning supervisor David Hull will attend the meeting, which will start at 7 p.m. at the Magnolia United Methodist Church, 2836 34th Ave. W. The meeting is open to the public.
Rumors had swirled for months, but now it is confirmed: Queen Anne is getting its bookstore back.
Queen Anne Little League has opened registration for the 2013 baseball, softball and T-Ball season; registration ends Jan. 31. All programs run from March to the beginning of June.
Happy New Year! This year, instead of making a selfish resolution to exercise more, keep a budget or watch less “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,” I have decided to make a very generous resolution: to make resolutions for other people and organizations who really need some.
In the coming weeks and months, this newspaper will be carry stories from Olympia written by two reporters for the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association, the statewide organization made up of community newspapers like this one. We hope you find the stories informative and relevant.