For the first time in its decades-long history, a shooting incident erupted at Seattle's Folklife festival last month. Mind you, this sort of thing goes on most any Saturday night in the city's South End.
The other night I caught myself shouting at the TV again. Surprisingly, I wasn't yelling at President Bush for saying something stupid, or Mariners' first baseman Richie Sexson for striking out with the bases loaded, or Martha Stewart for using too many nuts in one of her cookie recipes. (I don't like nuts!)
A resident in the 2900 block of South Norman Street reported 4-12 children were throwing rocks in the area, possibly striking a vehicle.
Linda bids farewell with some of her favorite recipes.
City Councilmember Sally Clark has heard from the neighborhoods and they are not happy about the spate of tacky cookie cutter lot-line- to-lot-line townhouses now popping up with increasing frequency in our midst. That's why she's holding a series of forums on townhouses, focusing on the question of how we can make them better - improve their design and better integrate this housing option into the fabric of the city.
With the price of gas so high this summer it's quite an investment to get out into the woods to recharge your spiritual batteries. Fortunately the Madison Park Times neighborhoods have great trailheads in several nearby parks.
It's no news that it's become a buyer's market in many areas of the country. In Kirkland alone, there are currently 626 homes on the market.
It might be two years from now or next season, but barring an unlikely buy-back scenario involving Steve Balmer and friends, most would agree that the Seattle Supersonics are out of here.
Mayor Greg Nickels accepted first place honors in the 2008 Mayors' Climate Protection Awards Program at the U.S. Conference of Mayors' 76th annual meeting in Miami, Fla.
■ ­Princess Ali (at right), a Moonpaper Tent fairy, holds up a mirror for Zainab Al-Bahadle after her face is painted during the Roosevelt Bull Moose Festival last Saturday, July 19. This year's scaled-down festival also featured a pancake breakfast, vintage-car show and live music. photo/Bradley Enghaus
The state Department of Ecology has fined the King County Wastewater Treatment Division $30,000 for a 10-day sewage spill last May that temporarily polluted the lower reach of Ravenna Creek, near Union Bay.
To accommodate a film crew shooting the major motion picture "World's Greatest Dad," starring Robin Williams, traffic along North 45th Street through Wallingford will experience delays from 6 to 9 p.m. next Wednesday, July 30.
Questions or comments about the following applications or actions should be directed to the Regulatory Services Division, Washington State Liquor Control Board, 3000 Pacific Ave. S.E., P.O. Box 43098, Olympia, WA 98504-3098, or call (360) 664-1600. LICENSE APPLICATIONSFIKRE YOHANNES and FANA TZEGAI: a grocery store selling beer and wine, at Dollar Plus 1, 12528 Lake City Way N.E.WINTER ROAD PARK L.L.C. (FELIX AMBROSIUS PENN and SARAH LEECH): a restaurant lounge selling spirits, beer and wine, at Frank's Oyster House & Champagne Parlor, 2614 N.E. 55th St.
The following information was provided by the city's Department of Planning and Development. Written comments on projects should be mailed to 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 2000, P.O. Box 34019, Seattle, WA 98124-4019.Appeals are made to the Office of the Hearing Examiner, Seattle Municipal Tower, 40th Floor (SMT-40-00), 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 4000, Seattle, WA 98104. Appeals must be accompanied by a $50 filing fee in a check payable to the City of Seattle.The project number is in parentheses. For more information, call 684-8467.PERMIT APPLICATIONS3920 STONE WAY N. (3008142) for a Land Use Application to allow a five-story, 143-unit residential building with seven live/work units and retail use at street level. Parking for 192 vehicles will be located below grade. The following approvals are required: SEPA environmental determination (This project is subject to the Optional DNS Process (WAC 197-11-355) and Early DNS Process (SMC 25.05.355). This comment period may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of this proposal.); Design Review. Building and grading permits may be needed but were not included in this application. Written comments accepted through Wednesday, July 30.
The following are selected reports from the Seattle Police Department's North Precinct. They represent the officers' accounts of the events described. NEAR-HIT AND RUNTwo bicycle officers were approaching an alley in the 1400 block of Northeast 42nd Street around 4:55 p.m. on July 12 when they saw a car speeding through the alley toward them. The car nearly hit one of the officers' front tires, but the female driver didn't see the officers, as she was looking the other way for vehicular traffic.The officers immediately contacted her.The suspect, in her mid-20s, said she didn't have any identification, nor did she have a valid driver license. However, the police determined, by using the suspect's name and birth date, that she had two outstanding warrants.They ordered her to turn off her car, but the woman, instead, drove off, nearly hitting one of the officers. That officer rolled away to avoid further injury.The suspect drove through a red light and a stop sign at about 50 mph, the officers estimated, before they lost sight of her.At the North Precinct, the officers identified the driver as a Wedgwood woman. They are requesting she be investigated for eluding police, reckless endangerment and reckless driving.