Coyotes are curious, not threateningI finally cannot put off writing this letter any longer. I live on the West side of Queen Anne Hill and own a small dog. I also volunteer to walk dogs in the Interbay area for the Seattle Animal Shelter. City People, STOP FREAKING OUT AT A COYOTE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
On Oct. 5, 2009, Sandy"Sewell" Sandford died quietly in his sleep after a long bout with cancer.
More than 38.5 million pounds of TVs, computers and monitors were recycled in the first year of the E-Cycle Washington program.
Though there may be political talk of stopping the bored tunnel as a replacement for the state Route 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct, the state's still on board with the plans, on one big condition: that the $400 million is raised from tolling the proposed bored tunnel, according to a recent report.
More than half of the city's employees will take 10 furlough days in 2010, saving an estimated $7.5 million in the general fund.
Jealous BoyfriendA man called police to report he had been assaulted at 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 31. The man said he had plans to meet his ex-girlfriend at a smoke shop that evening. When she never showed up he went to her house, which is located in the 2500 block of 13th Avenue West.
Port of Seattle CEO highlights need for Port infrastructure investments at National Port SummitPort of Seattle CEO Tay Yoshitani addressed port directors from across the nation at a "ports summit" held in San Diego this week.
Uptown Alliance Meeting The next monthly meeting of the Uptown Alliance is at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 11, at the Neighborhood Service Center, 160 Roy St. The Seattle Department of Transportation will report on two-way streets in Uptown and on the Mercer West project. Washington State Department of Transportation will report on elements of the SR 99 EIS, the deep-bore tunnel and its access routes. There will be a discussion on whether the UA should join a coalition regarding the Elliott-15th corridor. For further details contact John Coney at djohnconey@aol.com or Rick Hooper at Rick.Hooper@Seattle.Gov.
Since the start of the new year I've noticed that Seattle's neighborhood blogs are full of news about local stores that didn't survive December. Those retailers that did make it deserve congratulations.
Schools First, the campaign to Renew Seattle School Levies, organized a student-led rally over the weekend at Green Lake where students from Seattle middle and high schools spoke about Propositions 1 and 2 that were voted on yesterday.
State Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson of the 36th District, is surveying voters to ask what methods the state should use to confiscate more of our paychecks so the recession will not hit Olympia.
I stumbled over another very bad sign in the downward spiral of true freedom and citizen involvement in our land, where license is mistaken for liberty nowadays on an almost daily basis, while reading the last remaining local daily.
Congratulations are in order for Patrick and Alyssa Lewis, owners of The Seattle Pie Co. headquartered at 3111 W. McGraw St., who started their pie business last July and have since landed contracts with Metropolitan Market and have expanded their space by 1,000 square feet.
This is the first Black History Month with black president, and it seems to me that this is an opportunity to look at the history that we can make, as well as the history that we have already made.
I read about something fascinating the other day. A woman was visiting the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, and a young woman came up to her to ask if she could talk with her while she walked through the museum.