Queen Anne's Izabel Mar was told early this year that she got the part.
Biz Kid$, a nonprofit production company slated to rent part of the Queen Anne Community Center for $75,000 a year, has pulled out under community pressure.
Successful Schools in Action (SSIA), a nonprofit organization working in partnership with the seven public schools in Queen Anne and Magnolia, has announced that Christine Segat has joined the organization as development director.
Detectives from Redmond and Bellevue Police departments arrested two female burglars who admitted to a burglary spree in Seattle's Magnolia/Queen Anne neighborhoods.
Strange SoundsOn Sept. 27 at 11:34 p.m. police received a call from a Queen Anne couple who said they have been noticing strange marks on the outside of the apartment they just moved into. The apartment is located in the 400 block of First Avenue West. About a week ago they found damage to the rear door, which leads to a patio. Thinking the building's work crew did it they didn't report it.
Just what we need, another movie about a group of people coming together to take on the government. There was the 2010 remake of the 70s show "The A Team." Before that, a comic book-based movie "The Losers."
Ladies Night at Chocolopolis on Upper Queen Anne!This is an Evening of FREE chocolate tasting, compliments of George Andrade of Edward Jones, 313 W. McGraw St. (206) 285-3727. Sunday, Oct. 24 from 6-8 p.m. For details and to reserve your seat, call Lisa at (206) 285-3727. Stand-up comedy at Seattle's Comedy Underground
It is the time of the year again when many of us get the sniffles, wondering when - at last - there will be a cure for the common cold. Of course, not everybody will fall sick. Some people seem to remain unscathed no matter what, while others succumb as soon as the temperature drop. It's a mystery how a chosen few can handle the germ assault so much better than the rest of us. These folks must have an extraordinarily robust immune system that protects them like an invisible shield. But were they born this way or did they acquire their immunity over time. And if so, how?
Why don't more people vote? I started thinking about this question last week when I read a press release announcing that Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed predicts 66 percent of state voters will participate in the upcoming Nov. 2 election, including an expected 69-percent turnout for Seattle. If the numbers hold up, it would be the highest statewide turnout for a midterm election since 1970.
Electing executives with no executive experience was chic in the last election cycle. The bills for on-the-job training are stacking up two years later.
You've gotten your return-by-Nov. 2 general-election ballot in the mail. Now what?
Recent local and international events have shown us all that having a fighting spirit will give us a chance to fight another day.
Writers for the Queen Anne News and the Magnolia News won awards at the annual Washington Newspaper Publishers Association banquet last month in Wenatchee.
What fictional character in what book delivered this quote?"But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal-there is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid man the equal of an Einstein, and the ignorant man the equal of any college president. That institution, gentlemen, is a court."
Earlier this month SCAT petitioners thought the Seattle Department of Transportation had been taking Initiative 101 kiosks set up around town.During the first week of October, SCAT, or Seattle Citizens Against the Tunnel had noticed kiosks set up in front of nine locations including the U.S. Post Office at 3211 W. McGraw St. and in front of the Bartell Drug store at 1929 Queen Anne Ave. N.