This is what a lot of eager, Queen Anne readers have been waiting for: Queen Anne Book Co. opens its doors on March 1.
Most of you know that there’s a big movement to redefine progress and success by looking at happiness in a new way. We’ve always defined national progress as Gross Domestic Product (GDP)— a figure that measures the money flowing through the system, whether for good or ill. For instance, if you have an accident today, you’re contributing to the GDP because more money will flow. The more you get hurt, the better!
Throughout King County, people are clamoring for more transit service at a time when Metro Transit’s revenues are far short of what’s needed to pay for current service levels — let alone, add service to address growth. That has been a source of frustration here in Magnolia, where people are feeling the loss of late-night service on Route 24.
Members of the University of Washington Dance Team will teach young dancers how to show their spirit through hip hop, jazz dance, bow making and more on March 2 at the Queen Anne Community Center, 1901 First Ave. W.
Do you feel permanently tired? Do you get less sleep than you would like? Do you have a difficult time falling asleep at night? Is your sleep frequently interrupted? Do you wake up from a deep slumber when your alarm clock goes off?
To balance the budget during the Great Recession, the state allowed large increases in tuition and, at the same time, enacted massive cuts that left higher education chronically underfunded. Those cuts were not a solution; they were a triage in a time of crisis. Now it’s time to help the patient back to health.
Consultants hired by the Seattle City Council report that Mayor Mike McGinn’s administration has asked too little from South Lake Union developers on the affordable-housing front. Those developers stand to enrich themselves, aided by zoning variances, with potential new high-rises that might reach 400 feet.
The Ballard High School Performing Arts Program has a number of its students selected to participate in the 2013 Washington Music Educators Association All-State performing groups.
Queen Anne Books, a popular neighborhood hub, shut its doors last November. Then, Easy Street Records closed after 12 years of business on lower Queen Anne. Though Queen Anne Book Co. will open in the same storefront under new ownership this weekend, the closures spurred residents to rally together and discuss how they could help the neighborhood.
A hairdresser I know had to quit her job in Bellevue because she couldn’t afford the state Route 520 tolls. “Oh, yeah, the Lexus bridge. Not driving that one anymore.” Luckily, she works for a chain so she was able to move her job to Queen Anne. How many more people will lose their jobs because they can’t afford the Interstate 90 tolls to drive to work on Mercer Island or to the Eastside?
The Seattle Symphony & Opera Players’ Organization (SSOPO) selected Magnolia’s Serendipity Café as the winner of its Musical New Year Concert Contest after a month-long Facebook competition. A duet of symphony musicians will perform a free concert at the café (3222 W. McGraw St.) on March 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36th District), has received an “A” rating on the Racial Justice Report Card, issued by the Washington Community Action Network.
A man stopped Sounder and other rail traffic this morning (March 1) as he climbed a tree near the tracks after allegedly breaking into a woman’s home and assaulting a resident.