Stories for April 2017

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Friday, April 28

Garden Hotline: Edible spring weeds

Frustrated with your weeds? This year, consider a new plan for revenge: tossing them in a salad and eating them!

Garden Hotline: Edible spring weeds

Frustrated with your weeds? This year, consider a new plan for revenge: tossing them in a salad and eating them!

Tuesday, April 25

Sawant secures May 1 'day of conscience' for city employees

The Seattle City Council has passed a resolution to allow city employees to take an unpaid day of conscience on May 1, May Day, "without retaliation,” according to the language of the bill.

Saturday, April 22

Thousands rally for pro-science policy and funding

"Let's be the steam that moves the wheels of the world," March for Science organizer tells supporters

Supporters of scientific funding and progressive science policy held signs that read “I’m a Scientific American,” or “Mr. President, science gave us Rogaine,” or “Without belief in science, we would be cooking over wood in the dark.” A popular choice was “There is no Planet B!”

Friday, April 21

Murray promises city income tax in first mayoral debate

"It's going to be challenged in court," mayor says

Mayor Ed Murray announced he intends to institute a citywide income tax on Seattle’s highest earners, and defend said tax in the State Supreme Court, potentially leading to an income tax statewide.

Thursday, April 20

Should the Community Police Commission be represented by district?

One councilmember says yes; commission chairs aren't so sure

Councilmember Debora Juarez says yes; commission chairs aren't so sure.

WSDOT wants to work on 520 at night, neighbors would rather they kept quiet

The Washington State Department of Transportation has asked  the city of Seattle for a noise variance to allow nighttime construction on the State Route 520 bridge for the next seven years. About 50 residents of waterfront communities near the construction had one word for that request at a recent meeting: Shush.

Wednesday, April 19

Revisiting the Park: The art of the dance

Seattle's mid-century singles scene was full of fun -- and danger

We — the almost-legal-agers — often met in one of the three taverns in Madison Park after a hard day’s work.

Food Matters: Sweet scoops on Madison

Ice cream that will make you scream

Scoop du Jour has been at 4029 E. Madison since 1984, if you can believe it.

Tuesday, April 18

Seattle establishes $1 million legal defense fund for defendants in immigration proceedings

Seattle’s Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs will soon establish a $1 million legal defense fund for residents who face immigration proceedings.

Monday, April 17

Madison Park Easter Egg Hunt 2017 | SLIDESHOW

See photos from Saturday's Easter egg hunt, after the jump.

McGinn announces new bid for mayor

He's back.

With a lawsuit alleging Murray coerced a minor into sex and no sign he'll step down, McGinn has found an opening for a rematch.

Friday, April 14

Madison Valley Community Council to dedicate April 19 meeting to draft bylaws

The council was scheduled to ratify a draft of new bylaws at its regular meeting in March, but delayed a vote after former council president Lindy Wishard brought forward concerns.

Friday, April 7

Mayor Murray denies allegations he molested teen in the '80s

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has responded to a civil lawsuit over solicitation of sex from an underage teen in the ‘80s, calling the allegations “simply not true.”

Wednesday, April 5

McGilvra spring news bulletin

On March 14, McGilvra joined the rest of the world in celebrating Pi Day with our annual SciPi event.

"The Secret Garden" opens Friday

A revival production of “The Secret Garden” on its way to Broadway will play at The 5th Avenue Theatre this Friday, April 14, to May 6.  

Antidotes to aging

A recent experience reminded me how vital pets are; especially to those of us who are aging. When we get up there in years, our children are long gone and we may no longer have the relationships we gained from our jobs.

Salty prayers and #ProudPatriots

Our once quaint little fishing village, so used to being treated as America's "forgotten corner," has suddenly become the epicenter for defense of American freedom and democracy; the champion of an all-fronts war to pull this nation back from insanity, and forward into a better future.

Tacoma man who threatened Mayor Murray released

A 62-year-old Tacoma man arrested by Seattle Police last Thursday for making electronic threats against Mayor Ed Murray has been released from jail.

Madison Park Community Council votes in Priscilla Flores as treasurer

After going without since last summer, the Madison Park Community Council has brought on a new treasurer.

Commission conditionally approves WSCC Addition urban design merits

Developers still need to clear public benefits package

The plan includes a request for three alleyways and two street vacations.

LETTER: Water is Life!

I wholeheartedly support the decision to divest from Wells Fargo by the city council! 

Tuesday, April 4

LETTER: Celebrating spring

Where is global warming when we need it? I do look forward to the first day of spring, balmy weather, and flowers in bloom.

LETTER: Seattle sucks!

This screwed up “world-class city” (or is it “no-class city?”) was lovely and accessible when I enrolled in the University of Washington School of Art in 1949.

LETTER: 100 Women Who Care thank neighbors in Madison Park

On Feb. 1, 100 Women Who Care Greater Seattle met at Pyramid Alehouse and chose the Pink Daisy Project to receive our donation. With Madison Park neighbors' participation, it was our largest donation to date, $4,500. What a fun evening!

Monday, April 3

U-District upzone puts all of Seattle at risk

Over the next year, every Seattle neighborhood, already reeling from the impacts of runaway growth under current zoning, will be asked to accept upzones and still more density. 

Seattle creates nation's first renters' commission

A Seattle Renters’ Commission, the first of its kind in the country, could begin meeting to discuss issues facing more than half of the city’s households by early summer.

CARTOON: The end of the rainbow

Milt Priggee is an award-winning syndicated cartoonist. His work can be found at miltpriggee.com.

Saturday, April 1

Police arrest fugitive in Denny/Blaine, seize guns and bulletproof vests

Police seized a stolen handgun and two bulletproof vests after chasing a wanted felon through the Denny/Blaine neighborhood on Thursday.