It's hard to believe summer's almost over. But the first day of class for students on Seattle Public Schools campuses is less than three weeks away, on Sept. 7.
One of five city corridors identified for priority implementation in Seattle’s Transit Master Plan, the Madison BRT project will create a mix of exclusive and semi-exclusive transit lanes on Madison, from First Avenue to Martin Luther King Jr. Way, while also putting in new stations and making bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure improvements.
Fifty-one-year-old Trina Bolar was found dead by Seattle Fire personnel who were called to her home in the 2800 block of E. Arthur Place following a report of a shooting.
The East District Neighborhood Council has recommended funding for improvements to the intersection of East Madison Street and East McGilvra Boulevard — and made it a top priority.
In July 2015, satirical news website The Onion, responding to a run of publicized police slayings of black men in the U.S., published an article bearing the title “Black Man Bids Tearful Goodbye To Family Before Daily Commute.”
Mayor Ed Murray’s July 13 executive decision to cut the city’s relationship with the 13 district councils that have been representing Seattle neighborhoods for nearly three decades isn’t sitting well with everyone — particularly longtime district council members.
In 1974, after the fall of Saigon, tens of thousands of Vietnamese citizens (civilians, not military) fled their country aboard an armada of 600 U.S.
Late in June, Mayor Ed Murray released a statement expressing his disappointment that the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild rejected the city’s labor contract proposal.
The divide — chasm, really — between urban cops and their communities has been the defining feature of this month’s seemingly unprovoked killings of Anton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota and the slaying of five police officers in Dallas during a resulting protest.
The divide — chasm, really — between urban cops and their communities has been the defining feature of this month’s seemingly unprovoked killings of Anton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota and the slaying of five police officers in Dallas during a resulting protest.
Fellow Washingtonians who attended the recent Alzheimer’s Advocacy Forum in Washington, D.C., tell us it’s encouraging to know we are making progress in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
International real estate broker Coldwell Banker Bain has opened a luxury office in the former Madison House Ltd. offices at the intersection of East Madison Street, East Howe Street and 43rd Avenue East.
The Sound Transit Board unanimously approved a purchase and development agreement with Gerding Edlen during its July 28 general meeting, allow Capitol Hill Housing to begin constructing its 100-percent affordable housing complex on the north end of the Capitol Hill light rail station in 2018, once funding is in place.
Walking the sidewalks of our neighborhood this month, you’re likely to come under a canopy of leaves producing shade that has a gentle wine red glow.
