Whether I am talking with clients or catching up with neighbors at the grocery store, it seems that every day someone asks me, “How’s the market?” or I’m asked, “What do you think is going to happen in a year or two?”
The developer of a contentious six-story mixed-use development that will include a PCC Market in Madison Valley has applied for a master use permit with the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections.
The McGilvra PTA will host its biannual school fundraiser auction starting at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center.
The Seattle City Council’s Finance and Neighborhoods Committee is sorting out potential impacts an employee hours tax could have on local businesses.
What most likely has happened when you see a camellia that is short and roundish is that some, hum? What is the word? Bozo! Some ignoramus has gone after this noble plant and whacked it back to keep it from reaching its full size, thereby robbing the garden and the world of a magnificent broadleaved evergreen tree that rewards us with a spectacular bloom show about this time of year.
A pair of current district superintendents, and the former head of the Montana public school system have been named as finalists for the top job in Seattle Public Schools.
President Donald Trump has ordered the expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats and the closure of the Russian consulate here in Seattle. The decision by the president is in response to the March 4 chemical attack of former Russian spy, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, England, which is being blamed on the Russian government.
SDOT started gathering additional traffic data for the Lake Washington Loop Greenway earlier this month as design work along a final route continues. “I’ve been trying to get that going for five years now,” said Bob Edmiston with Madison Park Greenways of the new greenway. “It’s a long time in the making.”
Our first donation event of this year was in February, where we chose Ladybug House to receive our donation. With Madison Park neighbors’ participation, we presented them with a check for $4,050.
After a successful revival of the Madison Park Home and Garden Tour last year, organizers are looking for a new crop of neighbors wanting to participate.
The monthly Homeless Cooking event was started by original St. Clouds owners John Platt and Paul Butler in 2001, and Michael McGloin has kept the 17-year-old program going since taking over the business in June 2017.
An alleged member of a transnational drug smuggling organization was arrested for drug trafficking in Capitol Hill in mid-March, and more than 315 pounds of methamphetamine was reportedly later recovered between a Leschi home he had been renting and vehicle he was driving.
After quietly opening the new trail that runs from East Madison Street to the Graham Visitors Center back on Nov. 10, a grand opening celebration will be held noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 8.
A short 66 years ago, my friends and I experienced skin diving by way of a water tank, compressor and hoses. It was truly a great adventure, but the thermal layer cut it short.
