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Seattle Department of Neighborhoods launches Community Resource Hub

The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods has created an online Community Resource Hub to help residents engage with city government and organize their neighborhoods.

Miller Annex Preschool ready for little learners

City uses underutilized space to expand Seattle Preschool Program

Little learners will soon fill two classrooms set to open later this month in the Miller Annex as part of the Seattle Preschool Program. “This is truly the standard for excellent, high-quality preschool education spaces,” said Monica Liang-Aguirre, director of early learning for Seattle’s Department of Education and Early Learning (DEEL).

Human Services Department to update council on safe consumption space planning

HSD has several options for locations at various price points

There’s still a lot left to be sorted before the City of Seattle opens its first safe consumption space for people suffering from drug addiction, and there will be several options to consider when moving forward this week.

Madison Park to stay a seller’s market

Madison Park certainly reflects the strong growth in the region. In the last five years, Madison Park has seen the average sales price of a home nearly double to $1.294 million and the days on market drop by almost 75 percent to 21.

How to build your own planter bed

One of my favorite springtime projects is building a planter bed. It’s not only a reminder that sunnier, warmer months are on the horizon, but it’s also easy and affordable to make—a DIY win-win in my book.

City People's Garden Store’s free March workshops

City People's Garden Store has announced a number of free gardening workshops that will take place during the month of March.

Battle for bike share supremacy

Companies looking to expand dockless options in Seattle

In a little over six months’ time, they’ve become ubiquitous around Seattle; the orange, green and yellow bikes that signify the three competitors in the city’s burgeoning dockless battle.

The majestic elm

Turn uphill on East 36th Avenue off East Madison Street. This month you’ll find yourself looking up through a black filagree of graceful tree limbs and branches — elm trees in their winter nudity.

New to the neighborhood

If you’ve been combing through the paper or online and noticed something different, it’s that there’s a new Madison Park Times editor on the job.

United Way of King County offering free tax prep services

For people who haven’t yet filed their taxes, the United Way of King County is offering free preparation services online and in person at 30 locations.

Seattle Japanese Garden receives opening blessing

2018 season runs through end of November

A crowd gathered in the newly reopened Seattle Japanese Garden on Sunday, March 4, to witness a Shinto blessing ceremony that was meant to bring good fortune to the green sanctuary within the Washington Park Arboretum.  

Contractors begin work on $54M Asian art museum renovation, expansion

BNBuilders expect work to finish in May 2019

The fence is up around the Seattle Asian Art Museum, where interior work has already started on the $54 million renovation and expansion. Representatives from the head contractor, Seattle Art Museum and city parks department on March 2 gave an overview of the roughly 15-month process that will be taking place in Volunteer Park, with most of the outside impacts expected between April and June.

Seattle Japanese Garden reopening with Shinto blessing

The Seattle Japanese Garden in the Washington Park Arboretum reopens Sunday, with a Shinto blessing to start the 2018 season. The Arboretum Foundation is encouraging people to purchase advanced tickets in order to witness Reverend Koichi Barrish of Tsubaki Grand Shrine perform the blessing. 

Police: Man wanted for making threats at Meany Middle School

Suspect Leonardo Riviera reportedly claimed to have knife, imitated a gun with hand

Seattle Police are searching for a man alleged by Meany Middle School students to have entered the Capitol Hill campus on Monday morning and made threats.

Capitol Hill game studio releases world of Moss

Action-adventure puzzle game blends console, VR gaming

Moss is a single-player action-adventure puzzle game for PlayStation VR that takes place in the world of Moss. The game unfolds through storybook readings that transition into a blend of classic console gaming and VR assistance from “The Reader,” the player who has a giant’s perspective on the game’s true hero, an inquisitive mouse named Quill.