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2010 Census Reminder!

I received my letter from the U.S. Census Bureau yesterday. They were letting me know that I will be receiving my 2010 Census form in the mail in about a week.  I’m sure most people aren’t as excited by this as I am (it’s the first one since I bought my home) but I [...]

Massive Rummage Sale

When: Saturday, March 13th from 8am – 2pm, Rain or Shine

Where: Lake City Christian Church on the corner of NE 125th St and 20th Ave NE

Household items, some furniture, clothing, toys, baby and kid gear from over 20 families in one huge sale.Everything priced to sell. If you get hungry shopping we will also be having a [...]

Preschool Teacher Opening For Fall 2010 at Meadowbrook 3-5s Cooperative Preschool

I received an email on this teacher opening recently.  The co-op is in the Lake City Christian Church at the corner of 125th and 20th NE.   The deadline for the application is March 5th and information on how to apply is at the bottom of the post.

Meadowbrook 3-5s Cooperative Preschool is looking for a [...]

robbery 6:30 pm at 11100 Roosevelt

11100 Roosevelt on the 911 map on SeattleCrime.com houses the Alaska-USA Federal Credit Union.

Police were at 15th Ave NE & NE Northgate Way until around 7 pm looking for a bank robber suspect.

Even More Pinehurst Coverage

Pinehurst continues to get coverage with strange headlines. This time from SeattleCrime.com for “Pepper Spray and Booze.”

On February 14th, police were called to the Pinehurst Safeway on NE 123rd and 15th NE after a shoplifter attempted to pepper spray the store manager.

According to a police report, the store manager told officers he saw a [...]

Old Street Names

This list was researched and written by Mike Fredin and published in the February 1998 Victory Heights Community Council newsletter.

Safeway Update

Renee sent out an email which included the proposed timeline for the Safeway construction and I wanted to make sure everybody saw it. Especially since they’ll be closing next week. We’re almost there and we’ll have a brand new store very soon. Well, very soon as far as construction projects go…

Store closure [...]

Save the date for this meeting organized by your neighbors:

Events at St. George Episcopal Church

Feb. 16th Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday Party 6:00 p.m. International Supper, everyone welcome. Dinner by donation.
Feb. 17th Ash Wednesday, First day of Lent. Services and distribution of Ashes 12 noon and 6 :00 p.m. Open to everyone.

quirky door to door solicitor

At 3:10 pm today. Friday, February 11, a young man knocked on my door. He said good day and said he was giving a six-question survey to neighbors.

He didn’t introduce himself or the organization on whose behalf he was offering the six question survey, and didn’t say what the survey questions were about.

He probably [...]