Tonight we headed up to the Northgate Community Center to see Mayor-Elect Mike McGinn in action as he hosted the first of three transition town halls. McGinn invited attendees to pose their ideas and questions to him either by speaking directly at the town hall or tweeting their thoughts using the hashtag #newseattle. Tweets were projected onto a large screen for all to see in real-time. While at the event we asked Green Lakers to send their thoughts our way so that we could then retweet them. It was pretty cool to see these projected on the screen for all…
November 2009
November 30, 2009 at 11:38PM
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Green Lake's voice was heard at McGinn Transition Team's first town hall
November 30, 2009 at 4:49PM
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Police search Cowen Park for Maurice Clemmons, suspected Lakewood shooter
We just got home from Ravenna’s Cowen Park, where – frankly – not a lot happened. Here’s the story: 12:30 p.m.: we spotted the following on a SeattleCrime.com post detailing the manhunt for Maurice Clemmons, suspected Lakewood shooter. Police are forming a perimeter around Cowen Park and pushing gathered members of the media back from their positions. Apparently traces of blood were found in a bathroom in the park. Scanner chatter indicates police are closing off segments of Brooklyn Ave. in the U-Dist.- Ravenna area to pedestrians and car traffic. Followed by this update at 12:50 p.m.: Police near Cowen…
November 30, 2009 at 12:10AM
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New ETA on end of I-5 noise pollution in North Seattle: end of December
Noise from from the grinding work on I-5 getting you down? Our friends over at seattlepi.com have an update for ya: Getting There: When will I-5 project in North Seattle be complete? By SCOTT GUTIERREZ SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF Question: Misty Willits asks when the DOT is planning to complete the repaving project on Interstate 5 north of Seattle. “The grooves in the pavement actually cause the wheels on my car to jog side-to-side to such a degree that it is difficult to steer. It feels very similar to hydroplaning, which leads me to believe this will be incredibly dangerous when the…
November 29, 2009 at 10:45PM
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North Seattle Round-up: nearby events, public art, new businesses, bargain alert, and crime watch
Weekly news from our neighbors! Nearby events: Wallingford: This year the Argosy Christmas Ship™ will stop just offshore at Gasworks Park on two separate occasions: Tuesday, December 1st, the Snohomish County Windjammers will be serenading Lower Wallingford from 8:20-8:40pm. Wednesday, December 23rd is the Finale concert, sung by the Seattle Girls’ Choir. Wallingford: Wallyhood’s Wallingford Senior Center Auction on-line fundraiser auction is closing tonight (Sunday) at midnight. Wallingford: On Saturday, December 5, Caspar Babypants will be performing at Alphabet Soup Books. Shoreline: The Jillian Graham Band will be playing at the Laughing Ladies Cafe on December 12th at 7:30 p.m….
November 28, 2009 at 7:07PM
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Green Lake in the 1920s
Interested in local history? HistoryLink.org, a free only encyclopedia of Washington State history, is an amazing resource. We particularly love the People’s Histories collection, which includes “memoirs, reminiscences, contemporary accounts, commentaries, and expressions of personal opinion.” A favorite: Dorothea Nordstrand Remembers School Days on Green Lake (Seattle) in the 1920s In this reminiscence, Dorothea (Pfister) Nordstrand (b. 1916) recalls school days in the 1920s in the marshy land of Seattle’s Green Lake neighborhood. In 2009 Dorothea Nordstrand was awarded AKCHO’s (Association of King County Historical Organizations) Willard Jue Memorial Award for a Volunteer, for contributing these vivid reminiscences to various…
