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February 2010

February 12, 2010 at 8:07PM

House fire at 6612 8th Ave NE, just northeast of I-5 overpass at NE 65th St

At 6:00 p.m. tonight (Friday), 15 units were called to a house fire at 6612 8th Ave NE. The residents of the house believe that the fire was started by a faulty bathroom fan.  The fire was quickly extinguished by the Seattle Fire Department.  Some fire damage was sustained in one bedroom, and there appeared to be some smoke damage as well.  All occupants of the house, including a pet rabbit and two pet rats, were safely evacuated. Update, February 13, 2010: Check out seattlepi.com for some (much, much better) pictures.

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February 12, 2010 at 5:53PM

Reminder: lots (lots!) of people will be in Green Lake tomorrow morning

Don’t forget: 2,800+ Love ‘em or Leave ‘em Valentine’s Day Dash participants will be descending on our neighborhood tomorrow (Saturday) morning. The race will utilize both the track around Green Lake as well as some streets, which will be cut off to traffic.  Check this map to see which streets will be impacted.  Note that Aurora will not be affected, and that only traffic heading clockwise around the lake will be diverted. The streets should only be affected between 9:30 and 10:00 a.m., although there could be an impact until 10:30.

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February 12, 2010 at 5:04PM

Coming soon to north Green Lake: wine bar and wine shop

Great news!  Tangletown’s forthcoming Pour House Bar & Dining isn’t the only snazzy new establishment coming to our neighborhood. We’ve just confirmed that a new wine bar and wine shop is will soon be opening on the other side of the lake.  It will be located on the ground floor the new-ish Green Lake Pointe Apartments, a couple of blocks east of Aurora at 1400 N 80th St (you may remember this location housing Rialto Pasta Bar a couple of years back). The wine bar and shop will be headed up by a big name in the wine world: Richard…

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February 12, 2010 at 10:30AM

Luau to re-open as Pour House by mid-March

After Tangletown’s beloved Luau Polynesian Lounge (2253 North 56th St) closed its doors on January 26, rumor had it that it was to be replaced by a cocktail lounge. Seattle Times food writer Nancy Leson spoke with new owners Jay Farias and Erik Knutson and has confirmed that yes, the restaurant will re-open as Pour House Bar & Dining by mid-March: Contractors are already hard at it, sandblasting and acid-staining the floor, cutting “windows” into the wall between the bar and the Bora Bora Room. They’ll be pulling out the bar’s rail and making the main space 21-and-over, with the…

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February 11, 2010 at 6:13PM

Green Lake Light the Night Walk 2010

The date of this year’s Green Lake Light the Night Walk has been announced: Saturday, September 25th, 2010. Each year, in communities all across the United States and Canada, families, friends, neighbors and teams from local businesses and national companies come together for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS’s) Light The Night Walk events to bring help and hope to people battling blood cancers. Light The Night Walk events are evenings filled with inspiration. Carrying illuminated balloons – white for survivors, red for supporters and gold in memory of loved ones lost to cancer – thousands of walkers – men,…

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