The 4th annual Green Lake shoreline milfoil cleanup will be Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Volunteers will be meeting at the dock by Greenlake Boat Rentals (7351 E Green Lake Dr N). The event is sponsored by the Friends of Green Lake. The clean-up efforts will be focused on removing milfoil that accumulates on the shoreline and grows in shallow water around the dock. “Milfoil is an invasive weed that can completely choke a lake,” says Friends of Green Lake President Gayle Garman. “It covered over 85% of Green Lake in the mid-1990s. Remember the big…
October 2010
October 18, 2010 at 8:52PM
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Volunteers needed to help clean milfoil from Green Lake’s shoreline
October 18, 2010 at 12:33PM
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SDOT responds to complaints of traffic back-ups on N 80th St at Aurora
Our news partner seattlepi.com recently received a query from a reader about long back-ups at N 80th St at Aurora Ave N: Getting There: Bugged by back-ups on Aurora By Scott Gutierrez Question: For years, people lobbied the city’s Transportation Department to install left-turn signals for traffic turning from North 80th Street onto Aurora Avenue North. Since traffic is heavy at the intersection near Green Lake, drivers often made risky decisions when turning north or south onto Aurora Avenue. That led to accidents and posed a threat to pedestrians, including students walking from nearby Bagley Elementary. With the turn signals…
October 17, 2010 at 6:00AM
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Halloween Fun Run and Kids Dash fundraiser for new Bagley playfield
Sure you could just put your feet up on Halloween morning and wait for the trick or treaters, but where’s the fun in that? Instead, why not proactively burn some pre-candy calories, banking them for your treat of choice later, and help Daniel Bagley Elementary build a safer, greener playfield? The fun low-impact 1K and 5K walk/fun run is being held on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010. The run, sponsored by Super Jock ‘n Jill and American Athlete, circles Lower Woodland Park and is open to everyone. The kids’ 1K dash begins at 9 a.m., followed by a 5K run at…
October 16, 2010 at 9:55PM
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Lost calico cat: Have you seen Jasmine?
This is Jasmine. She went missing last week from Linden Ave N & N 70th St. Her owner, Misha, describes Jasmine as very friendly. “She loves strangers,” Misha says, “but she has a home! She likes to go outside but she refuses to wear a collar.” Jasmine is a small, spayed calico female cat. She has a chip and a snipped ear. Please contact Misha at mishaw09 [at] msn.com or 206-841-5535 if you think you may have seen Jasmine.
