Updated March 24 with information about McDonald Elementary School from our news partner My Wallingford. As school assignments start arriving in the mail, Seattle Public Schools has released its transportation zone plan for bus and walk zones for the 2011-12 school year. From the SPS website: In the new transportation plan, transportation eligibility for attendance area elementary and K-8 students will be based on transportation zones. Students within the transportation zone and outside the walk zone for a school will be eligible for District-provided transportation. Students outside their immediate transportation zone, but within their extended intermediary boundary, can walk to an attendance…
March 2011
March 22, 2011 at 4:01PM
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Frustration over truck parked in east Green Lake leads to complaints to SPD
A truck which has been parked adjacent to the I-5 overpass in east Green Lake is a source of growing frustration to nearby residents, according to one resident who wishes to remain anonymous. The pickup truck, which is filled with plastic bags and empty plastic containers, has been parked next to the freeway’s overpass for at least three months. “Aside from it being a total eye sore,” the resident told us, “there can be between two and five camper vehicles in the area at the same time, and I don’t want to see the area turn into a transient hub.”…
March 22, 2011 at 9:30AM
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Costumed naturalist ‘Talking Tree’ coming to Green Lake Library for special story time
The Green Lake Library (7364 E Green Lake Dr N) is hosting a special Talking Tree story time on Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 11:15 – 11:45 a.m. Preschoolers will enjoy songs, stories and activities with a costumed naturalist from the Seward Park Environmental and Audubon Center. The event is designed to teach young children about their urban environment. The Talking Tree naturalist will engage the children in songs, stories and activities. The program is free and everyone is welcome. Registration is not required.
March 21, 2011 at 9:25PM
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Author Judy Ferro to read from historical novel ‘Desiderata’ at Cafe Bonjour
Updated 9:45 p.m.: The event will be Wednesday, March 23, not Tuesday, March 22 as previously reported. Author Judy Ferro will be reading from her novel Desiderata Wednesday (March 23, 2011), 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., at Cafe Bonjour (7119 Woodlawn Ave NE). Everyone is welcome to the free event. “A king’s ambitions thwart Desiderata’s dream of being duchess of her Bavarian homeland,” reads a description of the book on Amazon. “Instead, as a hostage in the Frankish Court, she lives her childhood nightmare – frightened and ignored. She is forced into betrothal with the hateful Young Pepin–the son King Karolus…
March 21, 2011 at 7:42PM
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News of note to Green Lake
PhinneyWood shares information about We Patch, a Seattle organization that pairs up would-be gardeners with those who have gardening space. Also from PhinneyWood comes news of PNA Village,which will serve people aged 50 and older living between North 50th Street and North 105th Street, and from Aurora Avenue North to 15th Avenue NW. My Wallingford reports that Tangletown’s Mighty-O Donuts will be featured on “Food Network Challenge: Donut Champions” next month. There was as fire in a bathroom at Roosevelt High School today (Monday, March 21, 2011). Roosiehood has details. The Trust for Public Land released a report today that concludes that parks in Seattle add…
