Progress continues at the future site of independent living retirement community Village Cove. Since groundbreaking in May, 3,200 tons of soil has been excavated from the property at Woodlawn Ave NE and Latona Ave NE. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will soon be conducting soil testing. The agency is expected to issue a report by the end of the year. “We are anticipating that by January 2012, we should have the EPA’s authorization and final report that we need to start the application process for our construction loan,” Sheryl Harmon, Director of Marketing for Village Cove says. Village Cove is an expansion of The Hearthstone, a continuing care retirement…
September 2011
September 19, 2011 at 10:45PM
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German Shepherd missing from west Green Lake / east Phinney Ridge: Have you seen Roxy?
Update: Roxy has been found! Roxy went missing this afternoon (Monday, Sept. 19, 2011) from the west Green Lake / east Phinney Ridge area. Roxy is a nine-year-old, medium-sized, black German Shepherd. She is wearing a blue collar and has a microchip in her ear. Have you seen Roxy? Please call Chrystal at (206) 931-3024.
September 19, 2011 at 3:55PM
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David Mamet’s ‘The Cryptogram’ comes to the Seattle Public Theater
The Seattle Public Theater (SPT) at the Green Lake Bathhouse (7312 West Green Lake Dr N) opens its 2011-2012 season with David Mamet’s The Cryptogram, running Friday, Sept. 30 - Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. John can’t sleep. Tomorrow is the big father-son camping trip, but it’s late and his dad still hasn’t returned home. The other adults seem to know something he doesn’t, but the things they’re saying don’t seem to be what they’re really talking about. A rarely produced masterpiece, The Cryptogram is Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet’s taut, tension-filled dive into the coded language at the heart of families. A Chicago native, Mamet has been…
September 19, 2011 at 12:43PM
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Storytimes at Mockingbird Books will teach kids Hebrew through ASL
Storyteller and musician Betsy Dischel is presenting a series of special storytimes at Mockingbird Books (7220 Woodlawn Ave NE). Betsy uses music and storytelling to teach children Hebrew through American Sign Language. Storytimes are scheduled for 11:00- 11:30 a.m. on several Wednesdays throughout the remainder of 2011: Sept. 28, Oct. 12, Oct. 26, Nov. 9, Nov. 23, Dec. 14 and Dec. 28. The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle is bringing the series of storytimes to Mockingbird Books as a part of The PJ Library program. The PJ Library sends free books every month to Jewish kids aged 0-5 ½ years. For more information, contact Amy Hilzman-Paquette, The PJ Library Program Manager,…
September 18, 2011 at 4:45PM
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2011 Pathway of Lights at Green Lake Park
Updated November 5, 2011 The 35th Pathway of Lights, the annual lighting of the path around Green Lake, is scheduled for Saturday, December 10, 2011, 5-8 p.m., rain or shine. Admission is free. The “walk of lights” is lit up by luminarias that line Green Lake’s pathway. Walkers are encouraged to bring their own lights and candles to add to the ambiance. As many of 10,000 participants have attended in the past. Volunteers are needed to help place and light the thousands of luminaria and to clean up after the event. Individuals, businesses, community organizations, and school and scout groups are welcome…
