East Green Lake

Lost black and white dog — UPDATE: This dog has returned home

A large, friendly, black and white dog has been lost in east Green Lake. He slipped out of his owners’ yard this afternoon (Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012) when a visitor failed to latch the gate. The missing dog has tags with his owners’ phone number: (206) 406-4335. Update, 10:30 p.m. This dog has returned home.

This week’s music line up at Mona’s

Mona’s Bistro & Lounge (6421 Latona Ave NE) shares the following update about this week’s live music line up: This week Mona’s Bistro & Lounge has another great line up of music and they have hired a new chef who will be making some menu adjustments which will add more intrigue to your next visit. Mona’s will be releasing more info on their new chef soon. Live music happens every Wednesday through Saturday nights from 10PM until closing and to help get you in the mood, they’ll have a special happy hour on music nights from 9pm to 10pm with $2 wells…

‘First Thursday Adventure Run’ returns to Green Lake

Green Lake’s Road Runner Sports (7020 Woodlawn Avenue NE) is starting up this season’s First Thursday Adventure Runs with a run on Thursday, March 1, 2012. The runs, which are free to participate in, begin at 6 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month (sign-in begins at 5 p.m.) through November. Participants meet at the parking lot next to Road Runner Sports. “The format is simple,” Andrew Buswell, Retail Event Coordinator at Road Runner Sports says. “Participants are shown a large map with up to 12 ‘checkpoints’ on them and an hour to run or walk to as many as they can. Some of…

Construction of Green Lake Village to begin within days at “The Big Hole”

Construction work at the former Vitamilk Dairy site, a three-acre empty lot of land often referred to by locals as “The Big Hole,” will reportedly begin very soon. The property, located between Woodlawn Ave NE, NE 71st St, 5th Ave NE and NE 72nd St, has been a vacant pit for for four years. Last November, we learned that Lorig Associaties, the firm managing the development of a large mixed-use project on the property, planned to begin construction in mid-February. Earlier today (Friday, Feb. 17, 2012), Northwest CrossFit (466 NE 70th St) announced the following on their FaceBook page: Attention NWCF – Greenlake members: After…

New 4-H robotics club for kids teaches engineering, science and math skills

A new 4-H club is offering kids a chance to explore engineering, science and math by building robots. The NeXT Minds Robotics 4-H Club meets in a variety of locations in northwest Seattle, including the Green Lake Branch Library (7364 E Green Lake Dr N). Jan Satterthwaite, the club’s founder, shared the following information and photos: There was such high interest for this activity, and ironically there were no after school programs in the Seattle area. Only two other clubs exist in King County and they are located in SeaTac and Maple Valley. Our club is currently serving youth, ages 8 through 14,…