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Robbers strike Beacon Hill pedestrians twice
Beacon Hill Seattle - Monday, May 20, was apparently not a good day to be walking around on Beacon Hill. Seattle Police report two robberies that took place Monday evening, one with arrests and one without. In the first incident, a woman was walking on the Chief Sealth Trail near Beacon Avenue South and South Orcas Street at about [...] Read more...
Robbers strike Beacon Hill pedestrians twice
Beacon Hill Seattle - Monday, May 20, was apparently not a good day to be walking around on Beacon Hill. Seattle Police report two robberies that took place Monday evening, one with arrests and one without. In the first incident, a woman was walking on the Chief Sealth Trail near Beacon Avenue South and South Orcas Street at about [...] Read more...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 -- 8:00 am
Crosscut Interview - Charlie Staadecker on Southeast Seattle
Seattle PI: Beacon Lights - Tuesday, May 7, I attended a lunch-interview with mayoral candidate Charlie Staadecker at the Crosscut office in Pioneer Square. I was interested in this interview as Pacific Publishing's City Living, for whom I write a column called 'A Modest Proposal,' carried a substantial article about him. Too, I'm fond of public people out of the [...] Read more...
Crosscut Interview - Charlie Staadecker on Southeast Seattle
Seattle PI: Beacon Lights - Tuesday, May 7, I attended a lunch-interview with mayoral candidate Charlie Staadecker at the Crosscut office in Pioneer Square. I was interested in this interview as Pacific Publishing's City Living, for whom I write a column called 'A Modest Proposal,' carried a substantial article about him. Too, I'm fond of public people out of the [...] Read more...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 -- 4:49 am
Help plant demonstration bean garden
Beacon Hill Seattle - ROCKit Community Arts and the Beacon Hill Garden Club invite neighbors to help plant a demonstration garden at El Centro de la Raza later this week. The garden is planned to feature 24 cedar planters with over 20 varieties of beans, creating 'the neighborhood's first free veggie u-pick.' Planting starts on Thursday, May 23 from [...] Read more...
Help plant demonstration bean garden
Beacon Hill Seattle - ROCKit Community Arts and the Beacon Hill Garden Club invite neighbors to help plant a demonstration garden at El Centro de la Raza later this week. The garden is planned to feature 24 cedar planters with over 20 varieties of beans, creating 'the neighborhood's first free veggie u-pick.' Planting starts on Thursday, May 23 from [...] Read more...
Monday, May 20, 2013 -- 6:04 pm
Two Seattle School Board Seats Up For Grabs In Primary
KUOW-FM Seattle - In Director District 5, which includes Capitol Hill, the Central Area, Beacon Hill and downtown, Kay Smith-Blum is stepping down from her board seat after one term. Read more...
Two Seattle School Board Seats Up For Grabs In Primary
KUOW-FM Seattle - In Director District 5, which includes Capitol Hill, the Central Area, Beacon Hill and downtown, Kay Smith-Blum is stepping down from her board seat after one term. Read more...
Thursday, May 16, 2013 -- 6:35 pm
Seattle Parks meeting tonight at Jefferson Community Center
Beacon Hill Seattle - Sorry for the late notice — we've been dealing with some technical issues earlier today, and after receiving this announcement this afternoon, weren't able to post this until now. There is a meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at Jefferson Community Center (3801 Beacon Ave. S.) on Environmental Programs, Open Space and Maintenance in Seattle Parks. [...] Read more...
Seattle Parks meeting tonight at Jefferson Community Center
Beacon Hill Seattle - Sorry for the late notice — we've been dealing with some technical issues earlier today, and after receiving this announcement this afternoon, weren't able to post this until now. There is a meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at Jefferson Community Center (3801 Beacon Ave. S.) on Environmental Programs, Open Space and Maintenance in Seattle Parks. [...] Read more...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 -- 6:58 am
Celebrate the arts at the Franklin High School Arts Festival
Beacon Hill Seattle - Elizabeth Lowry, co-chair of the Franklin High School Arts Festival, sends this announcement: Imagination. Swagger. Creativity. Culture. Intensity. Irony. Empathy. Everything comes together in the visual art and performances that Franklin High School students will present this week during the school's yearly arts festival and talent show. "The Mt. Baker Quakermaker Shaker" is the theme [...] Read more...
Celebrate the arts at the Franklin High School Arts Festival
Beacon Hill Seattle - Elizabeth Lowry, co-chair of the Franklin High School Arts Festival, sends this announcement: Imagination. Swagger. Creativity. Culture. Intensity. Irony. Empathy. Everything comes together in the visual art and performances that Franklin High School students will present this week during the school's yearly arts festival and talent show. "The Mt. Baker Quakermaker Shaker" is the theme [...] Read more...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 -- 4:03 am
Summer lawn bowling league for women forming at Jefferson Park
Beacon Hill Seattle - Jenny Mears of the Jefferson Park Lawn Bowling Club writes: Hello ladies! Come spend your sunny summer Wednesday nights in beautiful Jefferson Park with a fabulous group of women learning how to lawn bowl! What's lawn bowling, you say? It's an amazingly fun outdoor sport in which you and your team compete to see who [...] Read more...
Summer lawn bowling league for women forming at Jefferson Park
Beacon Hill Seattle - Jenny Mears of the Jefferson Park Lawn Bowling Club writes: Hello ladies! Come spend your sunny summer Wednesday nights in beautiful Jefferson Park with a fabulous group of women learning how to lawn bowl! What's lawn bowling, you say? It's an amazingly fun outdoor sport in which you and your team compete to see who [...] Read more...
Monday, May 13, 2013 -- 2:33 am
Plaza Roberto Maestas project moving forward
Beacon Hill Seattle - To the community from El Centro de la Raza: In late February El Centro de la Raza presented to the community its latest designs for Plaza Roberto Maestas (PRM). We have been delayed in getting this post out to the wider community by the significant fight for State housing resources for this project in Olympia [...] Read more...
Plaza Roberto Maestas project moving forward
Beacon Hill Seattle - To the community from El Centro de la Raza: In late February El Centro de la Raza presented to the community its latest designs for Plaza Roberto Maestas (PRM). We have been delayed in getting this post out to the wider community by the significant fight for State housing resources for this project in Olympia [...] Read more...
Friday, May 10, 2013 -- 5:26 am
Plan ahead: 12th Ave S closure and detour May 18-20
Beacon Hill Seattle - The Seattle Department of Transportation wants you to know that streetcar construction will force some lane closures on 12th Avenue South from May 18 through 20. This will affect vehicles traveling from the International District to North Beacon Hill. Here's the announcement: Next weekend (May 18 to 20) the southbound lane of 12th Avenue South [...] Read more...
Plan ahead: 12th Ave S closure and detour May 18-20
Beacon Hill Seattle - The Seattle Department of Transportation wants you to know that streetcar construction will force some lane closures on 12th Avenue South from May 18 through 20. This will affect vehicles traveling from the International District to North Beacon Hill. Here's the announcement: Next weekend (May 18 to 20) the southbound lane of 12th Avenue South [...] Read more...
Friday, May 10, 2013 -- 5:09 am
5/18: Food Forest work party and communal soft sculpture art project
Beacon Hill Seattle - The Friends of the Beacon Food Forest have sent out an announcement of an upcoming work party and communal art project, along with some status updates about the project. Read on: Community Work Party and Communal Soft Sculpture Art project When: Saturday May 18th, 10am- 2pm Where: BFF Site, 15th Ave S and S. Dakota [...] Read more...
5/18: Food Forest work party and communal soft sculpture art project
Beacon Hill Seattle - The Friends of the Beacon Food Forest have sent out an announcement of an upcoming work party and communal art project, along with some status updates about the project. Read on: Community Work Party and Communal Soft Sculpture Art project When: Saturday May 18th, 10am- 2pm Where: BFF Site, 15th Ave S and S. Dakota [...] Read more...
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 -- 5:51 pm
Mother's Day parade marches on Saturday, 5/11
Beacon Hill Seattle - We don't get a lot of parades on Beacon Hill, but this Saturday, May 11, a Mother's Day parade will start at Stevens Place Park (otherwise known as the triangle park) at 2 p.m. and parade for about six blocks, ending at Roberto Maestes Festival Street next to Beacon Hill Station. According to the organizers, [...] Read more...
Mother's Day parade marches on Saturday, 5/11
Beacon Hill Seattle - We don't get a lot of parades on Beacon Hill, but this Saturday, May 11, a Mother's Day parade will start at Stevens Place Park (otherwise known as the triangle park) at 2 p.m. and parade for about six blocks, ending at Roberto Maestes Festival Street next to Beacon Hill Station. According to the organizers, [...] Read more...
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 -- 4:10 pm
"Love that dirty water": Brown water reported on North Beacon
Beacon Hill Seattle - Last Sunday we started getting tweets and emails about discolored drinking water in part of North Beacon Hill in an area including 18th and Massachusetts and 18th and College. The water did clear up after some hours, but Andy Ryan at Seattle Public Utilities tells us: Discolored water has been reported in recent days in [...] Read more...
"Love that dirty water": Brown water reported on North Beacon
Beacon Hill Seattle - Last Sunday we started getting tweets and emails about discolored drinking water in part of North Beacon Hill in an area including 18th and Massachusetts and 18th and College. The water did clear up after some hours, but Andy Ryan at Seattle Public Utilities tells us: Discolored water has been reported in recent days in [...] Read more...
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 -- 4:27 am
NBHC meeting agenda revised
Beacon Hill Seattle - The agenda for tonight's North Beacon Hill Council meeting has been revised. Here's the new agenda for the meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at the Beacon Hill Library: 7:00-7:10 Introductions, Greater Duwamish Council and Department of Neighborhood updates, raffle sales 7:10-7:25 Plaza Roberto Maestas update (Kate de la Garza) 7:25-7:50 Red Cross Emergency Preparedness 7:50-8:00 [...] Read more...
NBHC meeting agenda revised
Beacon Hill Seattle - The agenda for tonight's North Beacon Hill Council meeting has been revised. Here's the new agenda for the meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at the Beacon Hill Library: 7:00-7:10 Introductions, Greater Duwamish Council and Department of Neighborhood updates, raffle sales 7:10-7:25 Plaza Roberto Maestas update (Kate de la Garza) 7:25-7:50 Red Cross Emergency Preparedness 7:50-8:00 [...] Read more...
Monday, May 6, 2013 -- 6:43 pm
Have you seen Buddy?
Beacon Hill Seattle - Neighbor Jeannie writes: 'Buddy is gone! Buddy is a very large feral/stray/neighborhood gray male cat that has been fixed and had his ear clipped by the feral cat folks. He also has a non-fixed/clipped evil twin I have seen around. I haven't seen Buddy for over a week now and I'm a bit worried. Last [...] Read more...
Have you seen Buddy?
Beacon Hill Seattle - Neighbor Jeannie writes: 'Buddy is gone! Buddy is a very large feral/stray/neighborhood gray male cat that has been fixed and had his ear clipped by the feral cat folks. He also has a non-fixed/clipped evil twin I have seen around. I haven't seen Buddy for over a week now and I'm a bit worried. Last [...] Read more...
Monday, May 6, 2013 -- 6:33 pm
Beacon Mountain to reopen soon
Beacon Hill Seattle - With the recent fine weather, a few neighbors have been wondering what's up with the Beacon Mountain playground at Jefferson Park, and when it will reopen. Andy Sheffer at Seattle Parks and Recreation says: I have the fencing scheduled to be removed next Tuesday, May 14th. At that point the entire park will be open [...] Read more...
Beacon Mountain to reopen soon
Beacon Hill Seattle - With the recent fine weather, a few neighbors have been wondering what's up with the Beacon Mountain playground at Jefferson Park, and when it will reopen. Andy Sheffer at Seattle Parks and Recreation says: I have the fencing scheduled to be removed next Tuesday, May 14th. At that point the entire park will be open [...] Read more...
Monday, May 6, 2013 -- 7:14 am
Why Chris Hansen and Henry Yesler would have been pioneer homies
Crosscut.com - ... quit. In 1895, a company started by ex-Territorial Governor Eugene Semple proposed building a canal through Beacon Hill to connect Lake Washington with Elliott Bay. (This "south" canal was an alternative and competitor to the "north" canal - the ... Read more...
Why Chris Hansen and Henry Yesler would have been pioneer homies
Crosscut.com - ... quit. In 1895, a company started by ex-Territorial Governor Eugene Semple proposed building a canal through Beacon Hill to connect Lake Washington with Elliott Bay. (This "south" canal was an alternative and competitor to the "north" canal - the ... Read more...
Sunday, May 5, 2013 -- 5:46 pm
Red Cross, El Centro, CenturyLink info at NBHC meeting 5/7
Beacon Hill Seattle - The North Beacon Hill Community Council monthly meeting is this Tuesday, May 7, at 7 p.m. at the Beacon Hill Library. All interested neighbors are invited. Here's the announcement with agenda from the NBHC: Please support our community council and enter to win fabulous prizes including gift cards at Victrola, El Centro parking pass, Tippe [...] Read more...
Red Cross, El Centro, CenturyLink info at NBHC meeting 5/7
Beacon Hill Seattle - The North Beacon Hill Community Council monthly meeting is this Tuesday, May 7, at 7 p.m. at the Beacon Hill Library. All interested neighbors are invited. Here's the announcement with agenda from the NBHC: Please support our community council and enter to win fabulous prizes including gift cards at Victrola, El Centro parking pass, Tippe [...] Read more...
Sunday, May 5, 2013 -- 4:33 pm
Is this your dog?
Beacon Hill Seattle - Neighbor Andy writes: 'Small dachshund mix spotted at Jefferson Park on 5/5/13 at about 9:00am. Dog was mostly black with a white neck and no collar. Was very skittish and took off toward the food forest when I tried to call it. Email asiancajunandy@gmail.com if you have any questions.' Read more...
Is this your dog?
Beacon Hill Seattle - Neighbor Andy writes: 'Small dachshund mix spotted at Jefferson Park on 5/5/13 at about 9:00am. Dog was mostly black with a white neck and no collar. Was very skittish and took off toward the food forest when I tried to call it. Email asiancajunandy@gmail.com if you have any questions.' Read more...
Sunday, May 5, 2013 -- 3:31 am
Can you help find these stolen tools?
Beacon Hill Seattle - Neighbor Nick writes: 'Hi, we live on the corner of 15th and Hinds and recently (last night?) had two toolbags stolen, and some cordless drills. They are Veto Pro Pac XL toolbags. One is filled with wood and metal-working tools, the other is mostly electrical tools. There is a Makita 18v lithium ion cordless drill [...] Read more...
Can you help find these stolen tools?
Beacon Hill Seattle - Neighbor Nick writes: 'Hi, we live on the corner of 15th and Hinds and recently (last night?) had two toolbags stolen, and some cordless drills. They are Veto Pro Pac XL toolbags. One is filled with wood and metal-working tools, the other is mostly electrical tools. There is a Makita 18v lithium ion cordless drill [...] Read more...
Thursday, May 2, 2013 -- 5:42 am
Beacon: A Hill of Beans at Cinco de Mayo Saturday
Beacon Hill Seattle - Christina Olson of the Beacon Hill Garden Club writes: If you wander over to El Centro Saturday afternoon to enjoy Cinco de Mayo, be sure to stop by the Beacon: A Hill of Beans booth under the big tent. We'll have free seeds (purple pod pole beans and green bush beans) along with some advice [...] Read more...
Beacon: A Hill of Beans at Cinco de Mayo Saturday
Beacon Hill Seattle - Christina Olson of the Beacon Hill Garden Club writes: If you wander over to El Centro Saturday afternoon to enjoy Cinco de Mayo, be sure to stop by the Beacon: A Hill of Beans booth under the big tent. We'll have free seeds (purple pod pole beans and green bush beans) along with some advice [...] Read more...
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