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make this my neighborhood and we'll show you this page every time you visit.Monday, June 17, 2013 -- 1:21 pm
Carmelita Vegetarian Restaurant closing, to be replaced by new eatery by local restaurant owners
Phinneywood - Carmelita Vegetarian Restaurant, at 7314 Greenwood Ave. N. for almost 17 years, is closing its doors at the end of September. In its place will be a new (not vegetarian) restaurant. Michael Hughes and Kathryn Neumann have sold the business to three local restaurant owners, including Chris Navarra, who currently owns Prost! right across the [...] Read more...
Carmelita Vegetarian Restaurant closing, to be replaced by new eatery by local restaurant owners
Phinneywood - Carmelita Vegetarian Restaurant, at 7314 Greenwood Ave. N. for almost 17 years, is closing its doors at the end of September. In its place will be a new (not vegetarian) restaurant. Michael Hughes and Kathryn Neumann have sold the business to three local restaurant owners, including Chris Navarra, who currently owns Prost! right across the [...] Read more...
Monday, June 17, 2013 -- 11:43 am
Join Greenwood Community Council members to document walking along unsafe areas of Greenwood Avenue
Phinneywood - Members of the Greenwood Community Council are asking neighbors to join them on a walk along Greenwood Avenue North, to explore the areas north of North 90th Street, at 8:30 p.m. Thursday. The state of Greenwood Ave north of 90th is of great concern for many Greenwood residents. The lack of sidewalks, sufficient lighting and [...] Read more...
Join Greenwood Community Council members to document walking along unsafe areas of Greenwood Avenue
Phinneywood - Members of the Greenwood Community Council are asking neighbors to join them on a walk along Greenwood Avenue North, to explore the areas north of North 90th Street, at 8:30 p.m. Thursday. The state of Greenwood Ave north of 90th is of great concern for many Greenwood residents. The lack of sidewalks, sufficient lighting and [...] Read more...
Monday, June 17, 2013 -- 8:09 am
Blood drive at Phinney Center on Friday
Phinneywood - The Puget Sound Blood Center is hosting a blood drive at the Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., this Friday, June 21. The drive is from 1-7 p.m. (closed from 3-3:45 p.m.) in classrooms 1 and 2. Nearby, it's also hosting a bloodmobile today (Monday) from 12-6 p.m. outside Super Jock ‘n Jill, 7210 [...] Read more...
Blood drive at Phinney Center on Friday
Phinneywood - The Puget Sound Blood Center is hosting a blood drive at the Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., this Friday, June 21. The drive is from 1-7 p.m. (closed from 3-3:45 p.m.) in classrooms 1 and 2. Nearby, it's also hosting a bloodmobile today (Monday) from 12-6 p.m. outside Super Jock ‘n Jill, 7210 [...] Read more...
Friday, June 14, 2013 -- 10:34 am
Artwalk, live music, dancing, farmers market in Phinney-Greenwood this weekend
Phinneywood - Plenty to do in the neighborhood this Father's Day weekend. Here are a few highlights; check our Events calendar any time for more. The Phinney Farmer's Market runs from 3-7 p.m. Friday in the upper parking lot of the Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N. Greenwood-Phinney's monthly Artwalk is Friday night with almost four-dozen [...] Read more...
Artwalk, live music, dancing, farmers market in Phinney-Greenwood this weekend
Phinneywood - Plenty to do in the neighborhood this Father's Day weekend. Here are a few highlights; check our Events calendar any time for more. The Phinney Farmer's Market runs from 3-7 p.m. Friday in the upper parking lot of the Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N. Greenwood-Phinney's monthly Artwalk is Friday night with almost four-dozen [...] Read more...
Thursday, June 13, 2013 -- 6:47 pm
NW 80th Street paving continues next with nighttime closures
Phinneywood - Paving crews from Seattle Department of Transportation have been repairing concrete pavement panels on NW 80th Street between 6th Avenue NW and 7th Avenue NW this week. That work will continue next week with nighttime closures Tuesday through Friday. Next week, NW 80th Street will be restricted to one lane shared by both directions of [...] Read more...
NW 80th Street paving continues next with nighttime closures
Phinneywood - Paving crews from Seattle Department of Transportation have been repairing concrete pavement panels on NW 80th Street between 6th Avenue NW and 7th Avenue NW this week. That work will continue next week with nighttime closures Tuesday through Friday. Next week, NW 80th Street will be restricted to one lane shared by both directions of [...] Read more...
Thursday, June 13, 2013 -- 6:30 pm
Phinney Neighborhood Chorus annual Haiti benefit concert is Saturday
Phinneywood - The Phinney Neighborhood Chorus will perform its annual concert to benefit a school in Haiti at 7 p.m. Saturday at Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, 7500 Greenwood Ave. N. There is no charge, but donations are accepted for the George Marcellus School. A reception will follow the performance. More information on the George Marcellus School can [...] Read more...
Phinney Neighborhood Chorus annual Haiti benefit concert is Saturday
Phinneywood - The Phinney Neighborhood Chorus will perform its annual concert to benefit a school in Haiti at 7 p.m. Saturday at Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, 7500 Greenwood Ave. N. There is no charge, but donations are accepted for the George Marcellus School. A reception will follow the performance. More information on the George Marcellus School can [...] Read more...
Thursday, June 13, 2013 -- 4:50 pm
The Crowded Mayoral Primary Slate
Seattle - ... reelection. Her name was Bertha Knight Landes, and 85 years later she remains our only woman mayor. Kate Martin, a Greenwood activist, Mary Martin (no relation), a Socialist with a capital "S," and Joey Gray, an enviro activist and Ultimate Frisbee ... Read more...
The Crowded Mayoral Primary Slate
Seattle - ... reelection. Her name was Bertha Knight Landes, and 85 years later she remains our only woman mayor. Kate Martin, a Greenwood activist, Mary Martin (no relation), a Socialist with a capital "S," and Joey Gray, an enviro activist and Ultimate Frisbee ... Read more...
Thursday, June 13, 2013 -- 2:47 pm
All patio, all the time: Summer fun - for $15 or less
Crosscut.com - ... are more locations - and fantastic local produce - than ever. Have a darling Friday evening picking out produce in Phinney Ridge, then take yourself out to happy hour afterward. Or drop by the Columbia City market (a good excuse to hit to the ... Read more...
All patio, all the time: Summer fun - for $15 or less
Crosscut.com - ... are more locations - and fantastic local produce - than ever. Have a darling Friday evening picking out produce in Phinney Ridge, then take yourself out to happy hour afterward. Or drop by the Columbia City market (a good excuse to hit to the ... Read more...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 -- 1:26 pm
City Fruit looking for volunteers to help harvest fruit for local food programs
Phinneywood - City Fruit is a local organization that harvests excess fruit from neighbors' and street fruit trees and gives it to local hunger programs. City Fruit is looking for volunteers to pick fruit from July to September in Phinney Ridge, as well as West Seattle and Southeast Seattle. The most common types of fruits harvested are [...] Read more...
City Fruit looking for volunteers to help harvest fruit for local food programs
Phinneywood - City Fruit is a local organization that harvests excess fruit from neighbors' and street fruit trees and gives it to local hunger programs. City Fruit is looking for volunteers to pick fruit from July to September in Phinney Ridge, as well as West Seattle and Southeast Seattle. The most common types of fruits harvested are [...] Read more...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 -- 1:17 pm
Naked City's new beer garden officially called the Walrus, will be for all ages
Phinneywood - Naked City's new beer garden in the adjacent parking lot will officially be called the Walrus Beer Garden, in honor of the Walrus blues tavern that was originally on that site before burning down three decades ago. Local muralist Henry painted a large mural of two walruses on one wall. And the artists who created [...] Read more...
Naked City's new beer garden officially called the Walrus, will be for all ages
Phinneywood - Naked City's new beer garden in the adjacent parking lot will officially be called the Walrus Beer Garden, in honor of the Walrus blues tavern that was originally on that site before burning down three decades ago. Local muralist Henry painted a large mural of two walruses on one wall. And the artists who created [...] Read more...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 -- 9:38 pm
McGinn wants to add more school-zone traffic cameras
Seattle Times - ... of better speed enforcement, McGinn said. The city started using the cameras in December at four school zones on Greenwood Avenue North, Martin Luther King Jr. Way South, Fauntleroy Way Southwest and Fifth Avenue Northeast. Since then, at least ... Read more...
McGinn wants to add more school-zone traffic cameras
Seattle Times - ... of better speed enforcement, McGinn said. The city started using the cameras in December at four school zones on Greenwood Avenue North, Martin Luther King Jr. Way South, Fauntleroy Way Southwest and Fifth Avenue Northeast. Since then, at least ... Read more...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 -- 2:31 pm
Re: Brothers From Another Just Rocked My World in a Supermarket
The Stranger - ... and life really sucked. A couple of years later, after I'd moved out of my mother's crib, I worked at the Greenwood Market where, on my first day, I was tasked to help apprehend a man that was pocketing packs of chocolate-covered espresso beans. As ... Read more...
Re: Brothers From Another Just Rocked My World in a Supermarket
The Stranger - ... and life really sucked. A couple of years later, after I'd moved out of my mother's crib, I worked at the Greenwood Market where, on my first day, I was tasked to help apprehend a man that was pocketing packs of chocolate-covered espresso beans. As ... Read more...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 -- 1:30 pm
Phinney Center looking for craftsperson to assist with occasional projects, renovations
Phinneywood - The Phinney Neighborhood Association is looking for a skilled craftsperson to assist with occasional projects and renovations. We do many small renovation and repair projects in-house. We build walls, drywall (mud, tape and paint), install cabinetry and trim, hang doors and mount hardware, do minor plumbing and electrical, tiling, build signs and glazing. We do [...] Read more...
Phinney Center looking for craftsperson to assist with occasional projects, renovations
Phinneywood - The Phinney Neighborhood Association is looking for a skilled craftsperson to assist with occasional projects and renovations. We do many small renovation and repair projects in-house. We build walls, drywall (mud, tape and paint), install cabinetry and trim, hang doors and mount hardware, do minor plumbing and electrical, tiling, build signs and glazing. We do [...] Read more...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 -- 10:56 am
Speed cameras coming to 5 more Seattle school zones
Seattle Times - The city first started using traffic cameras to cite school zone speeders in December at four other school zones near Broadview-Thomson K-8 School on Greenwood Avenue North, Thurgood Marshall Elementary on Martin Luther King Jr. Way South, Gatewood Elementary on Fauntleroy Way Southwest and Olympic View Elementary on Fifth Avenue Northeast.. Read more...
Speed cameras coming to 5 more Seattle school zones
Seattle Times - The city first started using traffic cameras to cite school zone speeders in December at four other school zones near Broadview-Thomson K-8 School on Greenwood Avenue North, Thurgood Marshall Elementary on Martin Luther King Jr. Way South, Gatewood Elementary on Fauntleroy Way Southwest and Olympic View Elementary on Fifth Avenue Northeast.. Read more...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 -- 8:29 am
Reminder about suspicious solicitors
Phinneywood - Terrie Johnston, Seattle Police Crime Prevention Officer, wants to remind everyone of safe practices when dealing with solicitors at your door. I send you this quote from an email I received from a Block Watcher last week, "We had a solicitor come by the house last night at 9:30 p.m. When I told him I [...] Read more...
Reminder about suspicious solicitors
Phinneywood - Terrie Johnston, Seattle Police Crime Prevention Officer, wants to remind everyone of safe practices when dealing with solicitors at your door. I send you this quote from an email I received from a Block Watcher last week, "We had a solicitor come by the house last night at 9:30 p.m. When I told him I [...] Read more...
Monday, June 10, 2013 -- 11:31 am
Greenwood Senior Center class focuses on improv and theatre to deal with memory loss, screens documentary 'The Penelope Project'
Phinneywood - The Greenwood Senior Center, 525 N. 85th St., continues to expand its services for those dealing with memory loss, including a new four-week series and a documentary screening. "Re-ignite the Mind with Improvisation and Play" runs from 1-2 p.m. on Wednesdays, from June 12 - July 3. Cost is $10 for PNA Members, $15 for [...] Read more...
Greenwood Senior Center class focuses on improv and theatre to deal with memory loss, screens documentary 'The Penelope Project'
Phinneywood - The Greenwood Senior Center, 525 N. 85th St., continues to expand its services for those dealing with memory loss, including a new four-week series and a documentary screening. "Re-ignite the Mind with Improvisation and Play" runs from 1-2 p.m. on Wednesdays, from June 12 - July 3. Cost is $10 for PNA Members, $15 for [...] Read more...
Monday, June 10, 2013 -- 8:13 am
City of Hope thrift shop closing
Phinneywood - City of Hope Second Hand Rose Thrift Shop at 201 N. 85th St. is having a huge closing sale. You can't miss the signs in their windows. Sonny Newman's Dance Hall, directly above the thrift shop, closed at the end of May, because the building had been sold. Read more...
City of Hope thrift shop closing
Phinneywood - City of Hope Second Hand Rose Thrift Shop at 201 N. 85th St. is having a huge closing sale. You can't miss the signs in their windows. Sonny Newman's Dance Hall, directly above the thrift shop, closed at the end of May, because the building had been sold. Read more...
Saturday, June 8, 2013 -- 3:10 am
Alki Homestead is going on the shopping block; After spending $1.4 million the owner wants out
The Highline Times - ... Seattle as a resident. In the meantime, Lin has made investments elsewhere in the area including in Des Moines and Greenwood but those are no longer part of his portfolio. Instead he is serving as a business advisor to an internet startup dealing in ... Read more...
Alki Homestead is going on the shopping block; After spending $1.4 million the owner wants out
The Highline Times - ... Seattle as a resident. In the meantime, Lin has made investments elsewhere in the area including in Des Moines and Greenwood but those are no longer part of his portfolio. Instead he is serving as a business advisor to an internet startup dealing in ... Read more...
Friday, June 7, 2013 -- 2:30 pm
1 business leaving the neighborhood, another moving in
Phinneywood - Earlier this week we told you about several businesses coming and going in Greenwood and Phinney. Here are two more. Diggity Dog Hotdog & Sausage Co., currently in Wallingford, is opening a second location in Greenwood, next door to Chocolati Café, at 8317 Greenwood Ave. N. They told me today they hope to open around [...] Read more...
1 business leaving the neighborhood, another moving in
Phinneywood - Earlier this week we told you about several businesses coming and going in Greenwood and Phinney. Here are two more. Diggity Dog Hotdog & Sausage Co., currently in Wallingford, is opening a second location in Greenwood, next door to Chocolati Café, at 8317 Greenwood Ave. N. They told me today they hope to open around [...] Read more...
Friday, June 7, 2013 -- 2:06 pm
Broadview-Thomson first-grader hit by car while in crosswalk this morning
Phinneywood - The Seattle Times reports a 7-year-old girl was hit by a car while in a crosswalk near Broadview-Thomson K-8 this morning. The Times article says witnesses reported the girl was carried on the hood of the car for about 30 feet, then flew another 15 feet through the air. She was taken to Harborview Medical [...] Read more...
Broadview-Thomson first-grader hit by car while in crosswalk this morning
Phinneywood - The Seattle Times reports a 7-year-old girl was hit by a car while in a crosswalk near Broadview-Thomson K-8 this morning. The Times article says witnesses reported the girl was carried on the hood of the car for about 30 feet, then flew another 15 feet through the air. She was taken to Harborview Medical [...] Read more...
upcoming events
| Greenwood Seafair Parade Greenwood Seafair Parade |
| The SPT Youth Program is proud to present its 10th Annual Senior Show OSCAR WILDE’S THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Seattle Public Theater at the Bathhouse |
| JOHN PRINE with DUSTIN BENTALL AND KENDEL CARSON Woodland Park Zoo |
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