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Did Snow Ruin or Improve Your Holiday Experience?

12.27.2008 Uncategorized

After 10 days of being stranded in a city paralyzed by a few inches of powder – we’re wondering if your holidays were a disaster because of the the snow or a winter wonderland experience in spite of (or because of) it all? Did you get where you wanted to go? Were you supposed to [...]

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Bus Bitch: “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”

12.22.2008 Uncategorized

Beacon Hill writer, performer and raconteur Brian McGuigan publishes his “Bus Bitch” column on a semi-regular basis (when he feels like it). Email him with your stories, tips and pictures of your bus-riding calamities. In the meantime, here’s his latest – a super useful guide to getting around in what he’s so aptly coined the [...]

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Are You Ready for the Big One? Heavy Snow + Big Winds to Hit This Evening

12.20.2008 Uncategorized

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning from 4 pm this afternoon to 10 am Sunday. NWS says we could see gusty winds up to 50-60 mph, as well as 4 to 8-inches of snow Saturday evening into Sunday, which is weird, since we measured 7-inches across the Rainier Valley on Thursday [...]

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Snow Day Updates: 4-6″ Across the District, Roads “Treacherous”, Kids Having a Blast… 7″ Now!

12.18.2008 Uncategorized

Mother Nature is making up for yesterday’s snowless snow day with a vengeance. We’ve had thundersnow and snow showers since early this morning and the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the Seattle area until 6 pm tonight. See below for snow fall accumulations across southeast Seattle as of about [...]

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Finally Some Flakes: It’s a Real Snow Day Today!

12.18.2008 Uncategorized

Mother Nature has redeemed herself in our eyes this morning with 1.5-inches of snow having already fallen at the RVP World Headquarters in the Othello neighborhood and a steady snowfall continuing as we type… Seattle schools are closed, of course, and it looks like we may have been right yesterday in predicting that students would [...]

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No Snow Yet, but It’s Coming; Schools Closed

12.17.2008 Uncategorized

The National Weather Service is predicting snow all across western Washington today, with snow showers tonight and accumulation of 2 to 5 inches expected in Seattle. According to Cliff Mass, “there is a profound snow shadow extending from the Olympics to Seattle… the radar image is really quite amazing.” As a result, all Seattle Public [...]

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Don’t Panic: Cliff Mass Is Starting to Hedge, Might Just Be a Dusting Tomorrow

12.17.2008 Uncategorized

If you were looking for a snow day tomorrow you may need to come up with a better excuse to take the day off because Cliff Mass is saying that this “will not be a large regional snow event”, and although it’s likely to fall here and there between 4 am and 4 pm tomorrow, [...]

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March for Youth Planning Obama Celebration for Area Teens: Can You Help?

12.08.2008 Uncategorized

March for Youth – the coalition of southeast Seattle neighbors, churches, businesses and nonprofit organizations dedicated to supporting and encouraging youth – has teamed with the brand new Rainier Vista Boys & Girls Club to host an Obama Election Party for area teens. The celebration is planned for Jan 19, 2009. In the meantime, the [...]

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SPD Wants Noemi’s Killer “In a Bad Way”

12.04.2008 Uncategorized

It’s been four days since Noemi Lopez was stabbed to death in her Othello home and contrary to some accusations that Seattle Police Department (SPD) is dragging its feet, spokesperson Renee Whitt says law enforcement is “working feverishly to distribute information to the national media” and is hoping for a break in the case sometime [...]

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Join March for Youth Coalition & Help Prevent Youth Violence; 11/7

11.07.2008 Uncategorized

Just a reminder that the March for Youth team – the committee that worked together, marched together and helped build a coalition of southeast Seattle neighbors, churches, businesses and nonprofit organizations to support and encourage area youth – will regroup tomorrow, Fri., Nov. 7, at Rainier Vista’s Neighborhood House (Paul Allen room) from 7 to [...]

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HCBA to Discuss Bus Service Changes With Metro; 11/5

11.04.2008 Uncategorized

The community is invited to join Hillman City Business Association (HCBA) members tomorrow, Wed., Nov. 5, at 9:30 am at Kawali Grill (5300 Rainier Ave. S.) to discuss upcoming changes to Metro bus service in southeast Seattle. King County Metro representatives Sarah Luthens and Doug Johnson will present. The general meeting will also include a [...]

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MBCC to Discuss Future of #14 With Metro + Darigold’s Plan to Expand Its Parking Lot

11.01.2008 Uncategorized

Just a reminder that the Mount Baker Community Club (MBCC) will meet this Mon., 11/3, from 7 to 9 pm at Mt. Baker Community Club (2811 Mount Rainier Dr. S.). According to MBCC President Pat Murakami, there are two important items on the agenda: 1. Representatives from Metro will take input regarding changes to the [...]

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Bus Bitch: “WTF Happened to My Bus?: Bus Bitch’s Pocket Guide to the Proposed Bus Service Changes in SE Seattle”

10.23.2008 Uncategorized

[A note to “Bus Bitch” readers: Yeah, I know you haven’t heard from the Bitch in awhile (And some of you— ahem, Metro, Sound Transit, the city— are probably happy about this.). There is good reason for Bus Bitch’s recent hiatus though (mainly, football and being swept away with the election), but never fear: the [...]

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SENDC Takes on Neighborhood Planning Tonight in New Group’s 2nd Community Meeting

10.14.2008 Uncategorized

In August we told you about the Southeast Neighborhood District Council (SENDC) – a new group formed in response to an intense membership dispute within the Southeast District Council (SEDC), one of 13 citizen advisory groups in the city that serve to connect Seattle neighborhoods with all branches of City government via the City Neighborhood [...]

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March for Youth Plans to Regroup Next Month + Youth Violence Q&a With Organizer Denise Gloster

10.09.2008 Uncategorized

March for Youth 2008 organizer and Hillman City Business Association President (HCBA) Denise Gloster has announced the next meeting of the committee that worked together, marched together and helped build a coalition of Southeast Seattle individuals, families, churches, business and nonprofit organizations to support and encourage area youth. Four months after hundreds of neighbors marched [...]

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ACRS Planning Eclectic Community Celebration; 8/6

08.02.2008 Uncategorized

We recently told you about the Wed., Aug. 6, grand opening of the Asian Counseling and Referral Service‘s new facility at 3639 Martin Luther King Jr. Way South, where the organization relocated just last month. Today, Northwest Asian Weekly has an informative article about the nationally recognized non-profit. Some excerpts include: The primary reason ACRS [...]

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