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Red bus lanes coming to Fremont by end of May
Fremont’s first red transit lanes will be painted on N 36th St as early as the end of May, part of the final phase of the Seattle Department of Transportation’s Route 40 Transit-Plus Multimodal Corridor Project. The red lanes will run eastbound on N 36th St starting at 1st Ave NW and continuing to N 34th St, just before the…
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Fremont in the Wild: Have you seen Plunko?
A missing flyer spotted on utility poles in lower Fremont is turning heads this week. But it’s not for a lost dog or cat. Someone is searching for “Plunko,” a 2-foot-8 penguin described as a “Dapper guy,” “Community leader,” and “Motion Coordinator” who was “Last seen at the function.” He reportedly dislikes social media and loves Kodak. The flyers have…
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Fremont Neighbor Forum Vol. 1, No. 2 is on the poles
The second edition of the Fremont Neighbor Forum is out and posted on poles near the dinosaur topiaries along the Burke-Gilman Trail in Fremont Canal Park. This issue introduces a section called Neighbor Voices, and it starts with someone who has been a voice in the neighborhood for many years. Rudy Pantoja, Jr. has volunteered with the Fremont Rotary Club…
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Fremont’s mail: Then and now
If you’ve gone looking for a blue United States Postal Service mailbox in Fremont in the last year or two, you may have noticed some changes. Collection boxes have disappeared from familiar spots, including near Tacoma Screw and Markettime. Others have been replaced with newer, high-security models designed to resist mail theft. The changes are part of Project Safe Delivery,…
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Japanese outdoor brand Snow Peak opens on Stone Way
Snow Peak celebrated the grand opening of its Seattle store May 8-9 at the CornerStone Campus at 3524 Stone Way Ave N. The Japanese outdoor lifestyle brand’s 3,700-square-foot space is its fourth North American retail location and first new store in over a decade. The store carries camping equipment, outdoor essentials, and apparel, with gear rentals coming soon from a…
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