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New speed camera on Fremont Ave part of Seattle’s school zone expansion
If you look up walking south on Fremont Ave N near N 38th Street, you’ll see a large camera wrapped in plastic on a pole. According to the Seattle Department of Transportation, the Fremont Ave camera is part of a citywide effort to improve school zone safety. B.F. Day Elementary School is located two blocks north of the camera. A…
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Spring Makers Market at Stone Way Auto March 22
If you’re tired of the gray (and who isn’t), Stone Way Auto is giving you a reason to get outside this Saturday. The Spring Makers Market runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 3621 Stone Way N, with local artists selling handmade pottery, jewelry, stained glass and more. Entry is free and all ages are welcome. Bring a can…
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Fremont group knits red hats to protest ICE, honor WWII history
When Dawn Wheeler moved back to Seattle after 11 years abroad, she was looking for ways to put down roots. She found it in a red hat. Wheeler, a Fremont resident, launched the Melt the Ice hat-making group in late January, gathering neighbors to knit and crochet red hats inspired by a Norwegian World War II resistance symbol. The group…
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Zoo Doo season is here and ZooTunes tickets are on sale
Two Woodland Park Zoo announcements worth knowing about, one for your garden and one for your summer calendar. Zoo Doo, the zoo’s signature compost made from animal bedding and waste from zebras, giraffes, rhinos, lions and more, goes on sale now for pickup starting this weekend. The fully composted fertilizer is available in sizes ranging from 25 gallons ($16.50) to…
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Fremont Rotary president’s daughter missing, family asks for community help
Rudy Pantoja, president of the Fremont Rotary Club, is asking the community to help locate his daughter, Olympia West-McCoy, who is listed as missing and endangered by Seattle police. West-McCoy, 35, was last seen in February following the birth of a baby boy at UW Medical Center. She is described as a White/Hispanic woman, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 145…
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