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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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New rules, new board: FNC holds annual meeting
The Fremont Neighborhood Council approved seven amendments to its bylaws at their annual membership meeting on April 28 at the Doric Lodge. While the bylaws have seen minor updates in recent years, this was the most substantial revision in recent memory. Members also elected their board of directors for the next term. The most discussed bylaw change raises the threshold…
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Bronze plaque stolen from Fremont’s historic Doric Lodge
The mural, the window, and a plaque have surrounded the front entrance of Doric Lodge No. 92 for decades, but if you walked past in the last month, you might notice something off. The nearly 58 year-old bronze plaque that commemorated the Masonic lodge’s 75th anniversary was stolen in early April and an unpainted cement footprint was left in its…
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Seattle leads the nation in bike commuting, Fremont is at the center of it
May is Bike Everywhere Month, and if recent numbers are any indication, Fremont is already doing its part. Seattle cyclists logged more than 3.3 million commute miles in 2025, topping every other city in the country, according to a new report from fitness tracking app Strava covered by the Seattle Times last week. According to Strava’s data, the Westlake segment,…
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Route 40 work uncovers Fremont’s brick past
The Seattle Department of Transportation’s Route 40 work has scraped more than old asphalt from the tops of Fremont’s streets. Crews have unveiled century-old red bricks, offering a glimpse of our streetcar past. According to local historian Valarie Bunn, the bricks were the easiest durable material to place around trolley tracks. Fremont’s streets once carried the Interurban Railway. As geologist…
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