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New sports field coming to lower Woodland Park: Two options, one meeting
Editor’s Note: See Eric’s prior stories on this subject: Lincoln Playfields Option C: Combining Options A and B for a Better Lower Woodland Park Design (Dec 15, 2025) Lincoln Playfields at Lower Woodland Park: An Update on Option A and Option C (Jan 19, 2026) Lincoln High School has approval for a new hybrid football/soccer field, funded by the BEX…
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Harvey Funeral Home demolished, clearing way for 169-unit apartment building
The Harvey Funeral Home at 508 N 36th St. came down today. Demolition crews reduced the longtime building to a pile of rubble, leaving the front steps and landscaping eerily intact. A seven-story, 169-unit apartment building with ground-floor retail and 63 parking spaces is planned for the site by Prometheus Real Estate Group. For the full rundown on what’s coming…
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Public comment closing Thursday on tree removal at 4401 Fremont Ave N
Notices posted to trees along Fremont Ave N near N 44th Street are alerting neighbors to a proposed removal of four red maples at 4401 Fremont Ave N. The public comment window closes Thursday, April 16. The trees, ranging from 12 to 18 inches in diameter, are being removed to make way for a five-story, approximately 120-unit mixed-use apartment building…
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Ever wonder how Fremont got its name?
The answer stretches from the western frontier to Nebraska to the northwest corner of Lake Union. Local historian Valarie Bunn traces the full story in this piece from her blog, Wedgwood in Seattle History, connecting explorer John Charles Fremont, a pair of Nebraska real estate investors named the Blewetts, and Seattle’s Great Fire of 1889. It’s a good read for…
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Fremont Neighbor Forum comes to neighborhood poles
From 1977 to 1983, the Fremont Forum gave this neighborhood a print voice… a monthly community newspaper covering the people and issues that made Fremont what it was. When it went dark, that chapter closed. This month, Fremont Neighbor is opening a new one. Vol. 1, No. 1 of the Fremont Neighbor Forum is now posted on poles and bulletin…
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