Neighborhood News and Local Blog Round-Up
- Last night a group of pedestrians were robbed at
knifepointforkpoint in the area of 1st NE and NE 107th. Police have arrested the three suspects and recovered the weapon: a dinner fork. - The
street signsparking meters in downtown say you can park till 6 p.m., but the tow trucks on First Ave. don't agree. Come 3 p.m., commute hours kick in, cars get towed, and tourists go crazy searching for their car. - Vintage Seattle has a great shot from 1908, when Teddy Roosevelt's "Great White Fleet" of battleships put on a great white light show in Elliott Bay, putting the Microsoft Bing! to shame. Go big or go home, right?
- Arlington's little leaguers learned how to steal, not only third base, but overhead lights too. Their baseball coach, 31-year-old George Spady, used teamwork--and his son's vent-crawling talent--to break into the vacant store.
- A Seattle court ruled that honking your horn--constantly for ten minutes in order to piss off your neighbor--is not protected under your First Amendment right of free speech.
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