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2018 Egg Hunts

Egg hunts for kids to search for candy and plastic eggs are available around Seattle, most on Saturday, March 31. For all egg-hunt events, organizers ask families to bring a bag or basket for each child and arrive 15 minutes before starting time. This allows time to find the starting place, which may vary by […]

Lake City Community Center Open House

Parks Department has taken over management of the Lake City Community Center as of January 1, 2018. This is an opportunity to meet the Lake City staff, learn about new and planned programs, and hopefully hear about the plans for a new Lake City Community Center building. Plus the staff will listen to your ideas […]

SDOT Safety Project Update Meeting

SDOT has updates on some of the planned traffic/pedestrian safety projects in Pinehurst. Namely:

* NE 117th / Pinehurst / 15th Ave NE new traffic signal * NE 117th new sidewalk * NE 115th St new sidewalk * 12th Ave NE new sidewalk

Come hear the news from SDOT on Wednesday, March 14, 6 – […]

North Precinct Advisory Council Minutes for March 2018

This month’s guest speaker was SPD Chief Carmen Best, who’s interim chief until a new one is hired. She’s been with the force for 26 years. She laid out her priorities:

– Reduce crime and disorder – Excellent service, doing work the community expects and wants – Work with honor and professionalism, and to feel […]

Road Rules – Turning Right Across a Bike Lane

​How do you turn right across a bike lane? In Washington you’ll want to check for and yield to bicyclists, then merge INTO the bike lane so you’re making your right turn from the curb.

Washington’s law on right turns directs the driver to make the turn from “as close as practicable to the right-hand […]

Northgate Ped/Bike Bridge Drop-in Sessions

SDOT is hosting three informal drop-in sessions for the Northgate Ped/Bike Bridge project later this month. SDOT recently updated the west approach to the bridge, in response to concerns raised by North Seattle College. At these drop-in sessions, SDOT will share the latest design, provide updates on public art, talk about the 1st Ave NE […]

Kids’ Art in Pinehurst Pocket Park

This month’s art in Pinehurst Pocket Park is a lovely moose, drawn by five year old Greta. It least she was five two Pinehurstfests ago when she drew it! You can see this in the kiosk at NE 117th St & 19th Ave NE. Thanks, Greta! P.S. want to make another picture for the park […]