Madison Park News

What do you think of SDOT's head honcho?

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Monday, March 8th, 02:56pm

Should the Seattle City Council confirm the acting SDOT director, Peter Hahn?

Now's your chance to speak out. Public comment will be accepted until Monday, April 19 and may be emailed directly to Councilmember Rasmussen at tom.rasmussen@seattle.gov.

Hahn's confirmation will occur at the upcoming transportation committee meeting, Tuesday, March 23, with a public hearing in council chambers at 9:30 a.m.

At that time, Hahn will outline his vision and approach to managing SDOT while the council will share their expectations and pepper him (hopefully) with important questions.

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Tour site of future Chilean garden at Washington Park on Wednesday

Submitted by Ray Marcham on Sunday, March 7th, 06:21pm

The city has big plans for the Washington Park Arboretum, and you can take a tour of the next area they want to work on.

The "Gateway to Chile" project will help develop a new exhibit of Chilean species and restore the overgrown Holmdahl Rockery. It is hoped that construction on the project will start in late spring.

You can take a tour of the area where the new garden will be installed. The tour group will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the parking area at the south end of the Washington Park playfield.

A public meeting on the project will take place on March 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the arboretum's Graham Visitor Center. If you want more information, you can contact Andy Sheffer at Seattle Parks and Recreation at 206-684-7041 or at andy.sheffer@seattle.gov.

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Public Spaces

A Madison Park morning

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Tuesday, March 2nd, 09:30am

Steve Pool got this shot of Madison Park Beach this morning. It's going to be a while before the dock comes back for swimming, but here's to the sunshine this morning!

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Weather

Shannon's Sunday night forecast for Madison Park

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Sunday, February 28th, 04:57pm

KOMO's Shannon O'Donnell gives the Sunday night forecast for Madison Park, with a nice Monday in store for the neighborhood!

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Police catch man who tried, failed to break in two apartments

Submitted by Ray Marcham on Sunday, February 28th, 12:54pm

Seattle Police arrested a 34-year-old man early Sunday after he tried to break into two apartments on 25th Avenue E., but failed.

Officers responded to 911 calls about a prowler at an apartment building near 25th and Denny Way around 2:40 a.m. Witnesses reported hearing loud crashes and thought the prowler was trying to break into a residence.

When police arrived, they found the suspect and arrested him without incident. The investigation discovered that the man had tried to break into two apartments, but although he damaged a door in one unit and a window in another, he never got inside either apartment. In the process, he also damaged a barbecue, a phone box and a cable box, all on the outside of the building.

The man was taken to the King County Jail and booked for investigation of burglary.

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Crime

Beware of con artist posing as City Light bill collectors

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Thursday, February 25th, 12:46pm

Seattle City Light is warning customers about con artist who've been posing as utility bill collectors and appear to be targeting customers with Asian surnames.

City Light customers have told the utility that someone who claimed to be a City Light employee told them they were ready to disconnect their electricity if they did not make a payment by credit card.

In the scam, the callers claimed there were problems with payment of the customers’ bill and asked for a credit card payment to resolve the matter. In some instances, the caller also asked for Social Security numbers. This is similar to incidents reported to City Light during the past several years.

City Light doesn't demand immediate payment to prevent disconnection, nor does the utility use social security numbers to identify customers.

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Repairs to the Madison Street sidewalk

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Wednesday, February 24th, 02:05pm

Watch out if you're walking down Madison Street Saturday.

While it's not technically in Madison Park, lots of people make the Mad trek, and those who do should know that SDOT plans to restore the sidewalk on the south side of Madison Street between 17th and 18th avenues on Saturday, February 27.

The crews will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will complete work by 6 p.m. The sidewalk will be closed to pedestrians, so you've been warned, Mad trekkers.

The restoration is needed following work on underground utilities.

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Eat for cheap during Seattle Restaurant Week

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Tuesday, February 23rd, 03:25pm

Anthony's HomePort in Shilshole, Ivar's Salmon House in Wallingford, Brad's Swingside Cafe in Fremont, Queen Anne's Emmer & Rye & How to Cook a Wolf, and even the Madison Park Cafe are in on it.They're among the 100 restaurants all over Seattle offering 3-course dinners for $25 during Seattle Restaurant Week, Sunday, April 18 to Thursday, April 29.

Some also offering three-course lunches for $15.

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Restaurants

Youth & Families Initiative: No meeting left behind

Submitted by Amy Roe on Monday, February 22nd, 04:25pm

Do you care about kids and families? Do you want to go to a big community meeting?

O.K.; forget that last part. You don’t have to spend time in an elementary school cafetorium to participate in the mayor’s Youth and Family Initiative, which is so far a vague “community process” with goals TBD. You can simply fill out this form.

If you are inclined to do face time, the first in the series kicks off at 7 p.m. tonight at the Rainier Community Center. Here’s the schedule of the rest, which wrap up March 22.

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