As a way of reminding drivers to take it slow near our schools, the City of Seattle has installed new flashing school zone beacons at five Seattle schools, including Fremont’s BF Day Elementary school. The beacons are accompanied by signs that denote a 20 MPH speed limit when children are present or when the lights
January 27, 2011
Two weeks ago we heard about rising parking rates all around Seattle, including a $0.50/hour hike here in Fremont. Most of you were displeased. And you weren’t alone. The city was listening to you and other neighborhoods, some of which are facing a new $4.00/hour parking rate, and is putting these revised rates under review
January 26, 2011
Following a nine-year hiatus, Kent Stowell’s Cinderella makes a long-anticipated return for its McCaw Hall debut with the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Choreographer Kent Stowell’s show, drawn from the original French fairy tale, features 50 professional dancers in both dramatic and comedic roles, live orchestra and more than 100 elaborately detailed costumes set against vast storybook
January 26, 2011
Between Ship Canal and 65th Street, residential streetlights have been shining a little differently in recent weeks. The streetlights have been replaced with Light Emitting Diode (LED) fixtures, just some of the 5,000 LED streetlights that were converted over the last year in Seattle. Seattle City Light plans to convert all 40,000 residential streetlights to
January 26, 2011
Recently we heard all about where Fremont got its name from. But how did Fremont literally start? In other words, what was the first building in all of Fremont? Believe it or not, it was not a Thai restaurant. It was the Occidental Hotel (maybe…it could just be an advert for the hotel as well).
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