May 4, 2010

One day after our sister site Phinneywood was honored with the SPJ award for its coverage of the devastating Greenwood arsons, we’re proud to roll out the fourth in a series of stories partnering Next Door Media sites with the nonprofit Common Language Project and students of the University of Washington’s Entrepreneurial Journalism class. “After

May 4, 2010

Congratulations to our sister site PhinneyWood.com, which has won a prestigious national journalism award for its Online Deadline Reporting (Independent) category covering one of the biggest local stories of last year: the Greenwood arson fires.   The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) announced the win for the Oct.23 “Three-Alarm Fire Destroys Greenwood Businesses.” Doree Armstrong, who I had the

May 3, 2010

It’s not too late to register for the Second Annual “Randomly Occurring” Fremont/Ballard Tech Fair, which begins at 11 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Lake Washington Rowing Club, 910 N Northlake Way. In this symposium presented by the Ballard and Fremont Chamber of Commerce, the focus is on seminars that solve storage problems (and

May 3, 2010

Update 2:15 p.m. Monday: SPD spokesman Mark Jamieson says it looks like a murder-suicide, and that the bodies have been there for several days. Jamieson says preliminary indications are that the man killed the woman, then himself. Police recovered a handgun from the room at the Way West Motel. Earlier: Seattle Police and Seattle Fire

May 3, 2010

Thomas (Tom) McGrann, a fixture in Fremont known for his gregarious and generous nature — who locals might associate with his constant neighborhood walks with his Golden Retriever Lucy and later, his partner’s Australian cattle dogs — was struck and killed by a commuter train April 27 in Del Mar, Calif., while taking care of