July 14, 2009

The longest-running American sitcom, The Simpsons will soon celebrate 20 years on TV. And producers have selected Fremont’s Oktoberfest as the West Coast home of the birthday celebrations. Why? “The team over at The Simpsons camp thought that the Fremont Oktoberfest fits the show demographics ‘like a glove,’” reads a press release. And of course,

July 13, 2009

Calling it “Seattle’s first official Google meetup,” a few employees from the Fremont Google offices will be holding an event at 6 this evening (Monday) at the Red Door. “We’re excited to announce that Maile Ohye developer programs tech lead, legal expert Daphne Keller and others will be on hand to answer questions, mingle and

July 13, 2009

We saw this Metro bus on Market headed towards “Freemont.” At the risk of turning into the neighborhood spelling police, that’s not the first time the county has misspelled the neighborhood.

July 12, 2009

The “Show to End All Shows” has ended, and Fremont’s Circus Contraption is calling it quits this week after 11 years in Seattle. “It takes an enormous amount of time and makes people a very little amount of money,” said Erin Brindley, Circus Contraption’s managing director. “Everyone’s ready to move on.” This last weekend, they

July 11, 2009

The Seattle Police Department’s North Precinct held its 4th annual picnic in Northgate today, drawing curious neighbors in beautiful weather. “The turnout’s been great. We usually count by the hot dogs,” says Captain Mike Washburn. “We just like to say thanks to the community.” The north precinct is the city’s largest, covering everything north of