According to the Seattle Police Department (SPD) blotter, by Detective Renee Witt, at approximately 2a on Saturday, December 10th, a man in his 20s drove his vehicle into a crowd of six people, near Phinney Avenue North and North 36th Street.
Last Thursday, October 20th, Mayor Mike McGinn, and many Fremont notables, gathered at 3400 Stone Way to celebrate the announcement that Brooks Sports will relocate their headquarters to a new development to be built on the site, in 2013.
Head’s up! A special farewell party is planned for Wednesday, May 25th at 6pm at Norm’s Eatery & Ale House, to say good-bye to three beloved friends, and fellow Fremont employees.
Kirk Richmond has announced that his space, at Far East Handicrafts, is currently for lease. The 1,600 square foot commercial space, at 127 N 36th, could accomodate a wide variety of uses. For more information, call 206/633-1950. As Far East shifts to a new business model – check out their new website! – they are looking to share or give up their retail location…and sales on select merchandise will be coming soon.
The dates for the public open house/stakeholders workshops have been rescheduled. The opportunity for the public, in addition to the members of the project’s community stakeholders, to view the conceptual floor plans, cost information, architectural elevations and “flyover” simulations for the final five remodel concepts under consideration for the North Seattle Transfer Station have been rescheduled for Monday, March 7th and Monday, March 14th. The two public viewings will still be held at the offices of the Institute for Systems Biology (at 837 N 34th St.)
On Sunday, February 27th, from Noon – 6p, Henry Burton invites everyone to stop by Fremont Place Books (a.k.a. Fremont Place Book Company) to celebrate 22-years of books and bookselling, and to say good-bye to it all. Additionally, he hopes book lovers, bargain shoppers, and shopkeepers will come in to buy up the inventory, office supplies and furnishings.
Two established watering holes on North 36th Street in Fremont have new owners, and new looks. Tost Lounge, at 513 N 36th #E, and Sinners & Saints, at 303 N 36th, have become history in this new year.
After questions, and rumors, about the safety barrier on the Aurora Bridge swirled around attendees at the most recent Fremont Chamber of Commerce meeting, it seemed time for a quick check in with Greg Phipps, spokesperson for the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and the Aurora Bridge safety fence construction project.
The Fremont Chamber of Commerce general meeting for November, held on the 17th, at Costas Opa contained a lot of food for thought – as well as a lot of good food. Three particular announcements dispelled rumors recently floating around the ‘hood – and proved each rumor, in this instance, to be true.
Jessamy Whitsitt and Renee Steen will open their new shop, simply called Pie, sometime in mid-December. “Our goal is definately before Christmas,” Whitsitt insisted during a phone interview today. The shop will be located in what was, up until recently, half of Frame-Up Studios (3515 Fremont Ave N) – but is a separate business, and will not replace one of Fremont’s most beloved retailers.
