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Monthly Archives: October 2024
Cats and the ticket
Thanks to Mary Jane F.
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What’s behind the excuse?
thanks to Mary Jane F.
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First Hill Community News – October
Thanks to Ann M.
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Skyline’s 15 Anniversary celebration!
Ed note: What could be nicer! Good company, great food, red carpet across 8th Avenue, and a great show by Michael Cavenaugh (below). Working with Billy Joel, who discovered him in Las Vegas, Michael had the lead in New York’s … Continue reading
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Jazz Has a New Home in Seattle. One Caveat: The Place Is ‘For Lease.’
By Eric Olson in the NYT – Reporting from Seattle (thanks to Sandy J.) The nonprofit Seattle Jazz Fellowship has carved out a performance space in the historic Globe Building — for now — and is putting its economic model to … Continue reading
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How do you dispose of a pumpkin?
Thanks to Cam A.
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More ghostly than expected
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Trying to navigate Caremerge
thanks to Sybil-Ann
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Freeway Park October-November
Note: Volunteers needed for area cleanup – meetup 10 AM on Saturday the 19th at the Seneca Plaza to walk through First Hill. Tools and bags provided. Bring gloves!
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Trump’s Pardons Crooks Who Stole 1.58 Billion
Thanks to Mike C. Judith Negron, the former owner of a Miami-area mental health company who was sentenced in 2011 to 35 years in prison for her role in filing $205 million in fraudulent Medicare claims and ordered to pay more than $87 million in restitution. … Continue reading
Stopover on your First Hill walk
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Note about a friend in Ashville
Ed note: I received this note today from a friend who was able to contact a mutual friend in Ashville, NC. Hard to imagine. Are we ready here with water, supplies, sanitation and cash? “I had a good full talk … Continue reading
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60 Minutes, Medicare and more — comments from Heather Cox Richardson
“It’s been a tradition for more than half a century that the major party candidates for president sit down with 60 Minutes in October,” host Scott Pelley said to the camera last night before 60 Minutes aired an interview with … Continue reading
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Art on screens at Museum House
The twin towers just east of the Cascade Tower are opening in the coming months. They are beginning to show art (hard to discern) on exterior screens. Not sure how this is really going to work but here’s a current … Continue reading
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Telecom giant AT&T to remove 8 miles of lead cables in Lake Tahoe after legal battle
A remnant of an old telecommunications system, the lead cables were forgotten for decades By Julie Brown Davis, Tahoe Editor (thanks to Pam P.) Lake Tahoe is one of the most protected bodies of water in the country — and yet, … Continue reading
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Trick or “Treat” at Mar-a-Lago
Thanks to Pam P.
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Contraceptive pill available over the counter for more women in NSW after ‘huge success’ of trial
from The Guardian – Thanks to Pam P. No requirement to go to GP for new prescription for pill, as long as it has been taken for at least two years More women in New South Wales will have easier access to … Continue reading
Nice to see PCC help with recycling
Thanks to Mary M. RECYCLE WITH SEADRUNAR Bring the plastic bags, wraps and films that aren’t accepted curbside to your neighborhood co-op. Our partner Seadrunar is breaking down barriers to recycling with a program that supports the wellbeing of planet … Continue reading
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Elon Musk Presides Over Yet Another Failed Launch
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images BUTLER, PA (The Borowitz Report)—In what experts are calling his most embarrassing implosion ever, Tesla CEO Elon Musk presided over yet another failed launch on Saturday. As Musk looked on, a visibly impaired rocket started emitting abnormal, … Continue reading
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Platforms and shelters improperly built on new Capitol Hill RapidRide
By Nicholas Deshais Seattle Times staff reporter Three station platforms aren’t the correct height for wheelchair access — and 25 shelters need to be removed, welded and painted again — along Seattle’s latest addition to its RapidRide bus service. The … Continue reading
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What I’m Thinking About on the First Anniversary of the War
By Thomas L. Friedman Opinion Columnist in the NYT So what am I thinking about on this first anniversary of the Hamas-Hezbollah-Iran-Israel war? Something my strategy teacher, Prof. John Arquilla of the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, taught me: All wars come … Continue reading
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