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Read more about the article How one joy ride destroyed a 47-year-old family business truck called “The Beast”
Clayton Dick & his truck

How one joy ride destroyed a 47-year-old family business truck called “The Beast”

This article was co-written by Tom Mattausch, who shared the truth of his grandfather, Clayton Potter Dick. I walked out of Stone’s Throw Coffee and Market with two hours of stories still ringing in my head. Wilma and her son Tom Mattausch had just finished telling me about their family patriarch’s transformative landscaping venture and the relic that was their touchstone to him: their beloved, battle-scarred 1979 Ford F-250 known simply as “The Beast.” It was a 47-year-old working truck, modified…

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Read more about the article An Alarming Response to Neighborhood Disruption

An Alarming Response to Neighborhood Disruption

I woke up crankier than usual one morning last week after a car alarm had woken me around 1:30 a.m. for the second night in a row. Earlier that evening, a cop had visited our street to follow up on complaints received from neighbors who reported the alarm had been going off all day and all night. The cop let us know that the owner of the vehicle lived nearby and he was on his way to speak with him. He also…

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Safety Patrols on Aurora begin tomorrow

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) is beefing up its patrols on the Aurora Corridor tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday (November 8 and 9) as a part of the Be Super Safe Seattle effort. The patrols will be at various points between the Battery Street Tunnel up to North 145th Street, and will focus on speeding, impaired driving (DUI), cell phone usage/distraction, and failure to yield. Some eye-opening stats from the SPD: In Seattle:  33 percent of collisions involve speeding. If a person is hit…

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Did you witness a collision on Sunnyside?

Ashley at the Erotic Bakery wrote to let us know about a car collision that happened on Sunnyside on Tuesday (4/17) evening. Apparently one of the vehicles in the collision left the scene. If you witnessed the collision, please call 911, or you can email Ashley at [email protected]. Here's what she wrote: At 7:03pm my co-worker and I heard a series of crunches, crashes, glass shattering, and tires screeching. We work at the Erotic Bakery. Ran out the back door in…

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Smash and Grabs at the QFC

UPDATE 9/9:  Terrie Johnston, the North Precinct Crime Prevention Coordinator with the Seattle Police Department, got back to me after this post was published.  She has a theory as to why the images have not yet been obtained by SPD and will investigate further.  But she wants us to know that SPD will gladly take evidence of crime in the neighborhood.  I'll be working behind the scenes to connect her with Tina or the QFC team.  Hopefully, SPD will have some…

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Attempted Arson on Saturday

Did you hear all those sirens in the morning yesterday?  We did, but it sounded like the ambulance and fire trucks were headed on to Aurora.  Turns out, they were responding to an incident on Whitman at 41st.  Wallyreader Yolanda shared this with us: There was an arson attempt of our condo building located at 4111 Whitman Ave N at approximately 11 am Saturday 9/4/10. They used a lighter and kept it lit and propped it up so it burned in…

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