Month: March 2013
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115 kids bike to Bryant Elementary, just blocks from Monday’s tragic scene
115 Bryant Elementary students paused for a moment of silence in honor of those killed and injured just blocks away from Top Pot Doughnuts, where they gathered Friday morning. Then they hopped on their bikes and scooters and headed to their school with SPD providing an escort down the usually-busy 35th Ave NE. The ride…
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In wake of Eckstein tragedy: Memorials, fundraiser and a new push for a safer NE 75th St
Friends, family and neighbors continue to mourn the deaths of Judy and Dennis Schulte Monday and send their thoughts and prayers to Karina and baby Elias as they recover from critical injuries. Today is Karina’s birthday. A memorial continues to grow at 33rd Ave NE and NE 75th St where the tragedy occurred, and the…
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City holding 12 Bicycle Sundays this year, first one is May 5
On select Sundays during summer for the past 45 years, the city has been transforming a section of Lake Washington Boulevard in south Seattle into a biking, walking and playing celebration. Bicycle Sunday is one of the oldest open streets events in the country, and hundreds of people flock to the street to enjoy one…
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Family biking ready to boom in 2013
The number of Seattle parents hauling their kids on bikes has grown steadily in recent years, and both Cascade and longtime family cycling leaders are upping their family cycling games in 2013. Familybike Seattle is a new nonprofit formed by Morgan Scherer, who has been an inspiring and active force behind family cycling in Seattle…
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Grandparents killed, mother and infant child critical in wake of tragedy in front of Eckstein Middle School
A family was devastated Monday in the street in front of Eckstein Middle School. A mother and her infant child are in critical condition. The infant’s grandparents, Judy and Dennis Schulte, were killed immediately. Just moments earlier, the Schultes stopped to chat with Lacia Lynne Bailey, who lives at the intersection. Bailey has a newborn…
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With greenway work (slowly) coming together, Beacon BIKES kicks off spring action
As the city works to very slowly piece together the elements of Beacon Hill’s first neighborhood greenway stretching from the I-90 Trail to Georgetown, Beacon BIKES is holding it’s first meeting of the year to talk about waling and biking initiatives on Beacon Hill. So if you live on Beacon Hill and are not yet…
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