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Laurelhurst News Archive

Laurelhurst Alert
11/15/04 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the LCC.

Laurelhurst Alert
10/25/04 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the LCC.

Laurelhurs Alert
09/12/04 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the LCC.

Laurelhurst Alert
03/07/04 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the Laurelhurst neighborhood.

Laurelhurst Alert
01/15/04 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the Laurelhurst neighborhood.

Villa Academy fetes its 100th year
11/13/03 The Seattle Times
Villa Academy, one of Seattle's oldest private schools, celebrated its 100th anniversary yesterday with a special Mass and reception.

Laurelhurst Alert
06/11/03 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the Laurelhurst neighborhood.

The Princeton Bridge is Opening!
12/06/02 Seattle Transportation
At 10:30 a.m. on Friday, December 13th, 2002, Mayor Nickels and the Seattle Department of Transportation will officially open the Princeton Bridge and connect Hawthorne Hills to Sandpoint Way and area businesses.

Laurelhurst Alert
08/21/02 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the Laurelhurst neighborhood.

Laurelhurst Alert
06/06/02 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the Laurelhurst neighborhood.

The Laurelhurst Letter: April/May 2002
05/02 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the neighborhood of Laurelhurst. Topics include: Club to publish list of local babysitters; Classes offered; LCC asks University Village to consider allowing Goodwill operation to resume; Details sought on new hospital wing; Library parking okay, says LCC; Annual Meeting to take place Thursday, May 30;
Volunteers needed; Reunion planned; Donations wanted .

Laurelhurst Alert
05/22/02 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the Laurelhurst neighborhood.

Princeton Bridge Collapses
04/19/02 The Seattle Times
In a nearly three-hour ordeal, Seattle firefighters cut through metal and concrete to free a man pinned inside the cab of an excavator yesterday after the bridge underneath it collapsed.

The Laurelhurst Letter: March 2002
03/02 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the neighborhood of Laurelhurst. Topics include: A letter to LCC members from the club president; Battelle-site owner proposes new alternative; Neighbor Appreciation Day 2002 ceremony biggest and best ever; New board members sought; Garden tour announced; Summer programs offered.

Princeton Bridge to be Replaced
03/13/02 Seattle Transportation
In early April, Seattle Transportation will begin the process of removing and replacing the Princeton Bridge (crosses Burke-Gilman to connect Hawthorne Hills with Sand Point Way) with a new, seismically sound structure. The bridge and Burke-Gilman trail will be closed for the duration of the nine-month construction project.

The Laurelhurst Letter: February 2002
02/02 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the neighborhood of Laurelhurst. Topics include: Hospital details next stage of development; UW request for rezone draws fire from many neighborhood groups; Notion that 15 ballfields won't affect traffic 'defies logic,' says trustee; Open house announced; Church presents new music series

Accident near Laurelhurst Elementary School
02/13/02 Laurelhurst Community Club
A flatbed truck doing work for Children's Hospital hit the overpass connecting Laurelhurst School with the playfield, knocking out a six-foot section of handrail and some concrete.

The Laurelhurst Letter: December 2001 / January 2002
01/02 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the neighborhood of Laurelhurst. Topics include: DCLU defines scope of Talaris EIS; Consultant's report based on faulty premise;
Charity unveils plan to expand housing for sick children; Lifetime Learning Center has classes for seniors;
Cars parked on sidewalks a hazard to pedestrians; Nominations sought for Good Neighbor Awards.

The Laurelhurst Letter: October/November 2001
11/01 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the neighborhood of Laurelhurst. Topics include: Deserving candidates sought for LCC annual Good Neighbor Awards; Higher poles can lessen light spillover; Tenants find buyer for low-income housing complex; Traffic, parking main concerns of Battelle-site near neighbors; Predesign meeting solicits neighbors' ideas and opinions; Laurelhurst books make ideal gifts for holiday giving; Bigger EIS called for; Planned funding cut restored; Thank-you, neighbor!

The Laurelhurst Letter: September 2001
09/30/01 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the neighborhood of Laurelhurst. Topics include: Last-minute settlement with U. Village averts neighborhood appeal of permit; Community gets $10,000 from city to develop traffic plan; Around the neighborhood - Cookies, playgrounds, and stolen cars; Thieves take bicycles from unlocked garages; Larger-than-usual reward offered in UW arson case; CUH Proclamation.

The Laurelhurst Letter: August 2001
08/31/01 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the neighborhood of Laurelhurst. Topics include: Horticulturalists lose years of research data in arson fire; Bay off limits to skiiers; History book reprinted by popular demand; Neighbor proposes to replace fountains; New trustee appointed; Stoplight proposed; Progress made on shoreline street ends; Street work doesn't prevent market opening.

The Laurelhurst Letter: May/June 2001
06/17/01 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the neighborhood of Laurelhurst. Topics include: Seattle Mayoral Candidates Forum, UW drops plan for private sidewalk in Magnuson Park, City issues permit for multistory garage, Area-wide traffic plan needed, Consultants to review Battelle-site plans, Laurelhurst project ranked Number One, LCC lends support to tenants' efforts to keep own homes, Community expresses support for CUH

Laurelhurst History Book Now Available
06/04/01 Laurelhurst Community Club
A History of Laurelhurst, written by Laurelhurst Historian Christine Barrett, has been reprinted and is now available for $18. Copies of the book will be available for sale at Miller Pollard, Valarmo's and Great Harvest Bakery. Contact Barb Ragee at rageebj@wolfenet.com or Coco Sherman at cocosherman@hotmail.com for info.

Eco-terrorists suspected in UW horticultural fire
05/22/01 The Seattle Times
Federal authorities are investigating a fire early yesterday at the University of Washington's Center for Urban Horticulture and a blaze in Oregon for possible links to a radical environmental movement involved in arsons across the country.

The Laurelhurst Letter: April 2001
04/01 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the neighborhood of Laurelhurst.

The Laurelhurst Letter: March 2001
03/01 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the neighborhood of Laurelhurst.

The Laurelhurst Letter: February 2001
02/01 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the neighborhood of Laurelhurst.

The Laurelhurst Letter: January 2001
01/01 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the neighborhood of Laurelhurst.

The Laurelhurst Letter: November & December 2000
12/00 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the neighborhood of Laurelhurst.

The Laurelhurst Letter: October 2000
10/00 Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the neighborhood of Laurelhurst.

The Laurelhurst Letter: September 2000
9/00 The Laurelhurst Community Club
The latest news from the neighborhood of Laurelhurst.

McCaw gift sets up institute to study tots
8/1/00 The Seattle P-I
If we really knew how their young brains worked, we'd probably have better ideas about how to teach, to be parents of and provide day care for infants and young children.