A new tenant for the iconic Native American styled “village” on Blake Island has signed a multi-year lease to renovate and expand the existing vacated buildings near the state park’s marina.  Big Fin Casinos Inc., a Klallam tribal consortium based in Tacoma is planning on keeping the nearly 60-year-old iconic name “Tillicum Village” for it’s new resort project. The onset of COVID-19 marked the end of Argosy Cruises long run of island excursions which officially ended with an announcement on December 13th 2021 with the Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission. Billy Tri ..read more

This morning just after 6:00 am, a car was struck along the 4800 block of Beach Drive. Apparently the driver who struck the car, took off on foot heading north onto properties on the 4700 block of Beach Drive. A person wearing a hoodie was seen on a home camera walking along seawalls heading north towards Emma Schmitz Viewpoint. A second person wearing a light jacket was also seen on a camera on property on the 4700 block of Beach Drive near the same time. No injuries were reported ..read more

You can see more of Patrick’s lovely photos here ..read more

The US National Weather Service has issued its first Blizzard Warning for the Cascades and Olympics in over 11 years. While our neighborhood will thankfully miss that experience, it looks like we are in for some windy weather. A Gale Warning has been issued starting later tonight for Puget Sound and a Wind Advisory is in effect from 4:00 am to 10:00 pm on Tuesday. The current weather forecast have possible snow on Thursday. Check out the current forecast from Wind Alert (as I write this at 5:55 am on Monday morning). High tide for Tuesday, January 9th is estimated at 11.61 feet at 4:50 AM and ..read more

145 neighbors are without power this morning. Seattle City Light is investigating the cause ..read more

Hang onto your hats – it looks like we’re in for some gusty weather starting later today. Check out the forecasted gusts in the 40s starting around midnight. Tides from NOAA show that our next high tide will be around 12 feet at 9:15 am on Saturday (we’re just past high tide as I’m writing this).  Winds are estimated to be gusting around 25 mph according to the graph above at that time. Luckily during the predicted gusts in the 40s, we’ll be at very low tides. Stay tuned! Puget Sound Marine Forecast as of 248 AM PST Fri Dec 1 2023 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT GALE ..read more

Don’t forget! If you currently have yard waste pick up through the City of Seattle, you can dispose of additional leaves/yard waste during the month of November. Free extra yard waste pickup in November Extra yard waste fees are not charged in November, when customers are asked to keep fall leaves out of drains to reduce the risk of flooding. Households can put out up to 10 bags of extra yard waste per collection day for free from November 1 to 30. Please note that this free service is only available to customers who are currently billed for regular food and yard waste collection ..read more

Last Tuesday night, Angeline Street closed for neighbors to spend some time together for the annual Seattle Night Out event. It was a wonderful potluck with games and shaved ice for the kids. We even had a visit from a Seattle Police Officer and Southwest Precinct Crime Prevention Coordinator, Jennifer Danner. Thank you so much to the Halbergs and all who organized the event and to all the neighbors who participated. I hope your neighborhood had a chance to celebrate neighbors as well… and of course, we don’t need to wait for the first Tuesday in August to get together, do we? By the way, this ..read more

UPDATE: Video from a neighbor shows this happened around 1:36 AM on Friday morning. Please check your video to see if you have anything you can share with the neighbor whose vehicle was struck. Sometime last night or early this morning, a car struck a dark grey Toyota 4-Runner on the west side of the 4700 Block of Beach Drive. We are assuming that whoever struck the vehicle probably has damage to their passenger side. If you have any information on who may have done this, please contact us. Thank you ..read more

We were alerted this morning by a Beach Drive neighbor, “Indie Mike”, that a vehicle was on the beach at Cormorant Cove Park. Another Beach Drive neighbor who was passing by informed me that earlier in the morning, a tow truck was on the scene with fire and rescue to try to remove the car. Their was a huge emergency response around 6:10 am. The vehicle seems to be lodged on rocks. Low tide is 3.2 feet at 10:06 am. When we first heard about this incident, we assumed that perhaps the ramp along the condos was how the car accessed the beach. Apparently, the driver opted for the sidewalk and plo ..read more