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Jan 20 2020

🚆 The ‘u’ that could save Sound Transit $4M

Plus: How to celebrate MLK Day in Seattle

Hey there, it’s Monday, and it’s also Martin Luther King Jr. Day. If you’re looking for a way to celebrate Dr. King’s legacy today, keep scrolling because our events calendar has some ideas, including a midday march from Garfield High School to City Hall and a special performance from our friends at Velocity Dance Center.

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Jan 17 2020

🏀 A slam dunk for equal pay

Plus: You want a piece of us?

Hello and welcome to Friday. Before we get to the day’s news, we’ve got an exciting announcement about a new way you can support this scrappy lil’ newsletter and help shape the future of community journalism.

Last fall, we celebrated our third birthday. Today, The Evergrey community is more than 13,000 strong—and we’re part of a growing network that includes sister publication
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Jan 16 2020

🏆 Seattle’s got a GOAT

Plus: Capitol Hill’s best-kept culinary secret

Hey hey, it’s Thursday. The rain is back, and most of us are returning to business as usual for the rest of the work week. So why not start the day off with a fun giveaway?

Our friends at Seattle Arts & Lectures hooked us up with a pair of tickets to next week’s event with Adam Davidson, co-founder of NPR’s Planet Money. Want in? Just reply to this message with the word “giveaway.”

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Jan 15 2020

🚘 Snow way you're that good of a driver

Plus: How to land a job at PCC’s newest store

Hello and welcome to Wednesday. Well, the snow didn’t quite come down like forecasters predicted yesterday. Rather than blanketing Seattle, the heaviest snowfall ended up hitting areas north of the city. But snow or no snow, Seattle Public Schools are closed for the day.

There’s still a chance we could see some f
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Jan 14 2020

🍽️ Is Seattle’s restaurant boom about to go bust?

Plus: How incarcerated young men are finding their voice in Olympia.

Hey there, it’s Tuesday. It wasn’t exactly Snowpocalypse, but we made it through Day 1 of … Mild Snow Event 2020. While downtown Seattle and points south saw little more than a dusting, our northern neighborhoods picked up a solid couple of inches.

No matter where you live, roadways and sidewalks are likely to be slick this morning thanks to temperatures that climbed into the mid 30s yesterday before dropping down below freezing again overnight. So use caution out
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Jan 13 2020

❄️ Shovel up, or pay up

Plus: The Neighbor Lady needs some new neighbors.

Howdy folks, and welcome to Monday. Did you wake up to a fresh dusting of snow this morning? Seattle Public Schools are on a two-hour delay this morning, and some buses on the Eastside and north end of town are running on snow routes. (Go here to see if your bus is affected.) Thinkin
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Jan 10 2020

💸 How to help your favorite small biz

Plus: Where to drink for a good cause tonight

Hello there, it’s (finally) Friday! If you’re looking for an excuse to get your happy hour on tonight, here’s an event where you can imbibe for a good cause. Kangaroo & Kiwi, the Aussie-themed Ballard bar, will host a fundraiser to help wildfire victims in Australia, starting at 5 p.m.

And while we’re all waiting to see whether any fluffy whi
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Jan 09 2020

💪 Are you ready to march, Seattle?

Plus: Where to warm up your tastebuds this winter

Hey hey, it’s Thursday. And it’s a little more than a week until the national Womxn’s March on Saturday, Jan. 18. In Seattle, the day will start with a rally at Cal Anderson Park before the march downtown to City Hall.

Ready to roll up your sleeves? A group of local artists will host a screenprinting work party this Saturday at the Pratt Fine Arts C
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Jan 08 2020

📰 Your headline picks for 2020

Plus: PCC comes to the Central District, and SPL unlocks 51,000 library accounts.

Hey there, and welcome to Wednesday. While Seattle waits to see if Snowmageddon 2020 comes knocking, there’s one thing we know for sure: The Cascades are getting dumped on right now.

Our mountain snowpack got off to a slow start this season, so the fresh snowfall is welcome news. If you’ve been waiting to head up to the pass and check out the winter won
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Jan 07 2020

❄️ Will it or won’t it?

Plus: Where biking saw the biggest boost in 2019.

Hey hey, it’s Tuesday. And we’ve got a winner in this week’s I Spy contest. Congrats to Ryann U. for being the first person (by only a hot minute!) to reply with the correct answer: the Olympic Iliad.

This bright-red
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