Laurelhurst Blog Staff On Brief Respite

 The Laurelhurst Blog Staff is taking some time off. Back to publishing on November 7, 2022. 

Laurelhurst Blog Next Post In September!

The Laurelhurst Blog Staff - including researchers, editors and writers will be taking some time off this summer.

The Staff looks forward to posting daily again on September 19th.

Please continue to send your story ideas, concerns, etc. as the Staff will be checking email.

Enjoy the summer!

Laurelhurst Blog Hits 12 Year Anniversary, Thanks To Our Readers

 

June 17th marked the twelve year anniversary of the Laurelhurst Blog. It came and went while the Staff was busy researching and writing posts.

The intention in starting the blog was to meet the need for a central source of daily information for the neighborhood for news, issues and events.

The Laurelhurst Blog staff has enjoyed filling that niche and most of all has enjoyed hearing from readers and neighbors with comments, story ideas,  pictures and more.  It has helped make the blog successful and most of all provide interesting content for the neighborhood blog.

The Blog Staff has enjoyed learning about the neighborhood through the wide variety of posts and research.  The Staff has met many neighbors through email, including business owners. It is also a pleasure receiving and responding to reader emails.

Who knew Laurelhurst with a population of around 3,500, had so many events and happenings for a post every day!

Almost 5,000 posts to date, to be exact.

The Blog has been mentioned in other Seattle neighborhood blogs with links back to published stories and someone even included it in the entry for Laurelhurst in Wikipedia. 

Thank you to the neighborhood for your great support. The Blog Staff has received numerous emails with kudos and flattering comments and it is greatly appreciated.

Please continue to provide your input and send in story ideas and tips  to continue to provide interesting content. 

You can also comment on the posts by clicking on "Comments" at the bottom each story.

And most of all:

The Laurelhurst Blog

You can sign up for a daily email subscription by going to the blog site and clicking on "subscribe via email." Fill in your email address, click "subscribe" and then you will receive an email from Google Feedburner to confirm your subscription.

Click on the link in the email and you will begin receiving a daily email of each Laurelhurst Blog posting automatically. You can also subscribe by RSS feed, if you prefer.

It's very easy and takes about 10 seconds. And no more worries about missing information! You'll be up to date on the news and events happening in Laurelhurst.

Once again, thanks to the neighborhood and here's to another year!

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Laurelhurst Blog Staff On Vacation

 

The Laurelhurst Blog staff will be on vacation and will resume posting on March 14th.  

In the meantime, please keep sending us your informative emails, story ideas and comments. We look forward to responding upon our return.

Happy Holidays From Laurelhurst Blog Staff

 The Laurelhurst Blog staff is on vacation and will return to posting on January 24th.

In the meantime, please keep sending in your informative news tips and emails and we look forward to responding.

Happy Holidays!

Laurelhurst Blog On Hiatus Through Summer

The Laurelhurst Blog Staff - including researchers, editors and writers will be taking some time off this summer. The Staff looks forward to posting daily again on September 13th.

Please continue to send your story ideas, concerns, etc. as the Staff will be checking email.

Enjoy the summer!

Laurelhurst Blog Going On 12 Years!

 The Laurelhurst Blog started this month 12 years ago and has recently published its 4,713 post.

Many story ideas come from neighbors and businesses and others from staff seeing goings on in the neighborhood as well as researching story ideas. 

The Blog staff looks forward to many more years of posts. And always welcomes story ideas and input.

Thanks for reading for over a decade!

Laurelhurst Blog Staff On Vacation

The Laurelhurst Blog staff is on vacation and will return to posting on January 4th.

In the meantime, please keep sending in your informative news tips and emails and we look forward to responding.

Happy Holidays!

Laurelhurst Blog Staff On Vacation This Week

 

The Laurelhurst Blog staff will be on vacation next week and will resume posting on November 29th. 

In the meantime, please keep sending us your informative emails, story ideas and comments. We look forward to responding upon our return.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Laurelhurst Blog Staff On Vacation This Week

The Laurelhurst Blog staff is on vacation this week and will return to posting on Monday, August 24th.

In the meantime, please keep sending in your informative news tips and emails and we look forward to responding.

Laurelhurst Blog Staff On Vacation This Week

The Laurelhurst Blog staff is on vacation this week and will return to posting on Tuesday, July 7th. 

In the meantime, please keep sending in your informative emails and we look forward to responding.

Also the Seattle Fire Department sent out this notice:

Be Safe this July 4^th and Leave the Fireworks to the Professionals

Seattle Fire Department, Harborview  Medical Center and the Seattle Police Department are reminding the community to stay safe this Fourth of July.

Fireworks pose a fire hazard to property and present a safety risk to those who use them. Every year, the Seattle Fire Department responds to fireworks-related fires and injuries. These incidents could have been prevented by leaving the fireworks to the professionals.  

On the Fourth of July, 911 centers can become overloaded with non-emergency fireworks calls. Do not call 911 unless you have a life-threatening emergency and need immediate help from police, fire or medics.

Any fireworks-related fires or injuries should be reported directly to 911. Other fireworks violations may be reported by calling the Seattle Police non-emergency number at (206) 625-5011.

Happy 4th! 

Happy Holidays From The Laurelhurst Blog Staff

The Laurelhurst Blog staff will be on vacation and resume posting on January 6th, 2020.

In the meantime, please keep sending us your informative emails, story ideas and comments. We look forward to responding upon our return.

Happy Holidays!

Laurelhurst Blog Staff On Vacation Next Week

The Laurelhurst Blog staff will be on vacation next week and will resume posting on December 2nd, 2019.

In the meantime, please keep sending us your informative emails, story ideas and comments. We look forward to responding upon our return.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Laurelhurst Blog Staff On Vacation

The Laurelhurst Blog staff will be on vacation this week and will return to posting on Monday, the 26th.

In the meantime, please keep sending in your informative emails and we look forward to responding.

Happy Summer!

Laurelhurst Blog Staff On Vacation This Week

The Laurelhurst Blog staff will be on vacation this week and will return to posting on Monday, the 8th.

In the meantime, please keep sending in your informative emails and we look forward to responding.

Happy Summer!

Community Service Officers Set to Return

The Laurelhurst Community Club recently published this information in their recent Laurelhurst newsletter.

Community Service Officers Set to Return 

In 2004, the City Council eliminated virtually all of the funding for Community Service Officers (CSO).  

LCC believes this was a major mistake and has worked since then to restore funding. LCC was encouraged in 2016 when councilmembers cosponsored legislation to bring back CSOs; however, that proposal did not garner sufficient support to move forward at that time.  

Recently, Mayor Jenny Durkan and Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best announced the Community Service Officer program will be funded again. LCC wrote to commend them for relaunching this valuable program – an effective and efficient use of funds.  

The Laurelhurst neighborhood is gratified that the mayor identified this need as a priority and commends her leadership on reinstating CSOs. CSOs perform important services to assist the police and the community.  

For example, they handle juvenile runaway case management and provide assistance to abused and neglected children; check on the well being of the elderly and other vulnerable persons; provide crisis intervention services and assist people in finding emergency housing.  

District 1 Councilmember Lisa Herbold summarized the program this way: “CSOs are non-commissioned officers who are trained to work as liaison personnel with the community and the Police Department, and support community-oriented policing.  

CSOs will assist with mediating disputes, follow up on calls for non-emergency services, help residents navigate services, support programming for at-risk youth, and attend school and community-hosted events. Some of the work will involve assisting homeless persons and individuals struggling with substance abuse to access programs like diversion opportunities, housing, and behavioral health services.”

To subscribe to the LCC newsletter and also occasional email newsletters, send email to laurelhurstnews@comcast.net. Archived newsletters can be found here.

To subscribe to the Laurelhurst Blog, a separate entity published week-days, go here.

Laurelhurst Blog On Vacation This Week

The Laurelhurst Blog Staff will be on vacation this week and resume posting on February 25th.  

In the meantime, please keep sending us your informative emails, story ideas and comments. We look forward to responding upon our return.

Happy Holidays From The Laurelhurst Blog Staff!

The Laurelhurst Blog staff will be on vacation and resume posting on January 7th, 2019.

In the meantime, please keep sending us your informative emails, story ideas and comments. We look forward to responding upon our return.

Happy Holidays!

Laurelhurst Blog On Vacation

The Laurelhurst Blog staff will be on vacation through September 10th.

In the meantime, please keep sending your informative emails and story ideas. The Blog Staff looks forward to responding to all of them.

Stay tuned for more interesting posts!

Happy Holidays From The Laurelhurst Blog Staff!

The Laurelhurst Blog staff will be on vacation and resume posting on January 2nd, 2018.

In the meantime, please keep sending us your informative emails, story ideas and comments. We look forward to responding upon our return.

Happy Holidays!