Category Archives: News

Victory Heights October Events Calendar

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Ryan

Here are events happening in and around our neighborhood this month of interest: Saturday, October 13th: Free Electronics Recycling:  Sand Point Community United Methodist Church, 4710 NE 70th Street. $1 for every 100 lbs. of material that is collected will … Continue reading →

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Thornton Creek Homeless Situation

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Ryan

The Victory Heights Community Council has been made aware of a homeless encampment in Thornton Creek in the green belt near 17th Avenue NE.  After talking with stakeholders, they released this statement on how to deal with it going forward: … Continue reading →

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How The Police Deal With Homeless Issues In Seattle

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Ryan

This month’s meeting of the Victory Heights Community Council featured returning speaker, Seattle Police Department Officer Bryan Kennedy, speaking about “How the police interact with homeless individuals.” Read the entire minutes of the May meeting. Officer Kennedy said, “Our goal … Continue reading →

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Idriss Mosque Battles Religious Extremist

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Ryan

At last night’s meeting of the Victory Heights Community Council (read the complete minutes here), we heard from Hisham Farajallah about an unfortunately problem they’ve been having at the local Idriss Mosque on Northgate Way. A religious extremist has taken … Continue reading →

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Support Our GoFundMe For Victory Heights Emergency HUB

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Ryan

Support our GoFundMe campaign to raise money to help the Victory Heights emergency communications HUB.  On April 28th we will be holding a disaster drill in Victory Heights Park to simulate an extended power outage in our area.  Our new … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Events This Spring & Summer in Victory Heights

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Ryan

At last night’s meeting of the Victory Heights Community Center (see full minutes of the meeting) the following events were announced: Saturday, April 28th: Emergency Communication HUB Drill. We will setting up and testing our new HUB and participating in … Continue reading →

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Playground Re-Opened February 10th

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Ryan

At last night’s meeting of the Victory Heights Community Council, we heard about the “soft opening” of the new playground equipment in Victory Heights Park. Read the entire minutes of the February meeting. On Saturday, February 10th, a large crowd … Continue reading →

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Playground At Victory Heights Park Re-opens In February

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Ryan

At the January meeting of the Victory Heights Community Council it was announced the new playground at Victory Heights Park will have a “soft opening” (i.e. unofficial) on Saturday, February 10th from 10-11 AM. Read the entire minutes of the … Continue reading →

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Northeast Tool Library Moves to Former Dairy Location

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Ryan

The Northeast Seattle Tool Library, a fantastic resource that until now was located on NE 80th where you could borrow tools for free, is moving to the former LaVilla Dairy location, 10228 Fischer Place, just across Lake City Way on … Continue reading →

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Trash Collection on Fridays For Two Weeks

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Ryan

If you are in Victory Heights, the trash pickup for the next two weeks will be Fridays instead of the usual Thursday.  Per a SPU press release: Due to back-to-back Monday holidays, all garbage, food and yard waste and recycling … Continue reading →

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