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Pronto’s Impressive Numbers, ‘Ramps to Nowhere’ Demo & More
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
By Lauren Mang November 17, 2014
Good morning, fellow Seattleites. Thanksgiving is in one week. Do you know where your turkey is coming from?
Those pesky “ramps to nowhere” in the Arboretum, leftover after voters rejected the R.H. Thomson Expressway in 1972, are finally being demolished. But nearby residents weren’t so happy with the teardown timing. King 5 reports crews worked through the night to make sure that the demo didn’t disrupt traffic, though it did disrupt several people’s sleep.
After a crushing loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, Seahawks’ running back Marshawn Lynch chatted with the NFL Network on his future with the team. His response wasn’t necessarily what fans wanted to hear.
Looking for a new place to live in Seattle? The Puget Sound Business Journal lists some of the most expensive (ahem, Eastside) and the most affordable areas in Seattle in which to buy a home.
Fireweed Farms in Prosser, Wash., hosted the state’s first marijuana auction this weekend and it brought in a whopping $600,000.
Have you tooled around town on a Pronto bike yet? Our first-ever bike share program has been alive for just one month and already, the Seattle Bike Blog reports, it’s reached record numbers: “1,760 annual members, 1,856 24-hour pass holders and 156 three-day pass holders used the system to make 10,747 trips and travel 22,663 miles on the bike share system.”
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