From our friends at Phinneywood.com

Stone Fennell, a 16-year-old Ballard resident, is missing. He was last seen in Crown Hill late on Friday night, wearing dark blue jeans and a black or dark grey jacket with a black baseball cap. He is?5?10? and 215 lbs.

Seattle Police are searching for a 16-year-old boy who was reported missing.

Stone Fennell disappeared?from his home on Crown Hill. He was last seen at about 10:30 p.m. Friday.

Police say family is concerned. They say the disappearance is?out of character.

Fennell is 5-foot-10, 215 pounds.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911.

When we got into work this morning at around 5:45 am we noticed that our delivery van’s passenger window was smashed out. There is a rock sitting on the drivers seat, and the steering column has been messed with. When looking through the van to see what was what we found that there was a set of keys left with a shaved down Honda key.?Police have been out to take report.?Also we just noticed that there is broken glass on the side street just around the corner?maybe they got a different vehicle ? instead of our van. Just thought I would let you know since we are right in the area that was having all the RV and crime issues.

By reporter Steven Smalley

Even with video to prove it, no one would listen to the owner of WBL Services, William Lipscomb, when he said dealers were allegedly selling hard drugs from an RV in front of his Magnolia business. No one, that is, except Magnolia Voice.
The RV that started it all, following an article on this site, has been taken down. Seattle Police announce the arrest a of 58-year-old man after they knocked at the door and found him in the same camouflage-painted RV that recently moved behind Whole Foods. Under a mattress, police say they found 13 grams of methamphetamine, 8 grams of heroin, and a small collection of Oxycodone and Lorazepam. Also $500 in cash, a digital scale, and packaging materials were also located during the search, according to SPD.

The Narcotics Unit gets credit for the investigation that finally nabbed the dealer who had a prolific business allegedly selling heroin as seen on a now-famous surveillance video.
The man was booked into the King County Jail for delivery of narcotics.
In a written statement SPD says, ?The Seattle Police Department remains committed to addressing criminal behavior associated with motorhomes and recreational vehicles.?
See the original story in Magnolia Voice here.

By reporter Steven Smalley
Notices on doors started showing up in the vicinity of Dravus Street and Magnolia Boulevard from the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections regarding installation of ?communication utilities? on Seattle City Light poles. One neighbor in particular understood the implications. He was not happy.? ?What?s happening in our neighborhood is Crown Castle, a company that builds networks on behalf of cellular operators, has proposed a network of nine cell sites that run along the edge of Magnolia Boulevard,? says Alistair Fulton, a homeowner who received a notice.
Because of concerns over children?s health, aesthetics, and property values, he and some of his neighbors want the project stopped. He recently posted notices on light poles alerting residents to the City?s plans.
?All of my neighbors in the area are equally as livid,? he says. ?This notice ended up on our door and I looked at it and said, ?What the hell is happening???
For years Fulton was employed in the cellular industry and is familiar with these issues.
?I think that there?s a significant risk. At the very least, there is a very big question as to how safe these things are. In my opinion, in twenty years we may look back and think about cell phones and cancer the way we think about cigarettes and cancer,? he says.

Other neighbors are speaking out as well.
?I have kids, and they?re in the horizontal plane with this tower. It?s across the street basically from the corner of our backyard. The kids play back there. You want to protect your kids,? says Luke Weber, who also received a notice on his door. ?As a homeowner I feel we should be able to decide whether one of these things is put across the street from us. We?re considering legal action against the city because of the decrease in our home?s value.?
Moms in the area are concerned too.
?I?m really worried about the impact this will have on my kids. This pole is on the same level as my kid?s room,? says Maria Facioni, a homeowner affected by the City?s planning. ?The laws are not on the side of the citizens. They?re on the side of the companies.?
Notices attached to similar installations warn of an ?Exclusion Zone? where anyone closer than 8-feet may exceed FCC mandated public exposure limits.
?The cell site in question is forty-five feet from my child?s bedroom. It?s also twelve feet away from my neighbors,? Fulton explains. ?Electromagnetic Frequency Radiation [EMF] is exactly the same as a [home] microwave. It agitates your cells and heats your cells. That leads to a variety of cancers, particularly Glioma and Leukemia. There are some studies ? but not enough into what health risks might exist ? some studies in other parts of the world have suggested there may be as much as a ten-times increase over ten years for those who live within 1,200 feet of cell sites. Not enough research has been done on this, particularly because the FCC doesn?t require it.?
There are four separate issues troubling Fulton and his neighbors if these cell sites are installed.
?The first is, we live in a neighborhood that in 1973 paid Seattle City Light to put the utilities underground,? he says. ?Part of the reason was for aesthetics, and part of the reason was for safety. This development flies in the face of that.??Concern number two: If we get a storm, these things are going to topple over and hit my neighbor?s house.
Concern number three: Significant studies point to the risk of cancer and other health impacts.
Concern number four: The impact these things will have on property values. Studies in Europe show that there?s a 20% effect on the value of my property in regards to these antennae. If this was here when I bought this house, I would not have bought this house.?
These first few cell sites are only the beginning, according to Fulton.
?They?re talking about building another forty to sixty of these antennae in the Magnolia area in the course of the next year or so,? he says. ?In Queen Anne for example, I understand that they have installed more than one hundred of these antennae in the last few months, according to what Crown Castle said to me.?

?????Fulton asks concerned neighbors to act quickly. The City’s comment period ends February 15. If you are effected by these proposals he suggests you email prc@seattle.gov or douglas.haberman@seattle.gov to express concerns, or click here to contact the mayor. To sign a local petition click here.
?We should not be installing this equipment so close to people?s houses when we know there may be a risk, at least not before more research is done,? Fulton says. ?There?s no way in hell we?re going down without a fight.?

By reporter Steven Smalley

It’s been twelve years since the public has set foot inside Magnolia School – renamed from the previous Magnolia Elementary moniker. Situated on 28th Avenue, the huge brick edifice has sat boarded up since the African-American Academy moved out in 2004. Monday, in light of the $475.3 million Buildings, Technology and Academics/Athletics IV (BTA IV) Capital Levy currently on the ballot for February 9, a representative of Seattle Public Schools gave the press a walk-through to see inside this once magnificent building.

The structure, built in 1927, was given landmark status by the City of Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board at the request of Seattle Schools, according a to district source. With that designation, most of the structure, to include some interior elements such as doors – including the front entrance – will remain when remodeling is completed.

“They’ve identified certain features of the interior they feel are worth preserving, for instance the auditorium,” says Jeanette Imanishi, project manager for Seattle Schools who led the press around the hallways. “The classrooms as they exist now are to be preserved.”

There will also be an expansion of the existing structure. A gymnasium will be added along with electrical and heating upgrades.
With the passage of the levy, work is expected to begin right away on the $27 million project which will give the Magnolia/Queen Anne area capacity for additional students.

By reporter Steven Smalley

It?s been twelve years since the public has set foot inside Magnolia School ? renamed from the previous Magnolia Elementary moniker. Situated on 28th Avenue, the huge brick edifice has sat boarded up since the African-American Academy moved out in 2004. Monday, in light of the $475.3 million Buildings, Technology and Academics/Athletics IV (BTA IV) Capital Levy currently on the ballot for February 9, a representative of Seattle Public Schools gave the press a walk-through to see inside this once magnificent building.

The structure, built in 1927, was given landmark status by the City of Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board at the request of Seattle Schools, according a to district source. With that designation, most of the structure, to include some interior elements such as doors ? including the front entrance ? will remain when remodeling is completed.

?They?ve identified certain features of the interior they feel are worth preserving, for instance the auditorium,? says Jeanette Imanishi, project manager for Seattle Schools who led the press around the hallways. ?The classrooms as they exist now are to be preserved.?

There will also be an expansion of the existing structure. A gymnasium will be added along with electrical and heating upgrades.
With the passage of the levy, work is expected to begin right away on the $27 million project which will give the Magnolia/Queen Anne area capacity for additional students.