CRIME WATCH: Seen ths giant rat trap? Also: Car break-in

Two notes in Crime Watch tonight: STOLEN ‘RAT TRAP’: One of the three-dozen-plus area events we spotlighted this past Saturday was the annual Georgetown Carnival. During that big street party, says entrepreneur and preervationist John Bennett – who lives in West Seattle but has property in Georgetown – somebody stole the beloved “life-size” rat trap. […]

Maryland man charged with throwing keg through Georgetown Cupcake window

A Maryland man was arrested on Thursday and charged with felony destruction of property for allegedly throwing a keg through the window of a Georgetown bakery.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Georgetown Cupcake vandalized after beer keg thrown through window, police say

Metropolitan Police officers arrested 28-year-old Charles Joseph Ali of Rockville.

Ali is charged with causing thousands of dollars of…

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West Seattle nonprofit Transitional Resources celebrates half a century

By Macey Wurm Reporting for West Seattle Blog “A lot has changed over 50 years, but what hasn’t changed is our commitment to showing up for people during the hardest moments of their lives,” said Transitional Resources board president Ken Bailey as the nonprofit celebrated its first half-century Thursday evening.. Transitional Resources is a West […]

Inside Grindr’s WHCD party, which was so packed it ran low on alcohol

Before a would-be assassin and the resulting security scare forced the cancellation of Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner itself and dominated headlines for days afterward, the main conversation in Washington was not about attending the dinner. It was about Grindr.

On Friday night, as the city’s political operatives, journalists, lawmakers, business leaders, and…

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