Front Porch: Drop off appliances, more in Lynnwood on Saturday

Recycle for free

Windermere Real Estate North in Lynnwood hosts a free recycling event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at 4211 Alderwood Mall Blvd.

1 Green Planet will accept large appliances, car batteries, cellphones, computers, monitors, printers, televisions, stereos, ink ca

rtridges, medical equipment and scrap metal.

A crew will be on hand to help unload the recyclables.

For more information, contact 1 Green Planet at 866-422-3755.

Show about Elliot Bay: The Herald’s news partner, KIRO-TV, Channel 7, offers “In Secrets in the Sound,” at 10 tonight.

Learn about unusual creatures found in the Seattle bay including sharks, octopi and squid. Marine biologist and wildlife cinematographer Florian Graner gets eye to eye with a harbor seal pup, too.

Response time in Mountlake Terrace: MLT Anytime gives folks online access to city services around the clock.

Enter a request, suggestion or comment at any time on the city’s web site, www.cityofmlt.com, and click on the MLT Anytime logo. you’ll receive a reply email with tracking number and estimated response time.

Out of the 179 topics, there were more than 15,000 inquiries of 173 of those topics last year. Of the 15,000 views, 329 went on to make “Service Requests” or a specific request for information or report a condition to the city for follow-up. Many of these requests initiated cases by the city’s Code Enforcement division.

In 2010, the top inquiries were for the police department and violations bureau, followed closely by recreation department questions, primarily about the pool. The city has received some great crime tips and reports of problems that it may not have otherwise known about.

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