This Tuesday, September 26, Linnea Westerlind, author of the new book Discovering Seattle Parks: A Local’s Guide, will be leading a walk through some of the best parks in the Fremont area. The walk will start at Woodland Park and then head to Fremont Peak Park and down to the Burke-Gilman Trail, then wind near the Fremont Troll and back up to Woodland Park.

BMX Jumps at Woodland Park, Courtesy of Linnea Westerlind

Linnea’s book is the result of her quest to visit EVERY park in the city of Seattle in one year—with her six-month-old son in tow. It …

Left to right: Aaron Small, Nevin Harrison, Coach Doug Ritchie, and Jake Zikan. (Photo courtesy of Eli Holmes.)

[Note: Thanks to reader Charles Howell, enthusiastic parent Karel Zikan, and team manager Elizabeth “Eli” Holmes for bringing this to our attention, and providing much of the information for this story.]

Three local teenagers have recently returned from Račice, Czech Republic, after representing the United States in the Olympic Hopes Canoe and Kayaking Regatta last weekend. This annual sprint canoe event for youths in the 15- to 17-year-old range is hosted by a different country each year and pits teams from around …

Coyote at Corliss & 42nd, 9/18/2017, by Andy Wilson

Apparently, deer are not the only wildlife who have heard that Wallingford is a pretty great neighborhood to visit or take up residence. There is also a coyote (or coyotes) lurking around the streets, as reported by a few people in the forums. Thank you to neighbor/reader Andy for sharing his photo of the wily wanderer from early this week.

This is not a new thing. Coyotes have been spotted in the neighborhood in the past, according to some older forum threads and this post from Jordan in 2014.

People seem …

Not being one who lives in one of our neighborhood’s restricted parking zones (RPZs), I was unaware that renewal notices recently went out. Alert readers Mike and Jef point out that these notices make no mention of the availability of low-income, discounted permits that are available for those who qualify. (These cost $10 each compared to the regular cost of $65.)

Says Jef:

For you Zone 6 RPZ holders who’ve recently received renewal notices:

If you qualify as low income (or know those who do) do NOT send in the stock mailed renewal form! Once again, as in years past, …

At about 8:15 PM, we heard a huge boom followed by several flashes (isn’t it supposed to be the other way around?) here in east Wallingford near the John Stanford School, at which point the lights went out. Latona Ave between 42nd and 45th has been blocked off by the fire department. The fireman there says a main power line is down at 43rd and Latona, and they’re waiting for City Light to come fix it.

From the map on City Light’s status page, it looks like the power is out for most of Wallingford into Green Lake. City Light …

And while they’re eating cake, why don’t you go get yourself some, too? The SweetSide at 254 NE 45th St., is celebrating their 3^rd birthday, and they’re giving away slices of cake to mark the occasion!

Writes Kara:

I am hoping that you can help me spread the word about our birthday party next weekend and spread the word that we will be handing out free slices of cake all day on Saturday!!

Stop by The SweetSide to help us celebrate our 3rd birthday in our bakery this coming Saturday (9/16)! We will be serving up free slices of …