We've written a few times about fight the Friends of the Library have put on to hold the line on budget cuts. The budget has been completed, and the results are in. Jenny writes: Thought you might be interested in this followup to the library cuts. In the end, the Friends of the Library campaign did have an impact on the City Council Budget Committee, and $860,000 was put back in the budget for the library. Only 15 libraries are going…
The good folks over at Seattle Public Schools’ Building Excellence III Program (BEX III) sent us a construction update for Hamilton International Middle School. If you haven’t been over to the playground recently, you should take a quick peek at the new gym. They’ve finished the backside with brick, which complements the rest of the school’s facade nicely. Here’s an update of the work completed within the last month: As of the end of October, 2009, the main building is roofed…
We stumbled upon this little treasure out in front of a house on Latona Ave NE, between 40th and 42nd. Inside are copies of The Raven. Yay yard art!
Just in time for Thanksgiving, Santa has arrived at Wallingford Center! Yes, what would Thanksgiving be without the familiar "ho ho ho" of a portly old fellow riding his sleigh, a team of turkeys pulling the load, delivering wish-bones and stuffing to the children of the world? Vintage Santa Photos at Wallingford Center! Children can visit Saint Nicholas and get their photos taken at Mud Puddle Club photography studio located at Wallingford Center in Seattle. Beginning Nov. 21st - Dec. 31st.…
We promised you a passel of new sponsors, and we're giving you a passel of new sponsors. Today's welcome goes to Chris Kirchoff, the woman who runs Kirchoff Fitness. The name may sound familiar, since Kirchoff donated a spot in her Seattle's Best Boot Camp class to our Wallingford Senior Center fundraiser auction. If you read Seattle Magazine, you may also recognize Chris as their Best Bootcamp Trainer of 2008. If you're not familiar, though, and you're thinking it's time to…
An anonymous tipster writes: Given the recent break-ins or attempted break-ins, I was wondering if anyone else has been getting visits from a couple of ladies who knock on the door with a pitch about some kind of entrepreneurship thing. We had two visits yesterday (one at the front door, one at the back door about an hour later) and another visit this evening (about 7:45 p.m.). Last night was a different lady than tonight, but the stories were similar. The…
Like we mentioned, we've got a small passel of new sponsors coming on board, so we hope you'll excuse the small passel of welcome sponsor posts. For this one, we turn our attention to HistoricHomesInSeattle, realtors focusing on vintage and historic homes. We're not going to talk about that at all, though. Instead, we're going to share a bit of the story we found on the "About" page on their site, which we find more interesting than complimenting realtors on their…