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Waste Not, Wallingford – for $50k

“My neighborhood’s greener than yours!” Now’s your chance to prove it. Waste Management, the garbage, recycling, and yard/food waste hauler for Wallingford, is launching its six month Recycling Challenge campaign this week. All Seattle neighborhoods serviced by Waste Management will compete against each other for a $50,000 prize. The community that reduces the most residential garbage, by weight, will receive a $50,000 grant for a “Main Street” neighborhood improvement project. To track each community’s progress, Waste Management will compare the percent…

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Sock Monster Anniversary Contest

Happy first anniversary to Sock Monster, Wallingford's very own sock-centric retail shop on 45th.  We checked in with Sock Monster owner Holly Gummelt recently, to see how things are going.  And she sure does have a lot of news. First, the pinball machine and sodas are gone.  But this is really a good thing, because those items were actually placeholders until the shop grew a bit, which it has. Today, there is a kids corner where the pinball machine once stood. …

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Want A Little (Book) Lust To Go?

Despite the rainy, messy evening, Wide World Books and Maps was packed last night with people to see Nancy Pearl, who was charming and highly entertaining. Well, if you missed the reading, but are hoping to pick up a copy of Book Lust To Go, there are still plenty of signed copies available for sale at Wide World Books and Maps.  We also purchased a signed copy last night to give away to one of our readers.  To be eligible to…

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Pumpkin Carving Contest Winners

The votes for Readers' Choice are in!  The judges have made their picks!  It's time now to reveal the winners of our first annual pumpkin carving contest: Judges' Pick: Scariest -    Sharptooth Funniest - Drunken Pumpkin Represents Wallingford - Welcome Political - San Francisco Giants Kids' Entries: Scariest - Cranky Cat Funniest - Tobias's pumpkin Coolest Design - Ghoulish Ghost Most Structurally Sound When Completed - Raphael's pumpkin  Readers' Choice: Grownups: Jerry Dog Kids: Spider Congratulations to our winners!  We'll…

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Pumpkin Carving Contest – Vote for Readers’ Choice

Tired of reading "have you voted yet?" Alright, well I'm sorry but I'm gonna ask you just this once--but this one is for a hyper-local initiative:  Wallyhood's Pumpkin Carving Contest.  Take a look at our slideshow below which features entries from some very talented neighbors. As our judges work through the dozens of entries we've received to choose the best in our dedicated categories, we're asking you--the Readers--to select which jack-o-lantern takes the Readers' Choice prize. To vote, click on the…

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Wallyhood’s Pumpkin Carving Contest

Last year, a neighbor's teenage son from up the street made the coolest Mario Jack-o'-lantern I'd ever seen; and the more I looked around while trick or treating with the kids, the more super awesomely cool pumpkin carvings I saw.  We've definitely got some talented folk here in Wallingford. And now we'd like to put your pumpkin carving skills to the test with our first annual Wallyhood Pumpkin Carving Contest.  Our good friends over at Archie McPhee have put together some…

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Can Your Halloween Pin Win?

We were trolling through the Wallingford Center in search of mini cupcakes (they are hard to get hold of) when we happened upon this flier about a Halloween Pin Design Contest. Now, my daughter has a weird knack of winning contests.  She's won quite a few already as if sheer determination to win is enough.  Her eyes lit up and I could see her planning what to draw . . . . It's only fair, though, to have decent competition or…

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