I woke up crankier than usual one morning last week after a car alarm had woken me around 1:30 a.m. for the second night in a row. Earlier that evening, a cop had visited our street to follow up on complaints received from neighbors who reported the alarm had been going off all day and all night. The cop let us know that the owner of the vehicle lived nearby and he was on his way to speak with him. He also…
This is a guest post submitted by Kit Lewis, Wallingford resident of 27 years. Hey, what’s with all these helicopters lately? Have you noticed? Annoyingly loud, alarmingly low, and astonishingly frequent. We Wallingford residents know that on the 4th of July, our skies will be abuzz with hovering helicopters jostling for position to get that perfect view of the Lake Union fireworks from above. One day a year was what we used to expect. But nowadays it’s very different. There are choppers roaring…
If you live near one of our three neighborhood public schools, you know what it's like--oh--between 7:45 – 9:30a.m., and again from 1:45 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.: The endless march of school buses picking up, dropping off, picking up, dropping off. This is a reminder that it all begins again next Wednesday (9/7).
With any luck, southeast Wallingford may have its wish granted for less noise from the I-5 Express Lanes overhead--at least that's WSDOT's goal as it begins its I-5 Ship Canal Noise Study; but don't break out the bubbly to celebrate just yet. The study involves installing 700 noise absorbing panels on the ceiling of the Express Lanes over the south end of the Ship Canal Bridge, and they'll be monitoring the noise levels for three years for their effectiveness before securing…
We've gotten a few inquiries from readers along the lines of "What's up with the helicopter circling over Wallingford? Are we in a war zone?" Turns out, it's not a helicopter at all. Instead, it's some enormous pavement grinder grinding pavement on I-5. Dan snapped this picture of it: As long as you're not sleeping, you may as well read more about it on the WSDOT web site. (Thanks to Emily for the link.)