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A reminder: this Friday is the first Friday of the month, so it's time for another Meaningful Movie. Date: Friday, October 4 Time: 7pm. Doors open at 6:30 for refreshments and socializing. Place: Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Place N. Cost: Free, but a $5 donation is appreciated to cover expenses. From their website: This film features Puget Sound Southern Resident Orcas, of which only 73 remain. For centuries, three unique pods of orcas have primarily lived on chinook salmon along the…

The gears of change will grind up another couple of single family homes and churn out another townhouse / rowhouse combination along 50th. If you would like to chat with someone in person about the project, there are drop-in hours today, Monday September 30th from 5:00 - 6:00 pm (sorry for the short notice!) onsite at 1925 N 50th St, just across from Meridian Park. According the project's description, Blackwood Builders Group and JW Architects are collaborating to design the redevelopment…

Those of us living near Restricted Parking Zone 22 (in southern Wallingford east of Stone Way) or Zone 34 (in eastern Wallingford near 40th) recently received a mailer from the city entitled Notice of Decision describing changes to these RPZs. The very title as well as the actions to take place in just the next month or two have me believing that, this time, “final” means final. Back in June, I wrote about SDOT’s most recent proposals for these RPZs based…

The Wallingford Community Council (WCC) is sponsoring a candidates forum on October 2, 2019, in Room 202 of The Good Shepherd Center, 4659 Sunnyside Ave. N at 7 p.m. Candidates who are running for council positions who will represent Wallingford in Districts 4 and 6: District 4 Candidates Alex Pedersen: http://electalexpedersen.org. Shaun Scott: http://scott2019.com District 6 Candidates Dan Strauss: http://seattlefordanstrauss.org Heidi Wills: http://heidiwills.com NOTE:  Due to a conflicting forum hosted by the Ballard District Council, both District 6 candidates are unable…

If you're feeling grumpy about the homogenization of Seattle and the loss of the odd quirkiness that once defined Fremont, then here's an upcoming event that should give you hope. One night only at West of Lenin (N 36th St), Friday September 27th at 8 pm: Join us for the eighth chapter of The Panel Jumper **LIVE** and celebrate nerd culture in all its myriad forms! Produced in collaboration with West of Lenin, this rare revelry of Seattle-based talent will leave…

Local dendrophile Burb Burrill writes: My friend Lori Brakken will be at Meridian Playground [4649 Sunnyside Ave N, technically] on Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 4 - 7 pm, to tell you what kind of fruit you have. Lori is THE expert in apple ID in the greater Seattle area. I'll be there with Lori to answer your fruit tree care questions. We'll have a canopy and table set up in the park on the north side of the hedge, separate from…

Faith in humanity restored. Following up on our Catnapper story, it turns out that, despite the visual evidence to the contrary, it always pays to leave an open mind until you have all the evidence. Frederic writes: Epilogue: The person who picked up Toulouse thought it could belong to a friend of her whose cat is also missing and looks very much like Toulouse. In doubt, her friend Steve eventually brought Toulouse to the Cat Clinic of Seattle on Stone Way…