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The morning crime beat saw some action this morning.  Most of the street facing windows at Slave to the Needle (403 45th St) were smashed sometime over night.  The broken windows were smashed out of the panes with more damage than just a stray rock tossed through a window. I saw several of their staff cleaning up the debris early this morning.  They said nothing appeared to be stolen.  It appeared to be just random violence.  There was also one smashed…

Meridian Playground is a unique city park in Seattle, as it is part of the original home of the Good Shepherd 6+ acre property. Meridian Playground shares this property with Historic Seattle (the Good Shepherd Center building and immediately surrounding grounds), Department of Neighborhoods (Good Shepherd P-Patch), and Tilth Alliance (Community Learning and Children’s Gardens). Add to those groups the many park visitors who enjoy Meridian Playground on a regular basis. We go there for the children's play area, fruit trees,…

A reminder: this Friday is the first Friday of the month, so it's time for another Meaningful Movie. Date: Friday, November 1 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: “Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook” makes the case that, aroused by the election of our first black President, conservative political forces have turned with renewed vigor to ways…

After a turbulent and acrimonious two years on the Seattle City Light-owned lot off NE Northlake Way, just north of Ivar's, the Northlake Tiny House Village will be emptied and de-commissioned as of December 31. In a letter addressed to Sharon Lee, the executive director of the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI, the city-recognized managers of the village), and delivered to the village and the Northlake Community Advisory Council (on which I serve), Adrienne Easter, Manager of Homeless Investments for the…

If you want to get a jump on the trick or treating this Thursday, if you want to start fattening your pumpkin before the de facto ringing of the starting bell for trick or treating at about 5:30 pm, you could head on over to the Wallingford Center, where the businesses will be welcoming the young costumed ones: Grab your little goblins and ghouls and head to Wallingford Center for a fun-filled evening of trick-or-treating. Visit all 12 of the center…

Thursday is Halloween, and in most parts of Wallingford, that means hoards of trick-or-treaters sweeping up and down your steps to collect their goodies. Time to stock up! If you haven't already bought your goodies, I'd like to delicately suggest this article on Cocoa's child laborers to you. If you can't make it past the Washington Post's paywall, I'll summarize: despite pledges made almost two decades ago, Mars, Nestlé and Hershey still buy the cocoa for their chocolate from farms that…

I know I'm late to the party, but Damsel and Hopper, the bakery that opened in the heart of Wallingford two years ago September has closed as of last week. I stopped in a couple days before the closing and chatted with the owner, Rob Salvino, and offered to write a post before it closed, so people could come in and get their last loaf, but he gently waved me off, gesturing to the almost empty shelves and the steady stream…