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(Updated: I asked the candidates several questions, and posted the answer to the wrong question for all the candidates. I have corrected it below.) I invited all candidates running for the District 4 Seattle City Council seat to share their thoughts on the crisis around homelessness that our city is facing, and offered to reprint their answers here. I heard back from Alex Pedersen, Emily Myers and Cathy Tuttle, who's answers I share here. (Reminder: Ballots must be in by Tuesday,…

The turtle joined the butterfly as two of the more conspicuous examples of intersection art. There is also the recent addition of the crosswalk art work near McDonald Elementary. These are great additions to the neighborhood, but they need upkeep. A neighbor alerted us to a great community event tomorrow at 9am to repaint the turtle: We’re holding another party to repaint Wallingford’s Bubbles the Turtle this Sunday, July 28!  Bubbles is the street mural at N 41st St and Interlake Ave N, and…

Seattle's Department of Transportation will be holding an open house this Thursday, July 25th from 6 - 8 pm at the Wallingford Senior Center (in the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N #140) to discuss utility, drainage, curb and sidewalk repairs scheduled for N. 50th St. Work is scheduled to begin as early as Monday, July 29th. As early as the week of July 29, you can expect: Crews to typically work 5 days a week, from 7 AM to…

(Ed note: This history originally appeared on Rob's local history blog, Ba-kground. If you're interested in Seattle history or old clocks, it's worth a read, as is his book, Lost Seattle. Rob graciously allowed us to repost this here.) Below is a lookup table for name changes from the 1870s to the present day in neighborhoods north of Lake Union in Seattle: Brooklyn (west U District); Latona; Wallingford (originally Edgewater); Fremont; part of north Queen Anne; and part of eastern Ballard.…

Bibliophiles rejoice. If voters approve the library levy on the Aug. 6 ballot, the Wallingford library will be open seven days a week, including the now-closed Fridays. And it will open at noon on Sundays, an hour earlier. While the levy takes effect Jan. 1 (which will include the Sunday changes and an extra hour Monday - Thursday), the Friday changes likely won’t take effect until mid-2020. Last year the Seattle Public Library had over 17 million visits, lent materials to…

Coming this winter, westbound riders on the 44 bus will get to their destinations quicker, courtesy of a new transit lane on N 45th Street west of Stone Way N. There is already a transit lane on N Midvale Place, and SDOT is simply extending it all the way to Stone Way. In order to do that, they will remove the lane for cars going straight on N 45th, and it will be one way between N Midvale Pl and Midvale…

Registration is open for Night Out, a nationwide event on August 6th 2019, supported by the Seattle police department in an effort to reduce crime and foster community. That sounds kind of dry, but what it really means is that you can sign up to close off your street for a block party and hang out with your neighbors on a warm summer evening. Head to the Seattle Night Out website to register your block party or check out a map…