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As most readers are aware, there have been numerous coyote sightings in the neighborhood over the past few months. I wrote about some of them back in November and December. In that more recent post, I quoted an email from the zoo indicating that they would shortly be starting an Urban Carnivore Project accessible on their webpage. I recently received an email from Robert Long, Senior Conservation Scientist at the zoo informing me that the project website has now gone live.…

Out walking tonight, I saw several police cars patrolling the neighborhood, going the wrong way down Latona and up Thackeray until they all seemed to converge up around NE 44th St and 2nd Ave NE. All told, there were eight police cars, a couple of fire trucks and an ambulance. Geoff posted to our Facebook page: For anyone who was curious about the convergence of 8 cop cars and 2 fire engines tonight, just south of 44th on 1st Ave., NE.,…

Homelessness still is an issue for our city. As a community we have spent many millions of dollars over the past decade. As a citizen, the issue does not appear to have improved much after all that effort for any side of the issue. This Friday, the Meaningful Movies will be screening Trickle Down Town, a film made by a Seattle native about homelessness. Here is the blurb from Meaningful Movies website: This new film from a Seattle filmmaker, who will…

As I did for 2016 and 2017, I've compiled a list of Wallyhood's top ten stories from 2018 using this site's analytics.  The stories below are ranked using page views, and while some of our forum posts are pretty highly viewed, I haven't included them since they are not really stories. To qualify for this list, a story had to have been written in 2018, so older stories that may have gained a lot page views in 2018 don't count. In…

It's the end of a long day at work, you've made it across the ship canal bridge, down the morass of 45th Street backups, maneuvered through the obstacle course of traffic circles and finally arrive on your own street. But as you creep past your house, you're frustrated to see there are no available parking spaces close to home. As you gaze longingly at the spot in front of your house, your spot, you note with a bit of bile that…

(Wallyhood welcomes all members of our community to contribute to this group blog. This article comes from Elena, a seventh-grader at Hamilton International Middle School. If you would like to contribute, please contact us at [email protected] with your story ideas.) Hello everyone! I am a local Wallingford girl and my name is Elena. I’m in 7th grade at Hamilton International Middle School. Recently I did an interview with the owners of The Cubes Bakery on 45th Street (2315 N 45th St)…

After suffering through so much bad news last week (federal shutdown, stock market crash, and all that other government CRAP), I was happy to receive a spot of good news in our mail here at Wallyhood that helped to put things into perspective: Dear Wallyhood editors, My name is Laura and I live close to QFC with my husband, cat, and adorable year old Rohan.  I wanted to share with you a story of how community comes together and the joys…