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On Friday, the Gas Works Park play area opened after work to remediate arsenic below ground. Or more correctly, the play area opened again. I wrote about the remediation plan late last year noting that the park would be mostly open during this work. The work was followed by a renovation of many of the facilities including the play area. This, naturally, required a closing of said facilities. They reopened back in October as we wrote about here. Why, even the…

Back in late November, I wrote about some sightings of a coyote dubbed “Wally.” I asked for any more photos that folks may have taken of him (or her). A few have trickled in. See the gallery below. I also heard back from the zoo which, some readers have suggested, may have more information about this particular coyote. They didn’t seem to have any first-hand information about Wally, but there’s this: Hello Jack, We wanted to update you that within a…

If you live in one of the new Restrict Parking Zones in Wallingford, your grace period of parking without a permit is over. I spied a parking enforcement officer getting ready to write up my neighbor's truck on Friday, and when I went out to try to call her off ("wait, I'll grab them and have them move it"), she said not to worry, it was just a warning, but that they would begin ticketing "for real" on Monday. That makes…

If you're like me and can never remember whether it is recycling week or not, rejoice! There's now an app for that. Seattle Public Utilities has a new app called Recycle it, and it has plenty of features I'm sure to use on a weekly basis. Here's what it can do, right from SPU's website: Look up your collection day Get weekly collection reminders, never forget your Recycle day Report some common service issues Report a missed collection Change your service…

This Friday, December 14th, the Christmas ships will be sailing around Lake Union and through the Fremont Cut for the annual Parade of Boats, and we should have a good view of the festivities here in Wallingford. There are musical performances aboard the lead ship at 7:20 p.m. in the middle of the lake, and 8:10 p.m. at Evanston Plaza in Fremont. For those unfamiliar with the Christmas Ships, here's some info from their website. The Argosy Cruises Christmas Ship™ Festival is a ship-to-shore holiday celebration that has…

An apartment building, with retail on the street level! Okay, so no surprise there. What is somewhat of a surprise is that, after all this time, something is actually going to emerge in the space once occupied by Kitaro Sushi at 1624 N. 45th. Kitaro burned down December 7, 2011 as we wrote about here. I'm not sure an exact cause was ever determined, but reports at the time said the fire was electrical in nature. A dentist's office was also…

The end-of-the-year holidays are often at time when people look to share some of what they have with others who might have less. If you're such a person and are looking for such an opportunity, look no further than FamilyWork's Holiday Helper Family Sponsorship: This year, we asked each child to choose a winter item they need and a toy they're excited about. Our goal is to fulfill their wishlists and send each family home with a board game, so everyone…