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Feeling a bit overwhelmed with the scale of the homeless problem we've been dealing with in Wallingford? Frustrated and wondering what you can do? This week's Wallingford Community Council meeting will feature a representative from the city's Navigation Team. They're the people specially trained to help people living in unauthorized encampments get the services and support they need. The Navigation Team representative will speak to safety concerns about illegal encampments, garbage, and hazardous waste (needles, human feces), as well as cover what…

From time to time, we get queries from readers wondering what is going on down at Gas Works Park on this or that particular evening. I live not far from Gas Works, and I often wonder this myself when I hear music or see official-looking people directing cars out of the parking lot. To satisfy my own and other's curiosity, I’ve assembled a list (which is probably partial at best) of what’s been happening down there at the bottom of the…

[Editor's note: Among the missions of Neighborcare Health, according to their website, is “to provide comprehensive health care to families and individuals who have difficulty accessing care.” If you are fortunate enough to have not had such difficulties, then you may have overlooked the unassuming clinic located at the intersection of 45th and Densmore in a building still easily identifiable as an old fire station. I know that I’ve walked by it many times without giving it much thought. This year,…

A car burst into flames outside the John Stanford School this morning at about 10 am. While it looks like the flames are coming out of the trunk, that's where the engine is on a Porsche. The police are there, fire department on the way, nobody was injured.

Two recent shootings in our neighborhood have left neighbors a bit frazzled to say the least. The most recent shooting occurred in the 1900 block of 46th St on Tuesday. The Seattle Police Blotter reports: … it appears the incident unfolded shortly after 4:15 PM Tuesday in the 1900 block of North 46th Street when two tenants, who live in separate apartment units, became embroiled in a dispute. One of the three tenants in the home reportedly armed himself with a knife…

Tom is the co-leader of Green Lake & Wallingford Safe Streets.  He lives at the intersection at the south end of Green Lake Park. Anyone who has visited Green Lake has gone through a crappy intersection. Whether you’re driving, biking, or walking, there are plenty to choose from: the 5-way cluster at 50th Street and Stone Way; the crazy Pitch & Putt intersection at the south end of the lake; or the indecisive four-way stop at Ravenna Blvd. The City has…

Jonathan Cohen, a forty year resident of Wallingford, is opening Ebanista, a new school of fine woodworking near Green Lake.  Tomorrow, Saturday August 18th there is an open shop from 1:00 - 3:30 pm  at the Ebanista school in the old Vita Milk building (420 NE 72nd Street).  The times of the event are slightly different on the website, however Mr. Cohen confirmed the 1:00 - 3:30pm times.  He invites the community to stop by the studio to meet him and…