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We only have the following blurb from the Seattle Police Department, and have not heard any other news.   We will post more as we hear it.  Please feel free to add relevant details in the comments. Copied from the press release: Homicide detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman found inside her Wallingford residence Monday morning. At approximately 9:20 am, North Precinct patrol officers were summoned to a residence in the 1300 block of North 43rd Street. …

At a recent Wallyhood editors and writers meeting (yes, we have those!), we were discussing story ideas, and someone suggested "what is the oldest business in Wallingford?". Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the owner of the top spot has ceded their title. After squeezing down to make room for a martial arts shop, and, more recently, Comics Dungeon, Petosa Accordions has folded up its Wallingford shop and moved north to Lynnwood. This is the end of an…

In the heart of Wallingford there is a winery, Solera Bravo Wines. Well, it is technically a winery, but more specifically it is a vermoutherie. What started as a hobby for Nacho Bravo over decade ago has turned into a full commercial enterprise, which Nacho and his wife, Melissa, run together, turning wine from Eastern Washington into a vermouth made right here in Wallingford, Vermut Del Sol. Vermouth is an aromatized, fortified wine, produced by blending wine, alcohol, and dry ingredients…

The Winter Olympics are wrapped up in South Korea, and now Seattle tumbles forward to our own Olympic Games. July 1-8, 2018, Seattle plays host to the Special Olympic USA Summer Games, and Wallingford has its own Olympic hopeful. Local gymnast and Roosevelt sophomore Virginia Wade will once again compete on the big stage. You may remember her Alpine Skiing competition in Austria in March 2017 as a member of the USA Special Olympic (SO) Women’s Alpine Ski Team. This time around…

Well, this isn’t exactly at the level of UFOs being definitely revealed to be aliens from another world or a “Loch Ness Monster” emerging from Lake Union, but … In walking around south Wallingford (between about Wallingford Ave and Eastern and south of 40th), I couldn't help but notice lots of lines painted on the street and even on the grass. They seem to be intended as a guide to upcoming work. I immediately suspected an SDOT project. I had a…