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The letter below, from City Councilmember Lisa Herbold, was sent to me here at Wallyhood unsolicited. Although Herbold represents District 1 which includes West Seattle and southwest Seattle, the issue she addresses here -- the amount of parking required for new housing developments -- has been hotly debated in the comments and forums here and throughout the neighborhood more generally. For that reason, we’re bending our usual rule, about content needing to be neighborhood-centric, to bring you this perspective. On Monday,…

I stopped in Wine World & Spirits in its new location over on Fremont Ave last week, hoping to pick up an interesting spirit, QFC and Trader Joe's selection being exactly what you'd expect from a grocery store. Unfortunately, the "& Spirits" part of the name is still aspirational: their license only allows them to sell wines, beers and ciders, at present. There are still some issues to resolve with the WSLCB, it seems. While there, though, I was roped into a…

There's this whole set of stuff that I can't get rid of. It's not sentimental, it's garbage, but garbage that doesn't fit in my can AND that our otherwise excellent curbside recycling program doesn't take. This Saturday, we have an opportunity to purge it. The City of Seattle is holding a special recycling and reuse event this Saturday, March 31st, from 9 am - 1 pm at the Woodland Park Gravel Parking Lot (west of the Upper Woodland Tennis Courts). Accepted items…

[Correction! Alert reader Richard noticed that the plan which I referenced for this article, dated May of last year, was updated this past March 20 (a few days after I downloaded the PDF of what was then the current plan). Although bike lanes will still run along 40th, the layout of those lanes has changed significantly. I have updated this article to reflect this new plan. I apologize for not checking to make sure the plan was still current before this…

Michael from City Cellars writes: Check your archives for a story about Mr. Big Hands about ten years ago (maybe not that long).  Well he is back.  He will steal something and try to return it for a cash.  He tried his scam today at City Cellars without success.  We knew who he was right away. There's a blast from the past! Looking back in our archives to 2010, we had this report from Kara at the (now moved on) Not…

The first day of Spring has arrived and with it more daylight.  As of March 20th we are officially getting 12 hours of light with a sunrise of 7:12 and a sunset of 7:22.  It is time to  start planting some seeds outside. Cool season crops are the best bets for this time of year, so don’t even think about your tomatoes yet. Here are a couple of suggestions for some easy plants to get started from seed and require very…