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Reports have been trickling in about rainbow butterflies littering Wallingford (and other neighborhoods around Seattle). There's no clear answer about the purpose of these fliers, but the slightly ominous inside of the fliers directs you to an even more ominous website that states "YOU ARE NOT SAFE" and has today's date. KING5 has a story about the butterflies here. I won't link to the site on the off chance it turns out to be promoting nazis or the like, but if…

It's been a weird, dry, smoky summer, but like all weird, dry, smoky things, it has come to end. Autumn officially began this past Friday, and this coming Wednesday marks the last 2017 installment of the Wallingford Farmers Market at Meridian Park. There is some pretty significant upheaval in the food world, both globally and locally: hitting closer and closer to home, climate change helped wipe out 80% of the crops in Puerto Rico in a few hours, hunger to follow. Amazon…

This Tuesday, September 26, Linnea Westerlind, author of the new book Discovering Seattle Parks: A Local's Guide, will be leading a walk through some of the best parks in the Fremont area. The walk will start at Woodland Park and then head to Fremont Peak Park and down to the Burke-Gilman Trail, then wind near the Fremont Troll and back up to Woodland Park. Linnea’s book is the result of her quest to visit EVERY park in the city of Seattle in…

[Note: Thanks to reader Charles Howell, enthusiastic parent Karel Zikan, and team manager Elizabeth “Eli” Holmes for bringing this to our attention, and providing much of the information for this story.] Three local teenagers have recently returned from Račice, Czech Republic, after representing the United States in the Olympic Hopes Canoe and Kayaking Regatta last weekend. This annual sprint canoe event for youths in the 15- to 17-year-old range is hosted by a different country each year and pits teams from…

Apparently, deer are not the only wildlife who have heard that Wallingford is a pretty great neighborhood to visit or take up residence. There is also a coyote (or coyotes) lurking around the streets, as reported by a few people in the forums. Thank you to neighbor/reader Andy for sharing his photo of the wily wanderer from early this week. This is not a new thing. Coyotes have been spotted in the neighborhood in the past, according to some older forum…

Not being one who lives in one of our neighborhood’s restricted parking zones (RPZs), I was unaware that renewal notices recently went out. Alert readers Mike and Jef point out that these notices make no mention of the availability of low-income, discounted permits that are available for those who qualify. (These cost $10 each compared to the regular cost of $65.) Says Jef: For you Zone 6 RPZ holders who've recently received renewal notices: If you qualify as low income (or…