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Maybe you've seen the yellow signs all over the neighborhood announcing that this Saturday from 11am to noon is the Wallingford Family Parade. The Wallingford Family Parade offers lots of fun stuff for kids, families and everyone else! All are welcome to march in the parade, dress up, pull a wagon or ride a bike. Attractions include drill teams, clowns, bands, trophies and a scavenger hunt with prizes. Hundreds of people line the street of the historic Wallingford district to watch the parade.…

The Wallingford Community Senior Center (WCSC) has been in the Good Shepherd Center at 50th and Sunnyside ever since 1979. As a firm fixture in the Wallingford neighborhood, it has served both our seniors and the whole community with a mix of programs, social services, and as a meeting space for the community. At first it was supported by a combination of Federal and local funding through Senior Services, but over time the politicians came up with less and less money.…

Too late for for this weekend's sunny Sunday, Seattle's wading pools, including Wallingford Park's, open this coming Wednesday, June 29th. It's a three-day-a-week pool (Wednesday through Friday) noon - 7 pm. But, Seattle being Seattle (and not, say, Phoenix), it doesn't always make sense to fill the pools: We will plan to open the wading pools on sunny days when the temperature is forecast to be 70 degrees or higher. On most days we will fill them half full, which is…

Diane Gordon writes that the Wallingford Family Parade on July 9th is seeking volunteers to make it happen: Wallingford Family Parade on July 9th ! We need YOU! Volunteers Needed! We need your help to put up signs before the parade and help on parade day. If you can help, please email [email protected]. High School students will earn community service credit! Be in the parade! Calling all kids and parents! Register on the day of the parade, come to the muster site at N…

Lincoln High is getting a $19M update. An earlier version of this story mentioned that that part of this would involve changing the parking lot into a playfield (which would have a pretty big impact on the surrounding neighborhood), but I got a few notes that this was in error. Rachel wrote: I just wanted to correct some of the information you posted about the proposed athletic field at Lincoln High School.  I was on the design committee as a community…