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I almost let this one slip by me: today is the 5th birthday of this little blog: the first article, Welcome to Wallyhood, was published on January 11th, 2009. It's been a nice ride: we've published 3,956 articles and presently, we're averaging: 110,000 pageviews / month 45,000 unique visits / month 18,000 unique visitors / month Not bad, considering Wallingford is about 20,000 households. The blog is evolving, and honestly, I'm struggling a bit with the direction to take it. It…

After 33 years at the La Boulangerie (18 as master baker and owner), Xon Loung is losing his lease on his little corner bakery on 45th Street. As he tells it, back in July, the building owner, Yasuhiro Narai, visited him in his store and asked him his plans. His plans? Keep working! Loung has operated Boulangerie single-handedly for the last 14 years (after his "woman left him") and at 65 years old, he felt he still had a few years…

Barb writes: We live in Wallingford and are putting out a plea for gently used adult coats, gloves, hats, scarves and/or anything to keep folks warm in cold weather. Looking for new adult socks too. We'll be collecting these until December 20th. Then on Saturday, 12/21, Steve and I will distribute them around to homeless folks, living on the streets, in the Seattle area. If we have anything left (and we doubt we will), we'll drop them at the usual spot which is the…