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September is upon us, which means it's time to join in community to celebrate the harvest, enjoy the crisp Fall air and return to a place of learning. Check out these enjoyable & educational events this September at Wallingford Community Senior Center! Harvest Breakfast Bring the whole family to celebrate the season in the most delicious way! Join us for a harvest breakfast including a make-your-own breakfast burrito bar, muffins, fruit, and beverages! Afterwards, make sure to visit the 2015 Harvest Fair…

Vegetarians and caracassatarians are similarly losing out. Hawaiian Breeze has been gone for a little while, but we figured we'd make it official with this picture: There's no indications the building will be redeveloped, which is too bad as it's the sort of older brick structure that is vulnerable in earthquakes. Ideally CVS would move into every building in the neighborhood, upgrade them all seismically, then move out. Sutra is slated to close on September 19th. Some of the owners are relocating…

On the one hand, a Seattle Public School teacher strike is looking very likely to be called tonight given the latest reports from the bargaining teams. Bleah. On the other hand, a new playground! Greg Lewis writes: A few months ago, the John Stanford Playground Improvement Committee applied to the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods for a large project matching grant to implement a neighborhood improvement project on the JSIS school site. Large project grants can be awarded up to $100,000 and require…

This Wednesday's WCC meeting will focus on Wallingford Waterways. Wallingford has eight public waterways, plus two street ends at Latona and Sunnyside. See here on a map: Going even beyond that map, here's the status of all of our water access points, from under I-5 to under 99: Name, Location Amenities, Usage Condition North Passage Point Park Beneath I-5 bridge Views, benches, lawn, access to water for hand-launched boats. Excellent condition. Very noisy. 5thAve NE Street End East side of Ivar’s Salmon House…

In the land of neighborhood karma, Mark just pulled off perfection. He writes: I've just put up Seattle's first (?) Tiny Free Library, a little free library just for pre schoolers. I did it because I wasn't seeing a lot of kids' books in the existing community library for our two kids (nearly 3 and nearly 4). So this is small, just big enough for board books, and at around the right height for toddlers. Be great if families started to use it.…

You can finally get rid of your VHS player- despite years of advertising to the contrary, the 50th street Deli Market is not going to restock with $0.98 video tapes. Thanks to Todd for passing this info on to us: Looks like 50th Street Market building is being torn down and replaced with 17 “efficiency apartments” in a 3-story building. Goodbye to my Cascade views but hopefully new retail in the building will not sell alcohol to attract drunk vagrants. Store owner…