The Christmas Ships and the Parade of Boats will serenade Wallingford from Gas Works Park this Thursday, December 1st from 8:20 - 8:40 pm. It always seems to last longer than that, though. In a good way. From Argosy’s web site: "The Argosy Christmas Ship™ festival is a holiday celebration that has been a Northwest tradition for 62 years... From our flotilla of ships to the crowds of people who gather onshore, this celebration is one of the gems of the…
The annual school reports have been released for Wallingford. In general, the school reports don't tell you much. The student and parent survey results are more a reflection of the relative performance of teachers within a school and come out about the same across schools (they are useful within a school, but not for comparing schools). Standardized test results are held up high by reform advocates but mostly just reflect school demographics, with a tweak towards how aggressively the school teaches…
In the end, twenty-four of you took us up on our offer and donated to the Wallingford-based food bank and family services organization FamilyWorks and received a jar our our "fresh from Wallingford gardens" honey as a thank you. The food bank has over $1,400 more to work with thanks to you. We stopped off at FamilyWorks on Tuesday to drop off the honey (donators are encouraged to pick up at FamilyWorks itself, so they can see where their donations are…
Tom over at Seattle Bike Blog posted a pic of an accident that happened on the Burke Gilman Trail this afternoon. The photo was sent to the blog by Wallyhood neighbor Geoff. It seems the car, pictured below, crashed and came to rest on the Burke Gilman Trail @N. 36th St. and N. Pacific. The incident happened around 2:00pm this afternoon and the trail was reopened by 2:45. No ambulances were called to the scene, according to the 911 report. Be…
Don't want to cook for Thanksgiving? I don't blame you, and I do have a little piece of good news if you were planning on having a Thanksgiving meal out: Chutney's Bistro in Wallingford Center will be serving a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner buffet with all the trimmings, from 11:00am until 8:00pm. The cost is $13.95 per person which also includes a complimentary glass of champagne or wine, or a non-alcoholic drink of your choice. I'm told, too, that guests may also…
So, I was walking to my weekly pickup frisbee game around noon yesterday, and as I was passing QFC there were two men with about 20 EMTs tending to them. I stopped to talk with another man at the bus stop about what happened, and two more city police pulled up and began to arrest the men, but I was late for my game and went on my way. Checking the police reports now, the incident has been classified under "Mental…
Regarding the bus service cuts, Mike Ruby let us know that he received a note from Chuck Lare: Attend the "Save R 26" meeting this Tuesday, November 22nd, 5:30 to 7 PM at the Wallingford Mosaic Coffee House, 4401 Second NE just south of Dick's DriveIn in the basement of the Seattle First Church of Nazarene. Background: Bus Rider Unions have been organized in several cities, e.g.: Seattle Transit Riders Union, ref: http://saveourmetro.org/ Approval of the County's car tab tax preserved some…