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Good morning folks and happy Solstice Parade day! Throw on your tie-dye, your clown costume or your leather bustier, whatever your pleasure, and get yourself on down to Fremont for the parade. Parade officially begins at noon! We noted with interest that, unlike past years, in which the painted cyclists were treated with, depending on the year, annoyance, incarceration, tolerance, and amusement, they've now got an official spot in the program: the Fremont Arts Council web site has them on the…

We recently received a reader tip from our buddy Holly (heh, "buddy Holly") over at Sock Monster.  She's worried about the squirrels on Burke Ave N., between 44th & 45th.  She refers to that block as "squirrel row." Holly's concern?  Rat bait boxes in the squirrels' habitat on the east side of Wallingford Center, near the sidewalk.  Here's what Holly had to say about the bait boxes: "They are right along the fence on Burke right by where all the squirrels…

From July 21 to August 8, Northwest International Student Exchange (NWISE) is hosting a summer camp in Wallingford for teenage students from Chengdu City, in the Szechuan Provence of China. The visiting students will have a wonderful opportunity to experience American life here in the Pacific Northwest by taking English immersion classes, and participating in cultural activities. They'll be using OmCulture as a base to their camp, but the organization is seeking Wallingford families to host the teachers and students coming…