Heavy Metal

Most impressively-equipped motorcycle I've ever seen - outside Essential Bakery. Formidable iron gate. It looks like there's a bird in there, but it's fake. Was this metal door inside someone's house?  Where??  

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A Mixed Bag

This is what I aspire to be - a little old lady with a trash grabber, shopping bag and really colorful shoes. Great combination of winter coat, shorts and flip-flops. One of those sunny, breezy, cloudy, rainy, sleety days.  Early spring.  

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‘Green Man’ wants your paint

We've lived in our house for 14 years and I think we still have paint for the previous owners sitting on the shelves under the basement stairs.  Perhaps that's a bit extreme, but I'd be willing to bet there are a few of you with a couple of gallons of unwanted paint in your basement, too.  So, what to do with them? Well, one way to dispose of them is to open the lids and let the paint dry out so…

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Hamilton International Middle School

Continuing with our series of school profiles within the Wallingford attendance area, here's a look at Hamilton International Middle School for grades 6-8. Hamilton International Middle School has a student population of 850, which can make incoming 6th graders who were previously regarded as big fish in their elementary school ponds feel like tiny minnows in a vast ocean.  But the staff at Hamilton know this, which is why the first day of school is reserved only for welcoming 6th grade…

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Neighborhood Projects applications due Tuesday

Take a look around Wallingford (though, I DO NOT recommend this during a torrential downpour).  Do you see any sidewalks that need repair, or any streets that would be safer with a traffic circle? The Department of Neighborhoods has what's known as Neighborhood Projects Funds (NPF) comprising both Neighborhood Street Funds and Cumulative Reserve Funds, totaling $1.2 million. These funds will be divvied up among chosen applications and will be spent in 2012 for neighborhood improvements for streets and parks. The…

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Weekend in Wallingford

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Here are a few tips to help you enjoy your weekend right here in our own neighborhood: Both City Cellars in the heart of Wallingford and Wine World down by I-5 have wine tastings on Friday. City Cellars will feature wines from Reininger Winery, specializing "in crafting elegant and finely structured red wines from hand-harvested, ultra premium grapes" while Wine World will have a set of South Seattle wineries on tap (do you say "on tap" about wines? Probably not.) Wayne Horvitz…

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Wallyhood Forums Round-Up

Want to spread the word or have something to share with the neighborhood?  Check out the forums section of Wallyhood for announcements, referrals, questions, and of course Wallingford neighborhood gossip!  Here are some highlights: The Panhandling discussion continues as several of our readers have reported an SUV trying to scam individuals into giving them gas money or money for their children.  Maybe someone will obtain the license plate number and report the information--be on alert Wallyhood! Need a good place to donate…

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