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Read more about the article SPS Community Meeting April 25th at Hamilton Middle School: Option A vs Option C for a New Sports Field at Lower Woodland Park!
Two options for a new Lincoln sports field at Lower Woodland Park

SPS Community Meeting April 25th at Hamilton Middle School: Option A vs Option C for a New Sports Field at Lower Woodland Park!

Editor’s Note: See Eric’s prior stories on this subject: Lincoln Playfields Option C: Combining Options A and B for a Better Lower Woodland Park Design (Dec 15, 2025) Lincoln Playfields at Lower Woodland Park: An Update on Option A and Option C (Jan 19, 2026) Lincoln High School has approval for a new hybrid football/soccer field, funded by the BEX levy for Seattle Public Schools. Most people welcome improvements to Lower Woodland Park and the expansion of playing fields there, but…

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Read more about the article Woodland Park Players Presents Young Frankenstein

Woodland Park Players Presents Young Frankenstein

The Woodland Park Players will be presenting Young Frankenstein from March 20–28, 2026, with proceeds benefiting the arts in Seattle Public Schools. We received this notice from the WPP: It’s Alive! From the creators of Broadway’s record-breaking musical comedy sensation, The Producers, comes YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, a monster of a hit musical based on Mel Brooks’ classic comedy film masterpiece. This wickedly inspired re-imagining of the legend of Frankenstein is the story of the bright young doctor Frankenstein (that's Fronkensteen) who travels…

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Lincoln Playfields at Lower Woodland Park: An Update on Option A and Option C

It has been over a month since Wallyhood published a proposal by Friends of Lower Woodland Park, Lincoln Playfields Option C. Since that time, a very encouraging 265 neighbors have come forward to publicly reject Option A and endorse Option C. This is a phenomenal amount of feedback in the doldrums of a Seattle winter break, so thank you Wallingford! Friends of Lower Woodland Park are providing this update on what we have heard from Seattle Public Schools (SPS), details on…

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Read more about the article Lincoln High School’s Winter Sports Season Begins
Varsity boys basketball at media day (photo credit to suss_shoots)

Lincoln High School’s Winter Sports Season Begins

As fall comes to a close, Lincoln High School’s winter sports have begun. Lincoln has an abundance of sports, ranging from well-known ones, such as the basketball programs, to the less well-known, like bowling and flag football. All of them are extremely well run, and going to watch a game, meet, or match is a great way to support the athletes and have a blast!  Many teams have home games at Lincoln High School’s gym, and any and all supporters are…

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Read more about the article Wallingford Athletic Field
For some, the flier announcing the community meeting arrived only a few days before. For others, it arrived after the meeting.

Wallingford Athletic Field

What is a park? Is it the grass, some trees, a path, a playground? Is it the tennis courts, and the occasional thwap of bright yellow balls? Is it a wading pool, open two days a week, 10 weeks a year? Is it just a set of amenities? Some fraction of our tax dollars? These questions are important because on September 19, Seattle Public Schools (SPS), in collaboration with Seattle Parks and Recreation, proposed to turn most of Wallingford Playfield into…

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Tour Wallingford-area Elementary Schools

You can never start planning early enough for that special time when your first child is about to enter Kindergarten. Two years before my son was due to start Kindergarten, I toured four schools. It was helpful to find out early what my options were and to spend a year observing my kid and solidifying in my mind what place fit him the best. Morning tours are great because you can see the kids in the class; however, I find that visiting…

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Read more about the article Operation School Bell Clothes Kids and Gives Them Dignity

Operation School Bell Clothes Kids and Gives Them Dignity

I’ve probably walked or driven by The Assistance League of Seattle a hundred times, but never bothered to see what went on inside. This charity is run out of two houses on North 45th Street, opposite the Chevron gas station. The AL Seattle runs three philanthropic programs; the Enrichment Scholarship Program, the Financial Aid for Education Program, and Operation School Bell, which provides free clothing for children in need in grades K-5. The Assistance League of Seattle is a chapter of the National Assistance League and it has operated here locally since 1962. The recently declared, State…

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