Wallingford, Seattle

It is with deepest regret that we report that Andres Hulslander, manager at Wallingford's Bartell Drugs, was struck and killed while biking home from work on Saturday, June 27th at about 11 pm. Andres is survived by a wife and two children. According to the Seattle Bike Blog, Andres was biking eastbound on NE 65th St towards his home in Lake Forest Park when he was struck from behind by 29 year-old Lucas McQuinn near the intersection at 15th Ave NE. McQuinn, who…

When Kitaro caught fire back in 2011, we mourned. When the burnt out shell remained for three and a half years, an eyesore and a graffiti magnet, we mourned again. Now, there's reason to cheer.While the King County web site doesn't have a demolition permit for that property listed (although it does have a vacant property complaint), Jeff Lindstrom spotted demolition trucks outside earlier this week, and the workers told him it's coming down. I stopped by on Thursday, and there…

Happy Independence Day, y'all. It's a good one to celebrate: gay marriage, healthcare for all, Citizen United overturned. OK, two out of three ain't bad. If you've been around Wallingford for a while, you know that it's going to get hectic, and with the temperatures up in the record-breaking high 80's, it's going to sizzling. It's also going to be dry, dry, dry. So please, please, please, go easy with the personal fireworks (this means you, too, Lynne!) Seriously, people: remember…

The Wallingford Community Council President this coming year is Carl Slater (fuzzy pic on the left from the annual meeting). He lives at 41st and Burke and is enthused to be running the show for the next year. This Wednesday night's meeting of the WCC is his first, wish him luck. The meetings are in room 202 of the Good Shepherd Center. Here's tonight's somewhat subdued agenda from Carl, you can go right after the farmer's market if you like: 7:15 Announcements…