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SPS Wonkathon: School Assignments and Capacity Issues

Eric June 29, 2015 4 Comments

Welcome to Wallingford’s Seattle Public Schools Wonkathon, running Monday to Thursday this week! Sherry Carr is retiring from the School Board, so our area is up for a new District 2 representative, with Rick Burke and Laura Obara Gramer running for the seat.

SPS buildings are funded by two alternating 6 year long levies that are spaced 3 years apart for renewal. We are currently a couple years into the BEX IV levy, with the BTA III levy to be renewed as BTA IV in a 2016 vote. Of local interest, BEX IV paid for Green Lake Elementary’s great new …

American Mary Pot Shop Opens

Jordan June 28, 2015 3 Comments

At the corner of 45th St and 4th Ave NE, we have the largest wine store in the Pacific Northwest (also sporting a fine collection of spirts), an award-winning tattoo parlor and now, to complete the trifecta, the American Mary retail marijuana store opened its doors this past week. Our Gateway to Wallingford is almost complete!

Owned by experienced dope salesman Donnie Douglas, American Mary has nestled into one of the few blocks in Wallingford where retail marijuana can legally operate (yes, it’s just far enough away from the John Stanford School to qualify).

I’ve been curious how the retail …

Internet Options in Wallingford, Cheap and Otherwise

Eric June 27, 2015 20 Comments

A little known erstwhile awesome thing in Wallingford is that Interconnection offered $80 per year broadband via Clear wimax to anyone with a student in the house, meaning if you had a kid in school you qualified. Yes, no need to be poor, you get semi-broadband Internet for less than $7 per month! Yeah, only about 3 MBPS, but still, $7! Fortunately, it’s not too late to switch to far more superior options such as compareyourbusinesscosts.co.uk/.

Well, the cheap times end in November. Sprint bought Clear and stabbed wimax through its sputtering heart. There’s still cheap options out there, …

Wallyhood Calendar: Free Zoo, Free Movies, Free Cars

Eric June 26, 2015 26 Comments

Free Zoo Tonight at 6:30: The zoo does an annual neighborhood appreciation thing, just show up at 6:30 at the West Plaza on Phinney Ave. N. between N. 55^th & N. 56^th Sts. Chat with your neighbors, enjoy ice cream, and hang out with the zoo’s new maned wolves. There’s no residency check, parking is free, so bring anyone you like.

Unfortunately, the new, fancy, 15 million dollar “Banyan Wilds” exhibit will not be open to you. Apparently the new animals there are still getting acclimated and they don’t want to stress them with night time visitors yet.…

Smash Crash

Jordan June 25, 2015 29 Comments

Smash Wine Bar (1401 N 45th St) will be ending a nine-year run on 45th Street, with a quiet final day this Saturday, June 27th.

Owner Dana Hannon explained that the rent and fees had climbed considerably over the years to the point where she was paying double what she had when she signed her original lease, and it wasn’t economically feasible to stay put any more. She believes the new Mack Urban construction project next door hasn’t helped things either, and attributes $200,000 in lost sales to the construction project (not surprisingly, the construction crew wasn’t running up large …

Wallingford Family Parade Seeks Volunteers

Jordan June 24, 2015 3 Comments

Diane writes:

Wallingford Family Parade Needs Your Help on JULY 11, 2015!!!

Be a valued volunteer for the Wallingford Family parade! We need people to help:

Manage street closure barricades and help keep people safe Deliver water and messages between muster and judging site Help set up tables and chairs at 8:30 am Help tear down tables and chairs at 12:30 pm Manage parade participants at muster site Set up and collapse no parking signs

Community service credit available for high school students! Contact [email protected]

The Wallingford Family Parade is the new (and decidedly less creepy) name for what was …

NATCO next to Olympic & Drum Exchange Is No More

Eric June 23, 2015 14 Comments

The NATCO mailbox/shipping store behind Olympia Pizza is now vacant with a “For Lease: 206-595-5752” sign in the window. George wrote the following to his mailbox holders last month when his lease could not be renewed: To all mailbox holders, I had the pleasure of serving you all these years. However, I am retiring due to a family emergency and my age, 71 years. We had someone who was going to assume our business to insure the continuity of your address at this location but the landlord refused to sign a new lease with him and informed me just end…

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