Wallingford, Seattle

Clear Your Storm Drains – Get Rid of Leaves for Free

It's rainy season - do you know where your storm drains are? Thrill your neighbors and pedestrians by clearing leaves and debris from the storm drains on your block. Don't try to unclog the drain if the clog is below the grate: call SPU at 206-386-1800, then press 2 to report a clogged storm drain. Did you know? Food and yard waste subscribers can place leaves in their container. During the month of November, you are able to place additional bags…

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Wallingford Safety Forum

As a follow up to the Seattle Police Department's (SPD's) Safe Communities meeting held back in October, the Wallingford and Fremont Chambers of Commerce are working together with SPD to tackle specific issues that affect our neighborhoods. A public safety forum will be held this Monday, November 26 at Eltana Bagels (3920 Stone Way), from 9:00am - 10:30am, and everyone from the neighborhood is invited to attend. Community Police Team Officer, Loren Street, will there to represent SPD.  This is a great way…

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Christmas Ship Visits Gas Works Park

Next Saturday (December 1), Argosy Cruises will sail its Christmas Ship filled with Dickens Carolers, with a stop planned at Gas Works Park between 8:25-8:40pm. If it's not storming outside, you can hear the carolers sing clear up to where we are atop Wallingford Avenue. Of course, what's even more fun is filling a thermos of hot apple cider, and coming down to the park for a front-row view of the Christmas Ship and accompanying parade boat lights twinkling on Lake…

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How To Boil A Frog

I assure you this isn't a recipe for Thanksgiving, but rather an invitation to a free movie tomorrow night (Friday, November 23), hosted by the good folks who run Meaningful Movies: Please join us!   All films are FREE and open to the public …and please feel free to forward to friends and neighbors - Thanks! FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! …In the US, believe it or not, the Friday after Thanksgiving is statistically the highest movie attendance day of the year!  Come…

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Shop Local on Small Business Saturday

Forget Black Friday or Cyber Monday, and shop this Saturday without leaving Wallingford. The third annual "Small Business Saturday" is happening this Saturday, November 24. And if you want to save $25 while you shop on Saturday, American Express card members who enroll their cards in the Small Business Saturday program will receive a $25 credit on their statement when they use the enrolled card on a single purchase of $25 or more from a participating small business. You can learn more…

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Turkey Out

Don’t want to cook for Thanksgiving? I don’t blame you, and I do have a little piece of good news if you were planning on having a Thanksgiving meal out: Chutney’s Bistro in Wallingford Center will be serving a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner buffet with all the trimmings, from 11:00am until 8:00pm. I’m told, too, that guests may also order from Chutney’s regular menu. For more information, call Chutney’s at (206) 634-1000. After phoning some neighborhood restaurants (Blue Star Cafe, Ivar’s Salmon House, Joule, Tilth,…

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Power Out in Fremont

Update 2:59PM: Reader Shelly sent us the following Tweet: Traffic signals out at intersection of n 45th & Stone Way in Wallingford. Not good. Busy intersection. We just received this note from Seattle City Light: Seattle City Light crews are working to restore power to more than 4,000 customers affected by an outage in North Queen Anne, Discovery Park, and Fremont. The outage appears to be caused by a tree falling into lines. Restoration is expected at 5 p.m. Sounds like…

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