Wallingford, Seattle

Meridian School cleans up

Tomorrow (Friday, May 4), the kids from The Meridian School will be cleaning up around The Good Shepherd/Meridian Park grounds, and adjacent residential areas as part of the school's annual two-week long Community Service Celebration. So if you see kids armed with plastic bags and picking up litter, give them a big thanks for their service! In addition to the clean-up tasks, students will also provide volunteer assistance to Lettuce Link/Solid Ground, Snow Leopard Trust, Seattle Tilth, and a few other…

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Seattle Tilth Edible Plant Sale this weekend

Pull your wagon out of the garden shed and head over to Meridian Park (4649 Sunnyside Avenue North) this Saturday and Sunday (May 5 & 6) for Seattle Tilth's May Edible Plant Sale, from 9:00AM - 3:00PM. The sale will include over 50 varieties of organic tomatoes and 20 types of peppers to choose from, many of which are heirloom varieties. Plus, you'll find herbs, flowers, and lots of warm season plants like squash, corn, and drought-resistant perennials. Most veggies are $3…

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Saturday is Free Comic Book Day

Once again, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Sith Lords and Stormtroopers: this Saturday (May 5) is Free Comic Book Day and it's your chance to head down to Comics Dungeon (250 NE 45th St.) to score a free comic book. Get there early (the shop opens at 10:00AM) for the best selection because it's crazy-time in the store. You also won't want to miss out on getting your picture taken with some of your favorite Star Wars characters either, as Comics…

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Stone34 Design Gets Approval

Updated Thursday, May 4, 4:25 PM with a quote from Hey, Skanska & Brooks, down in front! (see below for the quote). The Seattle Times reports that the city's Design Review Board has approved Skanska's current design proposal for Stone34. I haven't seen anything new on the Hey, Skanska & Brooks, down in front! Facebook page, but I did see the following update posted on the Stone34 page: The Design Review Board recommended approval of Stone34 and affirmed that the current design meets…

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Mother’s Day Sale at the Snow Leopard Trust

Back in December, we told you about the cool little store run by the Snow Leopard Trust, a non-profit organization dedicated to community-based Snow Leopard conservation. The store is in the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Avenue North), in Suite #225 (which is located right where you walk in the front door at the GSC). Anyway, they're having a big sale tomorrow (Thursday, May 3), from 12:00PM - 7:00PM in honor of Mother's Day, and if you mention this post, you'll…

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Wallingford’s synchronized swimmers

Quick, when you think about synchronized swimming, what's the first thing that pops into your head? Is it Esther Williams in one of her classic water ballet films from the 50s, or do you think of an Olympic Synchronized Swimming event? Either way, they both capture synchronized swimming's beauty and grace, as well as the intensity. Wallingford is home to two teens who are a part of Seattle's Synchronized Swim Team (SST), the most competitive and successful synchronized team in the Pacific Northwest…

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GiveBIG tomorrow, Wallingford

Tomorrow (Wednesday, May 2) from midnight to midnight, you'll have a chance to donate to your favorite local nonprofits through The Seattle Foundation's second annual GiveBIG giving event, and we wouldn't be a true neighborhood news blog if we didn't mention two of our favorite Wallingford nonprofits that could use our support. FamilyWorks and the Wallingford Community Senior Center impact many lives each day and a gift on May 2nd to them will help continue important work of serving the community. What's GiveBIG? Glad you…

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