Wallingford, Seattle

Metro: No plans to eliminate Route 26

Looks like Wallingfordians took Metro up on it's offer to "Have a Say" regarding its proposed system-wide restructure. You may recall, there were many advocates who wanted Metro to keep Route 26. Now, with a new round of changes to the proposal, King County Metro has decided the following: Routes 26, 28X, 31, 40 (now numbered as Route 20), 48X, 355X, and the Water Taxi shuttles operated by the King County Ferry District (Routes 773 and 775) were previously included as…

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Cometa Playschool to offer Pre-K Spanish Immersion

Last June, we wrote about a new bilingual preschool in Wallingford -- Cometa Playschool. Future families of Wallingford's two language immersion schools will be interested to know that Cometa Playschool (4106 Stone Way N.) will be offering a Spanish Immersion Pre-K class beginning this fall. Owner and lead teacher, Manuela Slye wrote to tell us that she's be hosting an open house at the Wallingford location on Saturday, February 18, from 10:00AM to noon. For more information, email Manuela at [email protected] or call…

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Neighborhood Matching Funds 2012 Deadlines

Seattle is a really cool place to live. We have an incredibly vibrant collection of community-driven projects, where residents act on their passions for sustainability, public art and usable public space to create everything from public orchards to street murals to ballfields.  Sometimes, these projects require more resources than the participants can offer up, and this is where Neighborhood Matching Funds grants provide a huge leg up. There are 3 levels of grants within the NMF program, each designed for different sizes…

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Hamilton Science Fair rescheduled for next Tuesday

Mark your calendars, folks, because the awesomely-cool annual Science Night at Hamilton International Middle School (1610 N. 41st. Street) has been rescheduled for next Tuesday, February 7, from 6:00PM-8:00PM. You may remember that Science Night was originally slated for January 17, but had been canceled because of the snow. Don't forget that some of our Wallingford neighbors will be exhibiting at Science Night as well: Wallingford volunteers for The Think Green Recycling Challenge will be on-hand to talk about how our neighborhood will can will win the $50,000 grant that’s up…

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Gary’s Gumbo

Of all the new flavors and foods permeating Wallingford, one stands out among the rest as damn-near perfect stick-to-your ribs-style comfort food: Cajun-style gumbo, delivered right to your door by Gary’s Gumbo.* Gumbo? Yes! Random? Yes, but I guarantee that once you’ve tried Gary’s Gumbo, even if you’ve never tried gumbo before, you’ll love the way it warms you up during a cold, dark day. And if you already are a gumbo aficionado, you’d be hard-pressed to find a tastier and…

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Salmon Bay Expansion/Open House Dates

If you're interested in learning more about Salmon Bay School (a Seattle Public Schools K-8 Option/Alternative School located in Ballard), we posted a summary last year, which you can find here. Below you'll find Salmon Bay's open house dates (beginning this Thursday, February 2), but first, this interesting bit of information from Salmon Bay, considering the current capacity management situation: Salmon Bay School, an Alternative K-8 public school, is expanding its 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classes next year.  (They currently have…

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Wallingford Art Walk on Wednesday

The inaugural Wallingford Art Walk for 2012 kicks off this Wednesday night, February 1, from 6-9PM. You won't want to miss out since the next Art Walk won't be until April! "February’s theme is “Love” (of course!)" as posted on the Wallingford Art Walk's wall on Facebook. On Sunday night, they invited Wallingford neighbors to create ART HEARTS to show their love for Wallingford, the Arts and any other person, place or activity they wanted to send love to this year. You can find…

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