Wallingford, Seattle

Community Embraces ‘A New Start’ For Senior Center

This morning's pancake breakfast at the Wallingford Community Senior Center (WCSC), aptly named "A New Start", was as busy as an I-Hop on National Pancake Day.  By 11:30 a.m., Community Board Member Carol Ballard said the count had peaked to 190 hungry patrons. "We had 166 people before church let out," she beamed. Last week, we reported the center had reached 20 percent of their fundraising goal toward an anonymously donated $25,000 Challenge Grant since ramping up efforts in March. While…

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TGIF! in Wallingford – Pancake Addendum!

This slipped off my list! Sunday, April 25th - Wallingford Senior Center Pancake Breakfast.  9-12:30, Basement of Good Shepherd Center.  Come and eat pancakes and French toast in support of this neighborhood institution trying to get back on its feet.  We're all going to need it eventually!  Suggested donation of $5 for adults and $3 for children over five-years-old. (Photo by D'Arcy Norman)

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Hamilton Construction Update

Shhh, listen…do you hear that?  That’s the sound of birdsong.  And for the first time in a year and a half, that lovely sound isn’t being drowned out by heavy machinery for 8 hours at a stretch.  To quote one of my most memorable eighth grade reading assignments, it’s “All Quiet on the Western Front.” That’s because the majority of the construction crew at Hamilton has moved inside the building to complete the finishing work, while only a few workers remain…

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Fill The Pit

It's clear that Wallingford has put some serious thought into what to do with the Festering Pit at 40th and Stone Way. Now, perhaps, the city is listening. Stacey pointed us towards a Publicola article detailing several efforts underway to fill some of the eyesores around the city with...something better. The Seattle Design Commission has put out a call for ideas for interim uses for the stalled construction projects: Have you noticed how many lots have been left empty or partially…

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Put out your garbage

In honor of Earth Day, the Teamsters Local 174 announced that the two-day garbage strike will end Friday morning, and that they will once again pile our trash into trucks, haul it away and dump it into a huge hole in the ground somewhere we don't have to look at it. In related news, according to the World Bank, per capita energy use in the United States has not gone down at all in the past 30 years (but blessedly hasn't…

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TGIF! in Wallingford

Ahhh, another weekend.  Sleep late, read the paper, hang out in your bathrobe.  Or, get up and get out there! Friday, April 23rd Aqua Theater Plant Sale - The Seattle Canoe and Kayak Club is having a plant sale at the Aqua Theater at Green Lake starting Friday afternoon and continuing on Saturday.  Question contact Peggy Cleary at 206-349-3439. Live Local Music @ May - Visit Wallingford's most exotic-looking restaurant at 1612 N 45th S.  From 7-10 PM.  Also DJ Sunny…

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Tag – You’re It!

Round up the kiddos and come rock out for two fantastic local organizations - Family Works Food Bank and The Wallingford Boys and Girls Club. You'll be swinging to the vocal stylings of Seattle's own Not Its, featuring Sarah Shannon of the indie pop-band, Velocity Girl. The Not Its combine crunchy guitars with smooth four-part harmonies nestled within fantastic danceable pop gems about getting fancy, birthday parties, bath time and intergalactic play dates. The show is Saturday April 24th, 4 - 5pm at The Wallingford…

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