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What Flavor is Wallyhood? You Decide!

What flavor is Wallingford? Lime "green" with just a hint of granola (though perhaps not as crunchy as Fremont)? Next month, Fainting Goat Gelato celebrates their one year anniversary here in Wallingford.  To mark the occasion, Wallyhood and Fainting Goat are teaming up to hold a contest in which readers can send in their ideas of what flavor gelato truly represents our neighborhood. Post your entry below, in the comments section, now through April 26. On Friday, April 30, we will…

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Not a Number against the ropes

Not a Number, Wallingford's longest-resident oddment shop, sounds like they're getting roughed up by the economy. We just saw this come across Twitter: Hey, we need your help to stay in business! If you like what we do for Wallingford come in! Or help find Number6 a job! Following the link back to their Number6.org blog, we find the following: As many of you may know, Number Six and the Head Cheese currently run a small brick and mortar gift shop…

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The Burke Gilman Gets Marked!

True confession: Back in the day when I lived on Capitol Hill and ran down to catch the Burke Gilman near Husky Stadium, I occasionally brought my bike and a small can of spray paint. See – GPS wasn’t really available, and if I REALLY wanted to know my distance, or to measure my progress week by week – I needed to know the distance from one mile to the next. Bike – check. Bike computer – check. Spray paint –…

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Say Hello to the Hamilton Hawks

Chris Carter is a busy guy—which makes sense, really, because he’s the principal of a very busy school.  Despite a nasty head cold, and the week-long school break, Chris took the time to meet with me and provide a first-hand glimpse of the happenings at Hamilton International Middle School. You know, despite how close I live to Hamilton, I honestly didn’t know a thing about the school.  My only experience with the school has been watching students cut across my yard to…

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