Mark Woodward, Pastor and Director at Seattle First Church of the Nazarene, writes: Two zip cars caught in fire behind Dicks on 45th in Wallingford at around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday night. The Fire Department was heard saying they thought it started with an engine fire.
Back in April, we helped the Wallingford Community Council (WCC) get the word out that they were looking for a new logo. Erika Bigelow let us know they've chosen a winner for their contest, and it looks great: Nice work, Ted Cotrotsos of Wallingford, who created the design. Erika also writes: Hello Wallingford - The Wallingford Community Council is looking for a few good people to lend a hand. We have a new, talented and motivated board, but have discovered that we absolutely…
Remember last year, Wallingford's Janelle Maiocco introduced Farmstr, the "AirBnB of local organic food", to Wallingford on these pages? Well hats of Janelle, Geekwire reports that she raised $1.3M from local angels for the venture: Similar to Airbnb, which allows homeowners to rent out their extra bedrooms, Farmstr gives farmers the chance to offer their food online without having to use traditional means like grocery stores or farmers markets. “They can post what they have, when they have it,” said Maiocco, also a trained chef and food…
We received this media advisory from the University Bookstore today: Hillary Rodham Clinton will be at University Book Store in Seattle for a limited-access book-signing event. The event is Wednesday, June 18 at 5:00 p.m., but she won't be speaking nor granting press interviews. That's pretty much all I know, except that traffic is going to be a bitch that day. The book store says details are subject to change, and suggest I point you www.ubookstore.com/events for more info. As of this writing, the event isn't mentioned there.
The Seattle Parks Dept sent this announcement: Parks seeks input on community-initiated park at Fremont Troll Seattle Parks and Recreation, the Department of Neighborhoods and Harrison Design invite the community to a public meeting onWednesday, June 11, 2014 from 6:30 – 7:45 p.m. at the Fremont Abbey Arts Center, 4272 Fremont Ave. N. At this meeting, participants can learn about the new community-initiated project at the Fremont Troll – Troll’s Knoll Park. It is an opportunity to review the site analysis…
Back in May, Kimberly posted a note here that FamilyWorks was seeking volunteer tutors to help kids with reading. Sad to report that they did not get any volunteers, so we're reposting the cause. Reading: it's what you're doing right now. Reading Buddies Program FamilyWorks is currently seeking volunteer tutors for our summer Reading Buddies program in collaboration with the Wallingford Boys and Girls Club. What: This program connects volunteers with 6-12 year olds twice a week to read and do literacy…
Nina Chambers writes: Come get your Gaelic on at Scottish Living Traditions Concert - Mon., June 9th, 7:45pm, St. Benedict's Auditorium, 4811 Wallingford Ave. N., Internationally known piper Allan MacDonald (Scotland), Wendy MacIsaac out of Nova Scotia with Cape Breton fiddle, CathyAnn MacPhee (Scotland) with Gaelic song, Sue Richards with Celtic harp & some Gaelic poetry thrown in for good measure. Please join us for Fèis Seattle's biennial masters of Scottish Traditions concert. Doors open at 7pm for Silent auction. Tickets:…