The City of Seattle is considering the permanent closure to vehicles of the road (see image below) that connects Green Lake and Wallingford with Phinney Ridge and Greenwood. However, there has not been any community outreach on this decision. Residents who have experienced the negative effects of this road closure have started a petition to reopen the road and invite all impacted to consider signing it.   

The street was originally closed to automobile traffic as part of the construction on Green Lake Way and eventually the closure become part of the city’s “Stay Healthy Streets” initiative during the Covid-19 restrictions. …

This Saturday, the Wallingford and Fremont Buy Nothing communities have organized a completely free, neighborhood-wide garage sale event. Yes, this means everything is free! All neighbors are welcome to participate whether by giving or receiving items. You don’t have to be a member of the Buy Nothing or Freecycle communities to participate. Just show up and help keep used stuff out of the landfills.

What: FREE garage sale

When: 6/10/2021 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Where: Locations are marked in the map below and include yards all over Wallingford and Fremont

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Many of you have at least a passing awareness of Nickelsville, the semi-nomadic community of people without permanent housing. In Wallingford, we have a Nickelsville “tiny house village” in the Northlake area, near Ivar’s Salmon House. Nickelsville, however, encompasses more than the Northlake site, and includes another village at Othello, in south Seattle. And, there are other tiny house villages in Seattle besides Nickelsville. A recent Seattle Times article counted eight villages with a total of 298 houses; it described plans for an additional 100 houses to be placed at two new sites in North Seattle and an existing one …

[Note: The Ballard Library cooling center hours have been updated.]

The Weather Service has called an “excessive heat watch” and is predicting temperatures over 90 degrees starting Saturday and a high of 100 degrees on Monday, continuing too high all through the week. What can you do if the heat is getting to you? Here are some official “cooling off” places that will be open and air conditioned where you can retreat.

The Northgate Community Center will be open Saturday and Sunday from 2pm to 8pm. The Metro #26 bus runs along 40th and up Latona directly to …

Hi! I’m Carly, a 16-year-old who has been playing piano for over a decade and teaching it for 6 years.

I started my little business called Kid-to-KidMusic 6 years ago and, as a 10-year-old, taught piano to other kids in the neighborhood. Right now we have openings for kids between ages 5 and 15. I teach over Zoom to ensure everyone’s safety, and another teacher can take in-person students if that is preferred. Lessons are 30 or 60 minutes at $20 and $35 respectively. We teach one-on-one private lessons using the popular Faber Piano Adventures Method but can also mix …

We hope you are all looking forward to the first Wallingford Porchfest coming this Saturday, June 26th. From 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM you can enjoy walking the streets of our neighborhood to hear some live music by local bands.

The final lineup and map are below. Don’t forget to tip the musicians on Venmo: @wallingfordporchfest.

Need more information? Checkout Facebook.

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June 21-27 is National Pollinator Week!

Did you know that we are just entering into National Pollinator Week!  We can all support “the birds and the bees” (and the butterflies, bats and other native species) in our home gardens.  If you are growing fruits and vegetables it is critical to make a pollinator friendly habitat for successful food production.

A pollinator-friendly garden contains a variety of flowering plants that provide blooms from spring to fall. This will support the food needs of those small creatures throughout the season. Look for plants that have different flowering schedules or plant a variety …