This weekend the Wallingford Library is hosting a Teen Scavenger Hunt.

This Sunday, August 4, bring your friends to the Wallingford Library for a super fun time!

Teams will be sent out into the community seeking to capture photo images from a scavenger hunt list. The first team to complete the list, or the team that gathers the most photos in the allotted time, will win prizes!

Teens are to bring their own digital camera or phone capable of taking up to 60 photos. We also recommend comfortable shoes, sun block, hat, water bottle, and a spirit of fun and …

(Updated: I asked the candidates several questions, and posted the answer to the wrong question for all the candidates. I have corrected it below.)

I invited all candidates running for the District 4 Seattle City Council seat to share their thoughts on the crisis around homelessness that our city is facing, and offered to reprint their answers here. I heard back from Alex Pedersen, Emily Myers and Cathy Tuttle, who’s answers I share here.

(Reminder: Ballots must be in by Tuesday, August 6th. The ballot dropboxes will close at 8 pm.)

Question: There is a growing frustration in the neighborhood …

The turtle joined the butterfly as two of the more conspicuous examples of intersection art. There is also the recent addition of the crosswalk art work near McDonald Elementary. These are great additions to the neighborhood, but they need upkeep.

A neighbor alerted us to a great community event tomorrow at 9am to repaint the turtle:

We’re holding another party to repaint Wallingford’s Bubbles the Turtle this Sunday, July 28!  Bubbles is the street mural at N 41st St and Interlake Ave N, and it’s definitely ready for a fresh coat of paint.  Anyone is welcome to help starting around …

Seattle’s Department of Transportation will be holding an open house this Thursday, July 25th from 6 – 8 pm at the Wallingford Senior Center (in the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N #140) to discuss utility, drainage, curb and sidewalk repairs scheduled for N. 50th St. Work is scheduled to begin as early as Monday, July 29th.

As early as the week of July 29, you can expect:

Crews to typically work 5 days a week, from 7 AM to 7 PMConstruction noise, dust, and vibrationOn-street parking restrictions near work zonesSome nighttime and weekend construction work to minimize traffic…

(Ed note: This history originally appeared on Rob’s local history blog, Ba-kground. If you’re interested in Seattle history or old clocks, it’s worth a read, as is his book, Lost Seattle. Rob graciously allowed us to repost this here.)

Below is a lookup table for name changes from the 1870s to the present day in neighborhoods north of Lake Union in Seattle: Brooklyn (west U District); Latona; Wallingford (originally Edgewater); Fremont; part of north Queen Anne; and part of eastern Ballard.

The data north of Lake Union

Here is a link to the data as a csv, shared with …

Bibliophiles rejoice. If voters approve the library levy on the Aug. 6 ballot, the Wallingford library will be open seven days a week, including the now-closed Fridays.

And it will open at noon on Sundays, an hour earlier. While the levy takes effect Jan. 1 (which will include the Sunday changes and an extra hour Monday – Thursday), the Friday changes likely won’t take effect until mid-2020.

Last year the Seattle Public Library had over 17 million visits, lent materials to nearly 400,000 borrowers and hosted more than 11,000 free education events.

This is not a new levy, but replaces …