April 21, 2010

Residents who live near the Aurora Bridge will have a few nights of relief from the month of expected nighttime noise surrounding the construction of a nine-foot safety fence over the bridge. WSDOT announced today that construction on the fence, which was scheduled to begin on Monday night, April 19, will be postponed due to

Noisy Aurora Bridge work postponed

April 21, 2010

Updated 4/22: The strike ended this afternoon. If you had a trash pick-up that was missed today or yesterday, you can leave a double load next week at no extra cost. Wondering why your garbage wasn’t picked up today? The haulers went on strike this morning. From the Seattle Times: Union garbage haulers went out

Garbage haulers go on strike

April 21, 2010

With four weeks until the first Wallingford farmers market of the season, we wanted to get the latest information on its status. As we reported last month, the market will begin on May 19 in the south parking lot of the Wallingford Center. At that time, Chamber of Commerce president Kara Ceriello was pushing for

Farmers market staying put this year

April 20, 2010

Want to introduce the kids to live stage performance but don’t want to pay high prices? This Thursday and Friday evening the 5th through 8th graders at St. Benedict’s school will perform “Willy Wonka Jr.,” a show adapted for younger actors, but with all the familiar songs and characters from the movie version of Roald

Theater for the kids: 'Willy Wonka' at St. Ben's

April 20, 2010

If some of your fellow citizens seem a little more mellow than usual today, perhaps they’re marking  4/20, the day that’s become the annual celebration of cannabis culture. To observe 4/20, organizers of Initiative 1068, which aims to legalize marijuana in Washington State, will have volunteers at Gas Works Park this afternoon from 4 to

4/20: Legalize-pot signing event at Gas Works