April 19, 2010

Last Tuesday afternoon a man wielding stick with nails allegedly threatened park rangers at Gas Works Park and mugged and struck a homeless man, SeattleCrime.com reports. Police found the victim bleeding heavily from the mouth in the middle of N. Northlake Way around 12:45 p.m. April 13, according to the police report. The man said

Man threatened Gas Works park rangers

April 19, 2010

Residents who live near the Aurora Bridge should think about breaking out the earplugs or prepare for some sleepless nights as work gets underway to build a fence across the landmark structure. The work starts tonight and will last for one month. Two lanes of traffic across the bridge will be closed Sunday through Thursday

Noisy Aurora Bridge work starts tonight

April 19, 2010

Made your reservations yet? Local favorites Avila, Joule, Ivar’s Salmon House, Kisaku, Eva, and Tilth are the six Wallingford eateries on the final list of 100+ restaurants that will dish up 3 courses for $25 during Seattle Restaurant Week (technically, 10 days–April 19 to April 29). Ivar’s also offers a $15 3-course lunch. You can find

Seattle Restaurant Week has begun

April 18, 2010

Yesterday was a soggy Saturday, but the weather didn’t deter 45-50 volunteers from their mission: beautify Wallingford. Beginning at 10 a.m., Spring Cleaners (including 20 kids from the Boys and Girls Club) showed up to fan out along N. 45th Street and nearby streets to pick up cups, cans, straws, wrappers, cigarette butts, hubcaps, Botts’

Scenes from the Spring Clean

April 16, 2010

Looks like it’ll be a lovely night to get out and see some live music. Wallingford musician Greg Sinibaldi let us know that his band Goat will open tonight for the Cuong Vu Quartet at the Chapel Performance Space in the Good Shepherd Center, as part of IMPfest. Goat describes its music thusly: With a

Tonight: Improv jazz at Chapel Performance Space