Wallingford Center has trick or treating from 2 to 5 PM on Halloween, plus bring non-perishable food for FamilyWorks when you visit.

Fun fact: You know why the food bank always wants non-perishable items? Because other food they get for free from the grocery stores as soon as it goes past its sell by date. Granola bars and canned food are a precious commodity for the food bank.

Archie McPhee has of course been doing Halloween all week, and Kids on 45th will be offering non-candy choices. Check out the costumes on the Archie McPhee blog.

Fun fact: In the …

Wallingford and Green Lake Community Councils made a request to SDOT back in 2007 to reconfigure Green Lake Way with 3 goals:

Maintain or improve throughput for vehicles at the intersection of 50th and Green Lake Way Connect Stone Way bike lanes to the Green Lake Way bike lanes around the lake Restore lost pedestrian crossings between Tangletown and the park

As SDOT typically does these days, they accepted the bike and pedestrian goals and then threw out the goal of maintaining vehicle throughput. The worst part of that was that they eliminated the two lane car queue for getting …

Double your fun from that Halloween costume, all for a single lousy dollar. The Wallingford Boys and Girls Club has a Haunted House, Wizard’s Lair, and Carnival Games set up today from 6 to 9 PM:

Want to help out? Here’s the sign up for stuff they still need to help make it a success.

Questions? Contact Meghan Sweet at [email protected] or call her at 206-547-7261.…

We’ve been obsessing over the candidates for a while, including interviewing candidates in our local races. Here are our recommendations.

District 4: Maddux over Johnson:

Michael prioritizes the issue of wealth inequality and is focused on reforming our regressive tax structure. We believe he will be a capable replacement for the retiring Nick Licata on social justice issues and will do a great job of speaking for the most down and out, whether they are going to be displaced by HALA or are impacted by a property tax increase. While Rob tries to solve every problem with a property tax…

Every spring we do a round-up of Community Supported Agriculture providers that deliver to the Wallingford area. What with the Wallingford Farmers Market shuttering for the winter this past week, we thought it worth mentioning that some CSA’s do keep going year round.

Seattle Tilth’s Fall CSA is an extension of their summer share, and still features a weekly box of “full of fresh, delicious, 100% local, ecologically grown produce,” with one deliver per week throughout November.

Four weeks of great storage and fall crops! Each week may include a root, allium, leafy green or salad green, winter squash or …

Thanks to all who came to Wednesday night’s debate and filled out your ballots! We received 35 ballots back after the debate. The vote for who won the debate was 14 for Johnson, 8 for Maddux, and 13 said it was a tie.

Here’s what audience members wrote on their ballots as the most interesting takeaways:

They’re the same?!! Michael displayed his temper Liked Maddux’s politics, liked Johnson’s grasp of issues. Best part was talking with the candidate afterwards regarding tenant protections. Two excellent candidates- we are in good hands Both are very knowledgeable about critical issues facing the city…

UW’s current master plan dates to 2003 and the University is looking to update it. The master plan includes transportation, parking, new buildings, energy needs, and green space. When done there will be an epic Environment Impact Statement plus a pretty map that the university will develop towards.

Here’s the map of changes since 2003, click to zoom:

And here’s a map showing current transportation mode use at UW, click to zoom:

Interested? UW is kicking off the process this Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30 at University Temple at 1415 NE 43rd street, and then on Thursday from 12:00 to …