I was surprised and saddened to read of the passing of Scott Morrow in the Seattle Times.  If that name doesn’t ring a bell, Morrow was a longtime activist in Seattle’s struggles with the issue of homelessness and an early proponent of sanctioned encampments and tiny-house villages.  He died of pancreatic cancer on April 19.  His tribute/obituary on Legacy.com details a life of advocacy and service.

I never met Scott Morrow.  But when I signed on as a volunteer editor for Wallyhood last year, I thought an interesting transitional story between the “old” Wallyhood and the “new” version would be …

Wallingford resident Colleen sent Wallyhood a note about a local hands-on Earth Day activity in our neighborhood.  Although, please note:  this is scheduled for the day after the official Earth Day (which is Friday, April 22nd).

Come help clean up our local environment!  Join Wallingford residents in an Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 23rd from 10 AM to 2 PM to clean the streets of Wallingford between Interstate 5 and Stone Way N. and beyond. People will be meeting at the Wallingford Center.

Please bring food donations for Wallingford‘s Family Works food bank.  Fuel Coffee, one of our neighborhood …

As a long-time bumbling and small-scale Seattle gardener, I always looked forward to the annual edible plant sale sponsored by Seattle Tilth in Meridian Park.  For me and a few thousand of my close gardening friends, it signaled the true beginning of the growing season—right around the time when it is finally warm enough to leave the tomato starts outside to harden.  Like almost everything else that adds happiness (and way too many zucchinis) to the margins of life, the plant sale was taken away from us for the last two years.

But happily:  IT’S BACK!  Seattle Tilth Alliance has …

Well, it’s been a quiet week in Lake Wallingford, my home ‘hood.  So quiet, in fact, that like all legitimate big city news organizations, Wallyhood is compelled to fill the reporting void space with tales of flashing blue lights and small crime.

I was working the night beat at the Wallyhood Crime Desk.  Actually…I had just returned from the Mariners’ home opener, in which they had soundly thrashed the much-loathed Houston Astros 11-1.  I had turned in for the night, when Boss Editor Megan sent a message:  There’s something going on by the John Stanford International School (JSIS).  This is …

(Editor’s note:  Some of you—perhaps our one other regular reader besides the other editors—may recall that a few weeks ago, Wallyhood did a feature on Sound Goods and its co-owner, Jennifer Kline Shernoff.  In the interests of expanding our coverage as well as our stable of writers, we invited Jenn to begin writing about wine with a neighborhood focus.  She’s embraced that invitation, and her first article follows.  Stay tuned for more wine-focused musings from our Wallyhood vintner!)

By Jennifer Kline Shernoff

Imagining myself as a friendlier, more adventurous, and non-trespassing version of Goldilocks, I recently took a wander through …

This is one of those stories that is hard to write about, as it concerns a heartbreaking loss.  You may recall last summer that 15-year-old Mahamed Mohamud disappeared somewhere between Wallingford and the Green Lake Library.  Two days later, his body was found in Green Lake.  The Seattle Police determined his death was an accident and closed the case.

While not a lot is known about the circumstances, at least some of the details do not seem to add up.  Mahamed’s mother, who is a Wallingford community member, a FamilyWorks employee, and frequent Green Lake Library patron, hired a private …

Wallyhood and Lincoln High School parent Lynn wrote to us about a show opening March 25^th—Nice Work If You Can Get It—that raises money for the arts in the Seattle Public Schools.  The local community theater company, Woodland Park Players, is staging the musical at Shoreline Community College later this month.  Since its inception, Woodland Park Players has granted $25,000-plus to our schools.  The proceeds from these performances will benefit this worthy grant program.  Lynn wrote:

“We’re inviting the Wallyhood community to support our schools by getting tix and bringing friends, neighbors and family along for …