Interested in honing your writing chops? There’s a free workshop this week at the Wallingford Public Library:

Seattle Writes – Voices Up: Writing the Stories of Our Lives (2-hour class, free)
September 30th, 5:30-7:30 PM
Wallingford Branch Library, 1501 N 45th Street (in the Solid Ground building)

This workshop explores short nonfiction, personal essays and flash memoir. Registration is required.  Please call Quick Information at 206-386-4636 or any Library branch.

Instructor Ann Teplick is a playwright, poet and young adult author. She has taught with Writers in the Schools (WITS), Hugo House and the Pongo Teen Writing Project, which works …

Trilogy Chiropractic is holding a free BBQ to celebrate its two year anniversary in Wallingford today, and it looks like the weather has chosen to cooperate: Trilogy Chiropractic is celebrating two years in the great neighborhood of Wallingford!  In honor of that we’re throwing a big party and everyone is invited,  whether you are a patient or not!  It’ll be this Saturday, September 27th from 12-3pm.  We are located at 3933 Stone Way N, on the corner of Stone Way and Bridge.  The Prescott apartment complex is across from us and we’re right beside the 7-11.  We’ll be grilling…

DOUG. writes:

This was the scene on Thackeray Pl NE, between 42nd and 43rd at 8:30 this morning. A large delivery truck carrying lumber was stuck on Thackeray for about and hour because it was too big to make the turn at 42nd. I spoke briefly to the truck driver, who blamed his GPS (technology!).

Three #26 Metro buses were stuck behind him. All were empty. Presumably the passengers had gotten off and found another way to move along.

So if you were wondering why your 26 never came (or was an hour late) this morning, now you know!

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According to a confidential Seattle Police Department memo leaked to KOMO 4 News, the north precinct is too short-staffed to actually investigate most burglaries. According to KOMO:

A police source said that unless burglary detectives have a suspect’s name, evidence photos or surveillance footage, and complete witness interviews, it’s unlikely a case will even get worked let alone solved. […]

The memo says at one point, 14 detectives worked burglary, theft and juvenile cases for the north precinct. Today it’s down to two detectives and an on-loan patrol officer, even though the memo says cases have climbed to 1,500 a …