Todd Boettger, the single dad beat up in Greenwood last Monday, is still in the hospital fighting for his life. The folks at Epilogue Books have decided to help raise […]
Month: April 2009
Men leaving Jazz Walk carjacked at gunpoint
Updated: After a widespread search in Crown Hill, police arrested a man suspected of carjacking a BMW in Old Ballard. A SWAT team, K9 unit and a small army of […]
Scenes from the Ballard Jazz Walk
Ballard’s biggest music event of the season, the Ballard Jazz Festival, is underway through Sunday. We stopped by tonight’s event, the Jazz Walk. Musicians played at a dozen venues across […]
Snuggie crawlers descend on Old Ballard
Blue Snuggie blankets were the fashion statement in Old Ballard on Friday night for Seattle’s first-ever Snuggie pub crawl. While most wore their sleeved blanket with a rope or belt […]
Car chase suspect sentenced
The man who led King County Sheriff deputies on a high-speed chase through Ballard last month — then admitted to deputies, “I was stupid” — was sentenced today. King Count […]
Jazzy weekend events for Ballard
Looks like another nice weekend — not quite as warm, but Meteorologist Rich Marriott says the sun will be out on Sunday after some clouds on Saturday. The Ballard Jazz […]
Father who suffered attack on life support
We have an update on Todd Boettger, the man who was robbed and left for dead in Greenwood early Tuesday morning. “He has been heavily sedated, basically a drug induced […]
Cupcake queen to talk healthcare at White House
The owner of Cupcake Royale is headed to Washington D.C. to talk healthcare. As the representative of the Washington Small Business for Secure Health Care Coalition, Jody Hall is one […]
Construction messes up traffic along Leary
Seattle Department of Transportation crews are busy digging up Leary Ave NW in front of Canal Station and the Ballard Landmark exposing the old brick road. Marybeth Turner from SDOT […]
Jeep tips over in morning accident
Several people are shaken up this morning after an accident at 8th and Market. Just before 7 a.m., a witness tells us that the red Oldsmobile and Jeep Wrangler collided, […]
Rep. Carlyle’s update from Olympia
Representative Reuven Carlyle has emailed us a new blog post covering the flurry of activity in Olympia, especially surrounding the state budget. As is customary now, Carlyle is asking for your feedback on a wide range of issues — and he reads the comments. His post follows below:
In the waning days of the 2009 session in Olympia, legislators are debating, advocating, prodding, pushing and voting on major issues ranging from greenhouse gas emissions to education reform, domestic partnerships and job initiatives in cooperation with the Obama Administration.
Serving as a member of the state House has been a tremendous experience on a personal and professional level. The best part has been making a difference on profoundly important public policy issues that impact real people living real lives. The worse part has obviously been spending so much time away from my wife Wendy and our four children. I’m chomping at the bit to come home!
On the budget front: House and Senate budget negotiators are holed up in conference rooms in the Capitol forging a deal on how to address a $9 billion projected deficit in the $33 billion biennial operating budget. The central theme of the session has been jobs, jobs, jobs….
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