Fremont Oktoberfest this weekend
This weekend is the annual Oktoberfest celebration in Fremont, which means thousands of people will be heading that way. From the Brew Ha-Ha 5k run to the chainsaw pumpkin carving, …
Month: September 2009
BHS math teacher honored at PTSA meeting
Ballard High School math teacher, Ted Nutting, is the recipient of the first-ever “Excellence in Math Education” award sponsored by “Where’s the Math?” M.J. McDermott emailed us, Ted Nutting has …
Temporary ‘park’ pops up in Ballard
Temporary parks are popping up all around Seattle (.pdf map here). Today is a global event called “PARK(ing)” day, sponsored locally by Feet First, and is an event where parks …
Taking inventory of all 70,000 telephone poles
For more than twelve hours a day, Nick Thomas rides his bike from one telephone pole to the next, stopping at each one with a Qwest line to audit it. …
Ballard student is National Merit semi-finalist
Congratulations to Ballard High School senior, Jesse V. Chugani, for becoming a semi-finalist for the 2010 National Merit Scholarship program. Chugani is one of 24 students selected in Seattle and …
Benefit tonight to fight domestic violence
Local musicians are throwing a great night of music tonight at the Sunset Tavern (5433 Ballard Ave NW) to benefit the King County Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Mark Pickerel and …
Police look for armed robbery suspects
Police are looking for four armed robbery suspects who ransacked an apartment last night. Police say four males with handguns, wearing ski masks and bandanas, pushed their way into an …
Bicyclist, pickup collide at intersection
A bicyclist and pickup truck collided this evening at 46th St. and 14th Ave, just to the south of the Ballard Blocks complex. The cyclist refused medical treatment, but he …
Sailboat runs aground near Golden Gardens
Update: A small sailboat ran aground on the rocks north of Golden Gardens this evening, just down from NW Esplanade St. Fortunately, the man on the boat was not injured. …
Another store moving into Leva on Market
Another retail space has been rented out at the Leva on Market apartments. A Sprint store is moving into the space next to Bakker’s Dry Cleaning, which is the end …
Traffic ‘circle’ coming to 9th Ave & NW 60th
Two years ago a Neighborhood Street Fund grant was approved for a traffic circle at the intersection of 9th Ave NW and NW 60th St. “There were concerns over effectively …
Emergency preparedness class tomorrow night
You aren’t alone if a disaster strikes, the entire neighborhood will be affected. Tomorrow night at the Ballard library, learn how to work with neighbors in case of an emergency. …