Chris Ballew sings at Ballard Farmers Market
Chris Ballew, of The Presidents of the United States of America, was among the buskers at the Ballard Farmers Market today. Ballew has a new group called Caspar Babypants, which …
Month: January 2010
Big turnout at Ballard High music fundraiser
A couple hundred people attended the Ballard High School Music Department‘s annual spaghetti dinner and fundraiser Saturday evening. All of Ballard High’s instrumental and vocal groups performed for the crowd, …
Last walls standing at Sunset Bowl
Demolition crews have been hard at work on Saturday, tearing apart the last remnants of Sunset Bowl. Only the southern and western walls remain. Three excavators are taking part in …
Ballard restaurants to raise money for relief in Haiti
This Sunday, restaurants will be donating a portion of their proceeds to the relief efforts in Haiti. TastyFeast.com is organizing the event which will raise money for NetHope, or the …
Jersey of Ballard basketball great retired
Ballard High School is retiring the jersey of former Ballard basketball great George Irvine. The 1966 Ballard grad went on to play at the University of Washington, was drafted by …
Walgreens wants in the beer and wine business
Walgreens wants in the beer and wine business. Late last year they applied for liquor licenses to sell beer and wine in at least 14 locations in Seattle, including the …
Ballard’s best happy hours
Of the 47 happy hours rated in Ballard this week, GoTime.com has put The Hi-Life happy hour as top in the neighborhood. Using user-generated voting, the national online happy hour …
Compass Center to start construction this year
The Compass Center, which bought and tore down the house at 1753 NW 56th St (shown below), is expected to start construction on a new facility for homeless men and …
Large Monkey Puzzle tree coming down in Ballard
Neighbors watched this morning as the large Monkey Puzzle tree at the corner of NW 60th & 9th Ave NW was taken down. “I don’t remember it not being there,” …
Crab feed fundraiser for Leif Erikson Lodge
This Saturday is the annual Crab Feed Scholarship Fundraiser dinner and dance at Leif Erikson Lodge starting at 6 p.m. The meal includes Dungeness Crab or Cornish Game Hen, baked …
The budget, marijuana & cell phones top ‘telephone town hall’
State representatives Mary Lou Dickerson and Reuven Carlyle (both D-36th District) held a “telephone town hall” Tuesday evening Jan. 19 to discuss the important issues facing Olympia this legislative session. About 30,000 constituents district-wide were called to enter into the conversation, although the exact number who made it on the line is not known. Questions ranged from Dickerson’s controversial legalization of marijuana bill to broader issues including education, taxes and transportation.
The town hall worked as a sort of large conference call. Everyone on the call could hear the questions and answers, and if so inclined, could enter into a queue to ask questions themselves.
While the focus of most questions was the economy, Dickerson’s bill (HB 2401) to legalize marijuana for those who are 21 and older may prove to be the most contentious issue facing the Legislature. On Wednesday, Jan. 20th, an executive session was scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. The importance of this bill to Dickerson was expressed clearly in her opening remarks.
Demolition begins at Sunset Bowl
This afternoon demolition crews began tearing down Sunset Bowl, a popular Ballard bowling alley and neighborhood hangout that opened in 1957. The new owners, Avalon, plan to build an apartment …