Viaduct closure means earlier garbage pickup
Get your garbage, recycling and food and yard waste cans out early this week. Instead of the normal 7 a.m., Seattle Public Utilities says to have the cans at the …
Month: October 2011
Deadline for free trees is Monday
It’s time to act if you want in on free trees from the city. The application deadline is Monday, October 24th. As we wrote back in August, the free trees …
Sweet and savory couple to open The Fat Hen
Playing off their talents, Ballardites Massimo and Linnea Gallo will soon open The Fat Hen at 1418 NW 70th St, where A Caprice Kitchen used to be. The Gallos met …
Viaduct closes tonight at 7:30 – for nine full days
This is it. This is your final warning – the Alaskan Way Viaduct closes this evening at 7:30 and won’t reopen until first thing Halloween morning. Whether you use the …
Nearby: Cheese carver, Brooks Sports, SIFF
Here are stories making headlines in nearby neighborhoods: Photo courtesy of Sarah Kaufmann Cheese carver coming to lower Queen Anne SIFF film series begins tonight at Uptown Theater Fall and …
Ballardite teaches others to be urban farmers
More and more people are turning to their own land to grow their food. It’s called urban farming and it’s growing in popularity. “My theory is that this growth is …
Ballard Chamber wants input for shaping our future
Ballard is changing, there is no denying that, and the Ballard Chamber of Commerce wants to figure out the long-range goals for our neighborhood. Later this month and into next, …
Volunteers want to help neighbors this Sunday
Volunteers with Ballard Church are looking for neighborhood projects. This Sunday, a couple dozen people will roll up their sleeves from 1 to 5 p.m. and will do anything – …
Cooking Channel’s ‘Eat Street’ coming to Ballard
The parking lot of Ballard Blossom (1766 NW Market St) will be the backdrop for the Cooking Channel’s “Eat Street” on Friday when they profile the newest food truck in …
Bad Albert’s Tap & Grill to reopen next week
The much-anticipated re-opening of Bad Albert’s is just around the corner. The new owners of the 17-year-old pub are lifetime Ballardites, twin brothers Shawn and Cory Rockey. They tell us …
Restyle for Ryther designer fashion resale
This Saturday, get your hands on designer jeans, handbags and evening wear at the second annual “Restyle for Ryther” fundraising event. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Blue …
Meeting tonight on 2012 community center operations
Under the Mayor’s 2012 budget recommendation, “Community centers are clustered into five geographic groups (Northeast, Northwest, Central, Southeast, and Southwest), with each team managed and programmed in a coordinated fashion, …