While most students took the afternoon off from school, passionate teachers gathered at Ballard’s busiest intersection to protest budget cuts. Waving to honking cars, many of the protesting teachers were […]
Month: January 2012
Design meeting tonight for Ballard’s newest park
Learn more about Ballard’s newest park at a public meeting tonight. The park will run along two blocks of 14th Avenue NW from NW 59th Street and NW 61st Street. […]
Development meeting rescheduled for Wednesday
The second of two design meetings to help shape the new Sunset Hill Green Market building is on for Wednesday night. The meeting was postponed after last week’s snow storm. […]
Ballard student helping kids in Uganda
Ballard High School Senior Scott Mills is helping kids half way around the world. Mills has recently started collecting soccer gear for children in Uganda. “I saw a slide show […]
Timid rescue dog missing
Gilda, the rescue dog is missing. The Owens family recently adopted Gilda from a shelter and was told she was neglected by a previous owner. She “seems to have dug […]
SDOT planning neighborhood ‘greenways,’ including Ballard
Just over two miles of roadway in Ballard may become “greenways” this year. Seattle City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw announced earlier this month a set of pilot Neighborhood Greenways is being […]
Ballard Restaurant Project picks their top 10 of 2011
A year ago, Ballardites Jefferson and Heather gave themselves a task – eat at every restaurant and bar in Ballard. We first wrote about them in July when they were […]
Openings and closings on Market Street
After a decade on Market Street, Cookies, the little niche shop is closing. The owner, Caryn, tells us she wasn’t given much notice that her lease wouldn’t renewed. “I am […]
Bitterroot
Bitterroot (BBQ) bitterrootbbq.com 5239 Ballard Ave NW. (map) (206) 920-4196 [ratings]
Ima Norwegian
Funny guys Tim Hunter and Frank Shiers bring a little Scandihoovian humor to MyBallard in a weekly cartoon called Ima Norwegian. Ima Norwegian is a life-time Ballard resident who lives […]
No residential garbage collection until Monday
Despite the warmer weather and melting snow, the roads are still too dicey for some garbage trucks. There will be no delayed residential garbage, recycling and food and yard waste […]
School make-up day next week
Students in Seattle Public Schools will make up one of this week’s snow days on Friday, January 27th. That date was scheduled as a professional development day for the staff, […]
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