Volunteers needed at Ballard Corners Park
Organizers working on Ballard Corners Park on 17th Ave. and 62nd St. are looking for volunteers. Tomorrow (Sunday) at 9 a.m., adult volunteers are need to pick fruit from trees …
Month: September 2008
Taggers also hit new townhomes
It appears the same taggers who left their vulgar anti-New Ballard message in Old Ballard yesterday also hit the new townhomes on 22nd and 60th. (Thanks David for the tip …
‘Day of Caring’ at Adams Elementary
A group of volunteers is spending their Friday remodeling a play yard for kids at Kids Co., a nonprofit child care facility at Adams Elementary. Today is the United Way’s …
Graffiti in Old Ballard blasts ‘New Ballard’
Vandals tagged the Ballard Ave. side of the Landmark Senior Center building overnight. My Ballard reader Christina says that one message read, “F— New Ballard.” By the time we arrived, …
Former Ballard HS vice principal wins lawsuit
A jury has awarded former Ballard High School vice principal, Glenda Williams, nearly $700,000 in a lawsuit against the Seattle School District. According to the Seattle Times, she claims that …
Whole Foods project delayed, downsized
The Whole Foods Market project in Interbay has been delayed, and the store may not be ready to open until October of next year, reports our sister blog Magnolia Voice. …
Microsoft ad shot in Ballard hits the airwaves
A few weeks ago, there was a rumor that Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld shot a Microsoft commercial in the Olympic Manor neighborhood. Now the ad has hit the airwaves, …
Residents fight to keep jail out of Interbay
Over 250 people attended a meeting tonight to voice their opinions about the possibility of a city jail coming to Interbay, right across from the Whole Foods. City Councilmen Tim …
Matador sued over restaurant concept
Four and a half years ago, a former bartender from the Queen Anne restaurant Peso’s opened Matador along Market St. in Ballard. As Matador expanded, the owner of Peso’s, Brian …
The Sun Café is now open
The paper over the windows at the Sun Café is down and the “open” sign is bright in the window. We first wrote about the small café on 6th Ave …
Carter Saab now a Subaru dealership
As of last Thursday, Ballard’s Carter Saab is no longer selling new Saab vehicles. When we called to get the details, we were told that General Motors pulled the plug …
15th and Market demolition not until next year
Demolition crews leveled the old Denny’s landmark in June to make room for a condo-retail complex called “Market Street Landing,” which is still working its way through the design review …