Another business closed on 65th
A year ago, the stretch along 65th Ave just east of 8th was booming. But that’s recently changed. Last month Tigertail was shut down by the Washington Department of Revenue …
Month: October 2009
Halloween fun in Ballard
One Blue Ridge family has grown some pretty awesome pumpkins. John says that he got the pumpkin seeds last year at the Puyallup Fair and grew four giant pumpkins in …
Council agrees to $927 million for tunnel
The Seattle City Council agreed today to move forward with the Alaskan Way Viaduct deep bored tunnel and Seawall Replacement. In a unanimous vote, they agreed to a Memorandum of …
Volunteers help with Salmon Bay Natural Area
A group of volunteers helped Groundswell NW spruce up and plant new vegetation at the Salmon Bay Natural Area over the weekend, through several bouts of heavy rain. Liz emailed …
Nordic Lights Film Festival this weekend
The Nordic Heritage Museum is bringing nine award-winning Scandinavian films to Seattle for the first-ever Nordic Lights Film Festival. The festival kicks off this Friday at 7 p.m. with a …
Traffic cameras planned for Ballard
Construction crews are working at the intersection of 15th Ave. and Emerson this week to install a traffic camera, and we’ve learned it’s one of many new cameras planned the …
One last Locks closure tomorrow
The Locks will be closed once again tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Both the large and small locks will be closed to marine traffic so dive teams can …
Rollergirls at Ballard Farmers Market
The rocking Rat City Rollergirls along with some folks dressed as giant carrots chanted, “Take the pledge” at the Ballard Farmers Market today. It was all to promote Cascade Harvest …
Ballard stabbing suspect ‘Most Wanted’
Last weekend, we reported that a manager at Ballard’s Matador restaurant was stabbed in the back, and the suspect escaped. Fortunately, the manager survived. Now Seattle Police have identified the …
Car crashes through McDonald’s window
If you’re curious about the boarded up windows at the McDonald’s in Crown Hill, a car plowed into the restaurant 1:30 a.m. on Saturday. Fortunately, there’s no report of any …
Boy & Girls Club raises $46,350 at auction
More than 150 people attended Saturday night’s auction at the Ballard Boys & Girls Club to raise money for a remodeling and expansion project. As we posted last week, the …
Basement at Bop Street Records floods
A steady stream of water is bubbling up through a drain in the basement at Bop Street Records on Ballard Ave. in Old Ballard, flooding parts of a large storage …