Ballard knitters help keep the homeless warm
By Mary Jean Spadafora Through the front door, around the back, down, over, roll around. Repeat. It is a simple cadence heard from the corner of Aster Café in Ballard …
Month: January 2012
A Vinyl Renaissance Hits the Streets of Ballard
Music has always been a part of Seattle and today that is no different. Students in the University of Washington entrepreneurial journalism class, taught by our partners The Common Language …
Live traffic cameras for Ballard
Ballard appears to have dodged the snow bullet with just a light (very, very light) dusting of snow. Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which means many people have …
Garbage collection normal on MLK Day
Updated: Seattle Public Utilities says that garbage collection is normal today, despite icy and snowy conditions. They say service to customers in hilly areas may be restricted. Earlier: Monday is …
Light snow blankets Ballard
The snow started falling just after 6 this morning, and a light blanket of white quickly appeared. It’s been snowing off-and-on throughout the day, sticking and then melting again. Here …
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 …
Beavers split against Roughriders
By Bucky Beaver Girls The very young Lady Beavers squad has had stretches all year of solids basketball but they have not yet been able to string together four straight …
Woman seriously burned in Ballard apartment fire
Emergency operators received a call just before 1 p.m. today from a resident who reported seeing a neighbor on fire on her apartment balcony. When firefighters arrived, they broke down …
Burn ban lifted for King County
The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency has lifted the burn ban that was issued for King County on Wednesday. This means you can burn fires in your fireplaces and at …
Fiery January sunset
Updated with more photos 9:20 a.m. Jan. 14th The last traces of sunlight created a fiery sunset on Friday the 13th. Amy sent us the above photo, Virginia sent the …
Lowland snow in the forecast, city is prepared
It appears that winter is finally here – at least the first snowflakes are in the forecast for Seattle. Most of the weather folks are saying the snow could be …
Blockbuster on 15th Ave NW is closing
It’s really no surprise that the Blockbuster at 5900 15th Ave NW is closing. With on-demand movies, Netflix, iTunes and Red Box, fewer people are actually going to the video …