What’s on this weekend

Have a fantastic weekend in the neighborhood! FRIDAY, January 27 Live Music “At 17”, with Victor Janusz (piano/vocals), Joey Kline (guitar/vocals) and Meaderis Dixon (sax) at Egan’s Ballard Jam House (1707 NW Market St) at 7 p.m. $8 cover. Dominic Lecouturier Quartet at 9 .m. $8 cover/$5 students. Young in the City with Soft Sleep & Ruler at Tractor Tavern (5213 Ballard Ave …

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BHS Film Festival on next month

This year’s Ballard Film Festival (BFF) is set for Friday, February 10, at 7 p.m. in the Ballard High School auditorium.  The screening will feature short comedies and dramas, advertisements, and documentaries from students in the Ballard High School Digital Filmmaking Program. Films that first screen at the BFF frequently win honors at prestigious national and international film festivals …

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SDOT to host North Seattle Neighborhood Greenway and School Safety Project drop-in event

SDOT has been working with community members from Crown Hill, Greenwood, Licton Springs, and Northgate since summer 2016 to select a route for a new east-west neighborhood greenway to be built in 2018. Seattle Public Schools is redeveloping the Wilson-Pacific school site into new elementary, K-8, and middle schools that will open in 2017, and we’re planning to …

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St. Alphonsus Parish School to host Winter Open House

St. Alphonsus Parish School will be hosting their annual Winter Open House this Sunday, January 29, from 11 a.m. at their campus (5816 15th Ave NW). Locals can discover St. Alphonsus Parish School’s values in addition to their unique learning environment. St. Alphonsus offers a Montessori preschool (including a full day option), K-4 elementary, and …

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United Way to assist locals with free tax preparation

United Way of King County is offering free tax help to local families making under $64,000 a year at Solid Ground (1501 N 45th St) on Tuesdays from 5–9 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. until April 20. Volunteers will prepare taxes for attendees and help connect them with one-on-one financial counseling, healthcare enrollment, …

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Detectives seize heroin, crack and cash from local drug dealer

SPD Detectives seized large quantities of crack cocaine, heroin and $25,000 in cash on Sunday from a man suspected of dealing drugs in the Ballard and Greenwood neighborhoods. After purchasing heroin from the 26-year-old man on several occasions, police served a warrant on his Lynnwood apartment and vehicle Sunday and recovered 75 grams of wafers of …

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Locals invited to help update SPU’s business plan

Seattle Public Utilities is updating its Strategic Business Plan (SBP), the road map guiding the utility’s delivery of services to its customers. Adopted three years ago after an in-depth public process, the SBP spells out the utility’s six-year plan for keeping its promise to customers: to provide efficient and forward-looking services that keep Seattle the …

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Lagunitas Brewery and Tasting Room now open in Ballard

According to Eater Seattle, Lagunitas Brewery and Tasting Room is now open in the former Hilliard’s Beer space at 1550 49th St NW. This location is the second of this type of satellite tasting room for Lagunitas, which recently opened another small Taproom and Beer Sanctuary at a former brewpub in Charleston. News was first announced …

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Nearby News: Locals invited to give final feedback on Greenwood/Phinney Park Development

Locals are invited to attend the final public meeting to give input on plans for the Greenwood/Phinney Park Development that is set to be built between N 81st St and N 82nd St on the east side of Greenwood Ave N. Seattle Parks and Recreation thanks the Greenwood/Phinney neighborhood for their participation in the last public meeting on November 2. …

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