Streetcar forum to be held in Ballard
The Seattle City Council has announced a series of public forums to talk about the possibility of extending the South Lake Union Streetcar to key Seattle neighborhoods, including Ballard and …
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Barge moves house through Ballard Locks
Quite the sight at the Ballard Locks. A barge carrying a 3,300 square foot home from Cozy Cove on Lake Washington made its way through the Locks and up to …
Man jumps off condo building
We don’t typically report on suicides or suicide attempts, but this one occurred in broad daylight on a busy street. Seattle Police responded to the NOMA condos on Monday morning …
Did Edith leave her property to construction chief?
The unspoken hero in the Edith Macefield story appears to be Barry Martin, the senior superintendent for Ledcor Construction, which is building the development around Edith’s home. Martin and Macefield …
Ballard housing growth off the charts
In just three years and three months, Ballard has skyrocketed 174 percent of its 20-year housing growth target — the most of any of Seattle’s 38 urban villages, reports the …
Edith Macefield has passed away
Ballard’s most famous hold-out, Edith Macefield passed away on Sunday of natural causes, according to the medical examiner’s office. My Ballard has received a few emails in the last couple …
Whittier Heights: We need new leaders
Two members of the Whittier Heights Community Council are stepping down. Andrea Faste and Steve Keeler have been with the council for many years, ending their tenure as convernor and …
Thief gets away with… homework
Tim says a thief smashed a window in his car parked in Ballard and made off with his tan briefcase. The contents? School homework assignments and three books from the …
Why no bus route along 65th?
That’s the question from Dave O’Hern in the PI’s “Getting There” section. The answer: “The physical constraints of the roadway, particularly the narrow intersection of North 65th Street and Phinney …
Traffic closures and detours on 15th Ave.
Update: SDOT has made some changes to its earlier planned closures and detours. The West Nickerson/West Emerson St. exit will now be closed just this Friday night. Work crews will begin to pave the northbound lanes of Elliott Avenue West and 15th Avenue West between West Lee Street and the Ballard Bridge next week, 7 p.m-6 a.m. daily, weather permitting. At least one traffic lane in each direction will remain open. Click through for more details…
Car careens off hill, narrowly misses house
Just before noon today, an accident on Market St. near 3rd. Ave. sent a car smashing through a fence and down a steep hill, narrowly missing a house on NW …
Tour a ‘Deadliest Catch’ boat
Fans of the “Deadliest Catch” can now get a tour of one of the boats, the Sea Star, at Fishermen’s Terminal. The tour and gift shop opened this weekend and …