The weekend events calendar
– Today (Friday) is the weekly Phinney’s Farmers Market, 3-7 p.m., at the Phinney Neighborhood Association. Information here. – The Ballard Senior Center is having its annual Huge …
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Illegal fires destroying beach, says city parks
The Board of Park Commissioners met tonight to hear a status report on the hotly-contested issue of beach fires at Golden Gardens and Alki. You may remember last week the …
Aggressive tagger hits U-Haul truck
You know graffiti is getting a little out of control when you see stories like this one. According to a police report, a woman rented a U-Haul truck and parked …
Central Ballard a ‘walker’s paradise’
The heart of Ballard is a “walker’s paradise,” according to Walkscore.com, which announced today their most walkable neighborhoods in Seattle. The site has been giving walkability scores for about a …
Climate change education first in Ballard
In a first for the state of Washington, students at Whitman Middle School are learning about global climate change today through a unique partnership. The program, developed by Colorado-based engineering …
Bizarre rollover accident on 7th Ave.
We heard the sirens around 9 p.m., so we drove to 7th Ave. and 62nd St. moments after police and medics arrived. But oddly, there were no smashed up vehicles …
New boutique closed for now
Not even two weeks ago we reported on a new boutique on Ballard Ave. This morning we got an email saying that Dolce Vita looks abandoned. Sure enough, it’s empty! …
HGTV to feature Ballard garden
Charles and Annie Jones’ garden in Ballard will be featured on HGTV’s “Landscaper’s Challenge” this Sunday. An Edmonds designer and Everett landscaper transforms “dangerously steep steps” into a safe and …
Grass is gone at Ballard High
Over the last few weeks, crews have removed the natural grass at Ballard High School’s athletic field in preparation to install artificial turf. While artificial turf is much easier to …
New bridge warning sign
You may have noticed this new sign while driving on 36th through Fremont. City crews are installing it on 36th before it meets Fremont Place and heads down to the …
All is still at the Locks
The Ballard Locks are closed today to install the “Adult Salmon Exclusion Structure” (basically a big fish screen for chinook salmon), so we stopped by to take a look. While …
Seeing red south of Fremont Bridge
Tom Barrett wrote the Seattle PI complaining about the left-hand turn signal from Nickerson to the Fremont Bridge. “Why do people waiting on Nickerson have to wait upward of five …