New coaches at Ballard High
Both the Ballard High varsity football coach and the varsity girls basketball coach quit a few months ago, and now there’s word of their replacements. John Bowers, formerly the recruiting …
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New time for Norwegian Constitution Day parade
Organizers have pushed the start time of the annual Syttende Mai parade in Ballard this Saturday from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. No word why they made the last-minute change …
Flap over nude photos on Ballard ArtWalk
Photographer Jim Wilkinson displayed his show, “Normal Sometimes Naked People,” at Kiss Cafe for the Ballard ArtWalk this last Saturday. On Sunday, the Kiss Cafe owner “removed two images from …
Shots fired on 15th Ave.
Two My Ballard readers have emailed us about incident on 15th Ave. near 64th on Tuesday evening. “A man facing north towards Corry’s Fine Dry Cleaners fired 3 random shots …
Package stolen off front porch
A woman on 56th St. near 7th Ave. called Seattle Police after someone stole a U.S. Postal Service package right off her front porch. The package, sent by her mom, …
The Aurora Bridge speed trap
Seattle motorcycle cops are back at it today at the north end of the Aurora Bridge, catching northbound speeders. We see them there a few times a month — the …
Sizzling forecast for Saturday’s parade
Forecasters are predicting high temperatures in the mid-80s for this Saturday, just in time for Ballard’s annual Norwegian Constitution Day, or Syttende Mai parade. “It does get a little warm …
Nasty accident on 46th
A vehicle accident around 9:30 on Tuesday night sent at least one (maybe two) people to the hospital. It happened right under 15th Ave. on 46th, just a half block …
10 ladders stolen from the PNA
Someone broke into a storage area inside the Phinney Neighborhood Association last week and stole ten ladders worth an estimated $2,500, according to a Seattle police report. The suspect was …
Cottage homes coming to Ballard
We wrote a couple weeks ago about all the town houses popping up around the neighborhood, and now there are cottage homes — somewhat affordable houses without shared walls but …
Behind the scenes at ‘Deadliest Catch’ party
Apparently we’re not the only ones who don’t watch “The Deadliest Catch” on the Discovery Channel (we watched a couple early episodes but never got hooked, so to speak.) The …
TV crews in Ballard for the gas
Both KIRO and KING were going live from Market and 24th Monday evening. So what’s the story? The Spirit station is selling $4 regular unleaded gas. For the record, we …