Fence now surrounds Denny’s building
A chain link fence has been put up around the Denny’s building and the parking lot nearby. Probably for safety and insurance reasons, as we’ve seen some homeless folks behind …
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Night closures at Fremont Bridge
As they’ve been doing for quite some time now, work crews will close the Fremont Bridge from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., Monday-Thursday of next week to continue to “upgrade …
New coffeehouse opens in town
The new cafe Aster just opened its doors on Saturday, right across from the new NoMa condos on 24th and 57th. It’s owned by an eight-year Ballard resident, Beth Scribner. …
Dine for Darfur here in Ballard
Restaurants across the Northwest are participating in “Dine for Darfur” today (Tuesday), including a few here in Ballard. Each restaurant will donate 25 percent of its revenue for the day …
Phinney group prepares to buy school building
The Phinney Neighborhood Association, which has leased the old John B. Allen School since 1981, is getting ready to make an offer to buy the buildings from the Seattle School …
Fremont show canceled after freak injury
I’m a huge Pela fan, and the band was scheduled to play Tuesday night at the High Dive in Fremont. But lead singer and guitarist Billy McCarthy fell off the …
The best Ballard grocery store?
Elsa complained about the Ballard Safeway in LiveJournal, and she sparked quite a discussion about which is the best Ballard grocery store. “The Ballard Fred Meyer is where it’s at,” …
Man beat to death in his truck
Early Sunday morning, police arrested a 45 year-old man for beating another guy to death while he slept in his pickup truck. With a pipe. This happened at 48th and …
Garage fire on 12th Ave. NW
We heard lots of sirens, so we tracked them to a one-story Craftsman on 12th Ave. NW, just west of 75th St. Firefighters had just responded to a report of …
Two albino rats up for adoption
Sometimes you see the strangest things on Craigslist, like this Ballard posting: “We have two rather large rats that we just can’t take care of any more. All things will …
Tent city moves into Ballard
The roving “Tent City 3” moved into a section of the big parking lot next to the Our Redeemers Church on Saturday, at 85th and 24th. We stopped by and …
Ballard girls team takes fourth place
After beating Kentwood Friday night, the Ballard High girls basketball team are playing Snohomish this afternoon for the 4th place in the Class 4A state basketball tournament. We’ll update with …