The Turkish restaurant Kitchen Istanbul (1744 NW Market St) will be closing at the end of the month, the owners announced on social media. “It is with great sadness that we announce the closing of The Kitchen Istanbul on January 31st due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” owner Leo wrote. “We want to thank all of […]
Author: Meghan Walker
A look at the renovated Ballard Pool
While it’s not open quite yet, the Ballard Pool has undergone an impressive transformation over the past year. The pool closed in December 2019 for a major renovation project including replacing the concrete pool deck, drains, pool and spa plaster liners, and filtration system. It was due to open last year, but some delays in […]
Beaches reopen following last week’s wastewater overflow
Local beaches have reopened after closing for several days for water quality concerns. Golden Gardens, Carkeek, Medina, and Richmond Beach closed last Wednesday due to wastewater overflows from West Point Treatment Plant and Richmond Beach pump station. Over 11 million gallons of sewage and stormwater poured into Puget Sound when both stations lost power from […]
Local beaches close after 11 million gallons of stormwater and sewage overflowed into Puget Sound
The widespread power outages caused by Tuesday night’s storms resulted in massive sewage overflows at three different water treatment plants in Seattle. King County reports stormwater and sewer overflows into Puget Sound from West Point Treatment Plant and Richmond Beach pump station. Lake Washington was also affected when the Medina pump station lost power. Between […]
Spice Waala opens today in Ballard
Ballard gains an Indian restaurant today: Spice Waala is opening today in the former Boar’s Nest location (2008 NW 56th St). This is the second Spice Waala location for owners Aakanksha Sinha and Uttam Mukherjee—they opened their first location in Capitol Hill in 2019. Spice Waala will be open for lunch and dinner starting today, Friday, Jan […]
Cougar spotted at Discovery Park
Over the holidays, a number of people reported sightings of a cougar in Magnolia and Discovery Park. According to Friends of Discovery Park, the cougar was spotted in the park and the surrounding neighborhood over the past couple of weeks. “Please be cautious when visiting the park; especially when running, with small children or pets […]
Local charity installs port-a-potty and dumpster at Leary Triangle
Local charity Seattle Compassion has installed a portable toilet and dumpster at the Leary Triangle (NW Leary Way, Leary Way NW, and 9th Ave NW). According to Seattle Compassion volunteer Ted Dubinsky, there are about a dozen or so people living at the Triangle who are using it, and at least a couple of nearby […]
SPD investigating Woodland Park homicide
Police are investigating after a 38-year-old man was found dead at Woodland Park. According to the SPD Blotter, the man was found at 2:30 am Wednesday in the 5000 block of Aurora Ave N after a passing motorist spotted a person lying in the road and called 911. Police say the cause of death is […]
Q&A with Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss
To help North Seattle residents stay informed about District 6, we’ve launched an ongoing monthly conversation with Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss. This first Q&A looks at Councilmember Strauss’ first year serving District 6, digging a bit deeper into public safety issues, homelessness, and small business struggles in Ballard. To submit questions for future Q&As, […]
Great Notion Brewing now open in Ballard
There’s a new taproom in the neighborhood: last week, Great Notion Brewing opened their fifth location at the corner of 14th Ave NW and NW 51st St. The Portland-born brewery touched down in Seattle just a few months ago when they opened a location at Airport Way South—the Ballard taproom is their second Seattle brick-and-mortar. […]
‘Brand New Year’ street closures now permitted on residential Seattle streets
The City is allowing another round of street closures for the holidays, providing street closure permits from now until Jan. 3, 2021. It’s called the “Brand New Year,” yet another spinoff of the City’s Stay Healthy Blocks program, providing one-block street closures for non-arterial streets to Seattle residents. The closures will be permitted from 9am […]
Free COVID-19 self-testing kiosk coming to Woodland Park
The City of Seattle is rolling out three new free COVID-19 self-testing kiosks in Seattle this month, one of which will be installed in North Seattle at Lower Woodland Park, at 5201 Greenlake Way N. The new Curative testing kiosks will bring the total self-testing sites to five around the city; the other new sites […]
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