Purchase of Crown Hill school is almost complete
If there are no glitches, Small Faces Development Center will be the new owners of Crown Hill Elementary school next week. In an email sent out yesterday, Executive Director Lynn …
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Meat buying club in Ray’s parking lot
Every other Friday, Ballard native Keith Swanson of Thundering Hooves delivers his grass-fed meat to restaurants, stores and “buying clubs” around the area. One of his stops is at Ray’s …
Kathy Casey staying in Ballard
Back in April, the word was that Kathy Casey would be leaving Ballard for the other side of the ship canal. Well, things have changed and she’s staying put. In …
The weekend events calendar
Expect a few rain drops this weekend. It may be the last weekend in June, but the weather folks over at King5 say it’s not going to feel like it! …
Meeting set for new northend development
If developers get approval, the old Fred Meyer and Greenwood Market at NW 3rd & 85th will be torn down and replaced with a new development. The plans include demolishing …
Boat fire extinguished at Fishermen’s Terminal
If you saw all the firefighters rushing over the Ballard Bridge just before 6:30 p.m., they were headed to an engine fire in a boat at Fishermen’s Terminal. My Ballard …
It’s not a cotton ball, it’s a tawny frogmouth chick
The zoo isn’t really in Ballard, but this picture is too cute not to post. This is a proud papa of the 20-day old tawny frogmouth chick (in the background) …
Maritime industry leaders tour Terminal 91
The new Smith Cove Cruise ship terminal has been open just a little more than a month, and this morning maritime industry leaders from Ballard and surrounding neighborhoods took a …
Ballard pizza to be certified true Napoletana
This is Neapolitan pizza week and one Ballard restaurant is being honored. A delegation from the Associazionne Verace Pizza Napoletana is in town to certify seven pizza places, including Ristorante …
Historic bell tower hit by taggers
We’ve talked to several area business owners who say they’ve seen a rise in graffiti around downtown Ballard. Sometime overnight the historic bell tower at Marvin’s Garden on the corner …
Low tides at Golden Gardens this week
For the past few days beach-goers have enjoyed some pretty cool tide pools. Patricia sent us this picture of her kids checking out the exposed sea creatures. Beach Naturalists from …
Crow causes power outage
A deafening flock of crows swirled above an East Ballard neighborhood this morning after one of their own sparked a small power outage. Before we could make our first cup …