New playground goes up at Adams
Adams Elementary parents are busy building the new play structure. Earlier this month the old jungle gym was torn down to make room for this new structure. Adams dad Guy …
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‘Deadliest Catch’ fans flood CatchCon
My Ballard reader Rob Senita attended Saturday’s sold-out Deadliest Catch fan convention in Seattle featuring Ballard’s most famous fishermen. Rob filed this report from “CatchCon” below…
One of the hottest tickets in town today was not the Mariners or Sounders, but CatchCon. Discovery Channel put on the first-ever Deadliest Catch Convention today at Pier 66. Tickets were limited to the first 500 people who signed up on Discovery Channel’s Web site.
The doors opened at noon, and ticket holders were ushered into the convention center where they could test their skill in the “Deadliest Sort” — a game where you had 30 seconds to sort through plastic crabs according to the gender.
The Wizard and Northwestern boats were on hand for tours throughout day. You were able to climb aboard these mighty vessels and take photos with some of the crew and of the boat itself…
Epilogue Books raising money for Todd Boettger
Todd Boettger, the single dad beat up in Greenwood last Monday, is still in the hospital fighting for his life. The folks at Epilogue Books have decided to help raise …
Men leaving Jazz Walk carjacked at gunpoint
Updated: After a widespread search in Crown Hill, police arrested a man suspected of carjacking a BMW in Old Ballard. A SWAT team, K9 unit and a small army of …
Scenes from the Ballard Jazz Walk
Ballard’s biggest music event of the season, the Ballard Jazz Festival, is underway through Sunday. We stopped by tonight’s event, the Jazz Walk. Musicians played at a dozen venues across …
Snuggie crawlers descend on Old Ballard
Blue Snuggie blankets were the fashion statement in Old Ballard on Friday night for Seattle’s first-ever Snuggie pub crawl. While most wore their sleeved blanket with a rope or belt …
Car chase suspect sentenced
The man who led King County Sheriff deputies on a high-speed chase through Ballard last month — then admitted to deputies, “I was stupid” — was sentenced today. King Count …
Jazzy weekend events for Ballard
Looks like another nice weekend — not quite as warm, but Meteorologist Rich Marriott says the sun will be out on Sunday after some clouds on Saturday. The Ballard Jazz …
Father who suffered attack on life support
We have an update on Todd Boettger, the man who was robbed and left for dead in Greenwood early Tuesday morning. “He has been heavily sedated, basically a drug induced …
Cupcake queen to talk healthcare at White House
The owner of Cupcake Royale is headed to Washington D.C. to talk healthcare. As the representative of the Washington Small Business for Secure Health Care Coalition, Jody Hall is one …
Construction messes up traffic along Leary
Seattle Department of Transportation crews are busy digging up Leary Ave NW in front of Canal Station and the Ballard Landmark exposing the old brick road. Marybeth Turner from SDOT …
Jeep tips over in morning accident
Several people are shaken up this morning after an accident at 8th and Market. Just before 7 a.m., a witness tells us that the red Oldsmobile and Jeep Wrangler collided, …