Old Ballard hosting Honk Fest West tonight
You can expect quite the show in Old Ballard tonight as Honk Fest West returns with “radical marching bands” from 5 states and Canada. “The streets, cafes, & pubs of …
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Neighborhood projects get the green light
Five small-scale projects to improve the neighborhood have been given the green light. At last month’s Ballard District Council meeting we learned that 40 of 160 applications for the Neighborhood …
Ballard High principal wins $50,000 for school
Ballard High School principal Phil Brockman has won theThomas B. Foster Award for Excellence, which will bring $50,000 to the school. The award is given each year to a secondary …
Help create an archive of the Locks
Ballard resident Jim Broumley is taking on a monster of a project — to create an archive of the Ballard Locks and Carl English Gardens from scratch. Jim thinks there …
Developer to show off Sunset Bowl replacement
It’s been nearly one year since Sunset Bowl closed (April 13, 2008), but the 25,000 square foot building still stands on the corner of 14th and Market. Last October we …
Petition aims to fight crime at Ballard parks
Concerned neighbors delivered a petition to a top parks official Wednesday night in an effort to combat “an incredible increase of drug trafficking” at Bergen Place and Marvin’s Garden. “We …
Plaka Estiatorio restaurant opens
Ballard’s newest restaurant, Plaka Estiatorio held its grand opening to a packed house on Wednesday night. As you may surmise from the name, this is a Greek restaurant (“Plaka” is …
Ballard man charged with kidnapping
King County Prosecutors filed a second-degree kidnapping charge today, the Seattle Times reports, against a man who lives at a senior apartment complex in Ballard. According to the SeattlePI.com, Robert …
Volunteer gardeners needed at the Locks
If the recent sunny streak has you itching to use your green thumb, check out the Carl English botanical garden at the Locks. There are only three paid staff that …
City clears way for new office development
The city has conditionally approved an application to subdivide a huge parcel of land along Salmon Bay, clearing the way for plans to build office buildings along the Ballard waterfront. …
See Tuesdays with Morrie this Friday
The Taproot Theatre (204 N. 85th St) is offering Ballardites a 2-for-1 deal to come see Tuesdays with Morrie this Friday evening. The special offer coincides with Art Up Greenwood-Phinney …
Adams kids say goodbye to playground equipment
Adams Elementary kids spent their recess today chanting, “Saw! Saw!” as they watched their monkey bars get sawed off and their old playground dismantled. It’s no wonder the kids are …