Cheer coach wins prestigious award
The Ballard High School cheerleading coach is being recognized as one of the best coaches in the country. Nancy Ellen Elster is one of three recipients of the Pinnacle Award, …
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Leif Erikson Lodge is looking for its queen
The Leif Erikson Lodge is looking for their 2009 queen and princess. The Queen and Princess Scholarship Program awards two young women who represent the lodge as its royalty an …
More break-ins around Ballard
Both the Sun Cafe on 6th Ave. and Nervous Nellie’s Espresso on 56th St. near 15th Ave. were both broken into Monday night. Jeanette at Nervous Nellie’s says that someone …
City crackdown on off-leash dogs in parks
The Seattle Parks Department and the Seattle Animal Shelter are stepping up enforcement at city parks that are being turned into unofficial “off-leash” areas by dog owners. Park staff have …
Ballard street to close for ‘Car-Free Days’
After piloting the program last year, Mayor Greg Nickels is expanding “Car-Free Days” to Ballard this year. The idea is to shut down a street for few hours for cycling …
Energy Espresso cafe closes
Less than a year after opening, Energy Espresso is closed. The little building at 15th & 59th was Java Jazz before new owners took it over and changed the name …
Chipotle Grill no longer coming to Ballard
My Ballard reader Emily noticed that the sign in the window at Ballard Blocks announcing the coming arrival of Chipotle Grill (below) has since disappeared. And sure enough, the company’s …
Double rainbow over Shilshole
Not a bad way to start the week, a partial double rainbow: Ross emailed us this picture of a double rainbow over Shilshole this morning. The second rainbow is a …
‘One of my favorite restaurants in the world’
If you’re a restaurant, you can’t get a much better endorsement than this. “Rachael’s Travels” aired on the Food Network Sunday afternoon — the full 30 minutes on Seattle — …
Scream Barbershop calls it quits in Ballard
The funky little barbershop on 20th Ave and 55th St. closed today. They’ve already begun gutting clearing out the interior. A sign on the door directs patrons to Scream’s Capitol …
Public school open enrollment starts Monday
The Seattle Public School open enrollment for the 2009-2010 school year starts Monday and goes through the month of March. Open enrollment was postponed from January/February to now because of …
Scenes from Empty Bowls fundraiser
My Ballard reader Nubbee attended last night’s Empty Bowls fundraiser for the Ballard Food Bank, and she sent us a few photos. “The bowls were wonderful (it was so hard …