Hate graffiti at Sunset Hill Park
With all the teens out on Christmas break, there’s been a surge in graffiti around the Ballard area. But one tagging is particularly disturbing: The graffiti on the sidewalk in …
With all the teens out on Christmas break, there’s been a surge in graffiti around the Ballard area. But one tagging is particularly disturbing: The graffiti on the sidewalk in …
If someone comes to your door selling teddy bears to raise money for a little girl in need, you’re asked to get a description and call 911. Our sister site …
Although there’s no official opening date yet, construction crews are making some progress on Ballard’s Trader Joe’s. Inside the Ballard Blocks development, Trader Joe’s is located just down from Mike’s …
Updated: The forecast was one of those “zero to two inch” varieties, which is an easy way to cover all your bases as a Seattle weather forecaster. We saw zero …
The Goodwill on 8th Ave. and 65th has been especially busy today, accepting electronics along with its usual donations. It’s all part of E-Cycle Washington, a new program that kicked …
PhinneyWood has the story of Miles Murphy, the UW student dressed in a German military uniform who was shot and killed by police yesterday. A history buff, Murphy worked at …
My Ballard reader Padraic sent us an email this morning explaining that workers are disassembling the interior of Austin Cantina on 24th Ave. Sure enough, we stopped by, and it …
We read in comments recently (our apologies, we don’t remember who posted it) that the snow plows and sanders had inadvertently eliminated a lane from the Aurora Bridge. Today, we …
A large dispatch of fire crews responded to a scene of a fire at a small apartment building at 65th St. at 16th Ave. just before 11 a.m. Thursday. We …
Updated: We’ve noticed extra police presence in Old Ballard over the last day or so, and sure enough, police have made an arrest. The man believed to have burglarized Cugini …
It’s been an incredible year for Ballard. Looking forward to 2009? Have a New Year’s resolution for the neighborhood? Leave it in comments below…
The city today released this schedule to help clear up remaining confusion about garbage, recycling and yard waste collection: See it full-screen here (pdf). Yard waste pickup resumes next week, …