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 …
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Door-to-door teddy bear selling scam
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 …
Trader Joe’s closer to opening
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 …
No snow, despite possibility in forecast
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 …
Recycling electronics for free at Goodwill
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 …
UW student shot by police worked at Red Mill
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 …
Workers dismantling Austin Cantina
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 …
Lane vanishes from Aurora Bridge
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 …
Apartment fire on 65th draws large response
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 …
Man arrested in string of Ballard burglaries
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 …
Happy New Year, Ballard!
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…
Details on garbage, tree recycling, yard waste
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, …