A teacher from Adams Elementary School is in serious condition after trying to help a woman who was being harrassed by some guy at a Capitol Hill bus stop. Joseph Skillings called 911 when he witnessed the harrassment, but the man saw him on the phone and attacked him. Skillings suffered a seizure and was …
The Landmark Preservation Board hearing to decide the fate of the Denny’s has been postponed from Feb. 6th to Feb. 20th. The owners asked for more time to prepare. If you’re planning to attend, the meeting will take place at 3:30 p.m. in Room 4060 of Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 Fifth Ave. Update: Also, there’s …
Wow, here’s a surprising development. The franchise company that once operated the now-boarded up Denny’s at 15th and Market called the Ballard News-Tribune and said it wants to reopen the restaurant in the exact same location. “We would reopen tomorrow if possible,” said Gene Erdman, director of human resources for DWO, a California-based company. “I …
First, it took about ten minutes to carve all the ice off the windshield. Then the commute over the Ridge was challenging, to say the least. “Traffic is REALLY backed up coming from Ballard up the hill toward 45th. The bus I’m on has been inching up the hill the past 15 minutes,” writes one …
For a few minutes, ice pellets were coming down fast and furious. Then it turned to snow and started to melt. We took this photo on Phinney around 8 p.m. Forecasters say we could see more snow until midnight, and then it could all turn to ice in time for the morning commute. So if …
While the recent stories of the Denny’s, Sunset Bowl and Ballard’s overall transformation having been grabbing headlines (even in the LA Times this weekend), let’s not forget about Edith Macefield. Remember, she’s the 86-year-old Ballard woman who made national news when she turned down $1 million to sell her home to developers. So we decided …
We took one look at the sunny weather and bolted out the door this Sunday. After all, staying inside on a sunny winter day in Seattle is one of the seven sins, or so I’m told. First stop, the Ballard Farmers Market. We weren’t alone, of course. Not as big as a crowd as a …
With the sunny skies, we decided to check out Fremont Peak Park, a brand new city park that opened in November. It’s a small, beautiful park. But the reason you’ll want to check it out is… … the unbelievable view, stretching from Queen Anne to Ballard. Wow. The park is on Palatine Ave. and N. …
One of our favorite Ballard restaurants, Volterra, is throwing a “Dinner and a Movie” event in its private dining room this Sunday in coordination with the Seattle International Film Festival. But before you get too excited, the event is sold out — but tickets are still available for three more movie events at Volterra later …
This Saturday is the second of the month, so that means it’s time for the Ballard Art Walk along Market St. and Ballard Ave. It goes from 6-9 p.m. If anyone wants to email us a photo or two from the event, we’ll post ’em.
If you ask just about anyone in Ballard what’s on their mind these days, it’s all the changes in the neighborhood. “Part of what everybody is feeling is that Ballard is just being wiped out,” explains Beth Miller, director of the Ballard Chamber of Commerce, in an interview in this week’s Stranger. “I’m not averse …
Sonic Boom Records is consolidating by closing down its shops on Fremont Ave. in Fremont. “This is not due to downloading or file sharing nor is it due to declining business,” explains the press release. “The change is due to market forces such as increasing rent and major neighborhood changes.” Sonic Boom says that it …