This Saturday is the 25th annual Greenwood Car Show, and new this year will be the Windermere Beer Garden to raise money for low-income and homeless families. The beer garden will be in the Windermere parking lot (311 N 85th St) during the car show, and will have $5 beer, cider and wine, with all […]
Category: Phinney Ridge-Greenwood
News and events for Seattle’s Phinney Ridge and Greenwood neighborhoods.
Ballard preschool selected for city-wide program; Fremont preschool catches fire
At the beginning of the month, The Seattle Preschool Program (SPP) Implementation was passed unanimously by the Seattle City Council. The Department of Education and Early Learning (DEEL) selected only a handful of preschools to provide high-quality preschool services come September; of their selected locations is North Ballard’s Creative Kids (10525 3rd Ave NW). Mayor Ed […]
Tigertail closure update
Update 5:45 p.m.: Just went by Tigertail again this afternoon and noticed a letter from the Department of Revenue in the window. The Sept. 17 letter states that Tigertail’s Certificate of Registration has been revoked because of three unpaid tax warrants in the amounts of $6,897.34, $10,397.76 and $12,970.20. The warrants were issued Aug. 28, […]
Grease opens to sold-out crowd
The Ballard High School spring musical Grease opened last night to the first-ever opening night sell out, according to one of the parents. The musical runs tonight and tomorrow and again next Thursday, Friday & Saturday (March 19, 20 & 21.) Tickets are $12, available through the school office or at the door. Box office […]
Sign goes up at Take 5 Urban Market
The sign is up out front and they’re stocking the shelves and the deli case inside Take 5 Urban Market, located at the corner of 8th Ave. and 70th St. We wrote a week ago about the new market, which replaces the Wicker Basket. One new detail: it’ll also have espresso made from Phinney Ridge’s […]
Donations collection for puppy mill dogs
Seattle Natural Veterinary Center at 65th and 8th Ave. here in Ballard is taking donations to help out the more than 600 dogs that have been rescued from suspected puppy mills in Skagit and Snohomish counties last month. All donations will be given to Saving Pets One at a Time (SPOT), a rescue organization in […]
Icy snow blankets area, school start delayed
A thin layer of crunchy, compact snow and ice is covering the area, especially East Ballard, Sunset Hill and Crown Hill. Seattle Public Schools are running two hours late, there’s no kindergarten, Head Start or door-to-door programs today as well. 6:32 a.m. update: If you’re a Microsoftie, or otherwise heading to work on the Eastside, […]
Serial condo burglars plague Ballard, Greenwood
A group of serial burglars have been hitting parking garages and storage lockers at condos near 15th and Market and 85th and Greenwood in Greenwood, reports Q13 Fox, which aired surveillance video of the suspects. Police say the female suspect is in her early 20’s; about 5’5 tall with dark hair and a heavy build. […]
Cat escapes from hospital, may be headed to Ballard
Phinney Animal Hospital on Greenwood Ave. has had an escapee. Please keep your eyes open for an orange cat with a blue e-collar (those plastic cones they get after a procedure). Her name is Elsa. She was last seen on 83rd St. between Greenwood and 1st around 11 a.m. Needless to say, the owner is distraught. […]
Thieves steal safe at Tigertail
Tigertail was closed Monday after thieves broke into the restaurant. The break-in happened overnight Sunday. The thieves smashed a small window in the roll-up door and squeezed inside. They made off with the safe, according to a business next door that was told about the break-in. If you have any information regarding the crime, please […]
Starbucks officially unveils the Clover
Up until now, Starbucks was silently testing the Clover in three Seattle stores. Now, the Ballard-made specialty coffee machine is available in ten local Starbucks stores — but not in Ballard, Fremont, Phinney Ridge or Greenwood. (The closest are in Green Lake and Queen Anne.) If you want Clover coffee in Ballard, Aster on 24th […]
Raccoons attack cat on the Ridge
PhinneyWood reports a case of raccoons attacking a neighbor’s cat. As most Ballard residents know, raccoons are a common sight around here. In fact, one walked right into our kitchen a couple weeks ago and gave us a good scare. (There was quite a discussion recently in the My Ballard forum about raccoon sightings around […]
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