A group of students spent their Saturday sprucing up St. Alphonsus School. As part of the the Spring Rebuilding 2009 day for Rebuilding Together Seattle, local high school students worked on several big projects at the school. Margie Thirlby at RTS says the students painted the 1st floor cafeteria area, tore down an unused loft, …
While we were covering Friday night’s carjacking, we heard the police talking about a string of strong-arm robberies. Today, we have the details of three robberies that happened in the 11 p.m. hour on Friday. The first incident happened on the 5600 block of Phinney Ave N at 11:12 p.m. Police say a woman was …
Glitzy, bedazzled and dressed up penguins will soon be marching through Seattle. In anticipation of the new Humbolt Penguin exhibit at Woodland Park, the zoo is looking for artists of all ages and artistic talents to help decorate 22-inch fabricated penguins. Applications must be submitted by this Thursday, April 30th. Artists have the month of …
Tonight, AvalonBay Communities will present to the Design Review Board their updated version of the apartment building that will replace Sunset Bowl. These are the updated designs of the 233-unit apartment building, courtesy of Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects. The above rendering is of the south side of the building, facing Market St. This is the …
Adams Elementary parents are busy building the new play structure. Earlier this month the old jungle gym was torn down to make room for this new structure. Adams dad Guy Michaels says that this new playground equipment is about four years in the making. He says that they’re trying to bring soul to the outside …
My Ballard reader Rob Senita attended Saturday’s sold-out Deadliest Catch fan convention in Seattle featuring Ballard’s most famous fishermen. Rob filed this report from “CatchCon” below…
One of the hottest tickets in town today was not the Mariners or Sounders, but CatchCon. Discovery Channel put on the first-ever Deadliest Catch Convention today at Pier 66. Tickets were limited to the first 500 people who signed up on Discovery Channel’s Web site.
The doors opened at noon, and ticket holders were ushered into the convention center where they could test their skill in the “Deadliest Sort” — a game where you had 30 seconds to sort through plastic crabs according to the gender.
The Wizard and Northwestern boats were on hand for tours throughout day. You were able to climb aboard these mighty vessels and take photos with some of the crew and of the boat itself…
Todd Boettger, the single dad beat up in Greenwood last Monday, is still in the hospital fighting for his life. The folks at Epilogue Books have decided to help raise money to help Todd and his young daughter, Lillian. They’ve set out a collection jug for people to drop off spare change or a couple …
Updated: After a widespread search in Crown Hill, police arrested a man suspected of carjacking a BMW in Old Ballard. A SWAT team, K9 unit and a small army of police officers helped locate the suspect hiding in a neighbor’s van near 26th and 85th just before midnight. It all began around 11 p.m. on …
Ballard’s biggest music event of the season, the Ballard Jazz Festival, is underway through Sunday. We stopped by tonight’s event, the Jazz Walk. Musicians played at a dozen venues across the neighborhood. One of the top names in jazz, Thomas Marriott (on the trumpet), dazzled the crowd at the New York Fashion Academy. On Saturday, …
Blue Snuggie blankets were the fashion statement in Old Ballard on Friday night for Seattle’s first-ever Snuggie pub crawl. While most wore their sleeved blanket with a rope or belt around their waist, some came decked out like the “Snuggie Princess” and the cowgirl. Event organizer Sheena Kalso says that 150 people turned out. It …
The man who led King County Sheriff deputies on a high-speed chase through Ballard last month — then admitted to deputies, “I was stupid” — was sentenced today. King Count Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Chris Nielsen says that, as expected, 44-year-old William O. Dulmage was sentenced to 25 months in prison. He was charged with one …
Looks like another nice weekend — not quite as warm, but Meteorologist Rich Marriott says the sun will be out on Sunday after some clouds on Saturday. The Ballard Jazz Walk is Friday night. Venue details here. Other weekend Jazz Festival events for both Saturday and Sunday can be found here. Also on Friday night …
