Sonic Boom Records on Market Street is celebrating the 2nd annual Record Store Day on Saturday to encourage people to shop local. Ten percent of gross sales will be donated to Seattle Public School’s music program, and several other Ballard businesses will be offering discounts for Sonic Boom shoppers (just show your receipt). And if …
It looks like mother nature might cooperate for this weekend’s outdoor activities. According to the write-up by UW Meteorologist Cliff Mass, Saturday will be nice for those neighborhood clean-ups and we could see 70 on Sunday! Friday night, the RE Store is hosting the Haute Trash Fashion Show at the New York Fashion Academy on …
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels has committed in writing to improving vehicle and freight access from Ballard, Magnolia and Queen Anne to the new deep-bored tunnel, according to a press release issued today by Reps. Mary Lou Dickerson and Reuven Carlyle. Nickels wrote that the city will work with WSDOT to improve traffic flow on N 46th St., N 39th St., Nickerson St., Dexter Ave. N, Mercer St. and West Mercer St. The city also said it would work to improve congestion at the north and south ends of the Aurora Bridge.
“The major arterials within our community will need attention and we’re focused on ensuring the city is focused on the needs of residential and commercial traffic,” said Carlyle. Both representatives had asked the mayor for a formal letter expressing the city’s commitment on improving traffic flow to Seattle’s Northwest neighborhoods. As you know, tunnel access has been a hot topic in Ballard’s industrial and freight community, most recently at a town hall held at Ballard High School last month. Read the press release below…
Scott sent us this photo of stacked rocks that he snapped at 67th & 21st. Reminds us of the “rock balancer” guy in Fremont.
Ballard’s own Dutch Bike Company is expanding to New York, and you can’t ask for a better announcement: a story in the New York Times: “With 170 miles of new bike lanes in New York, it makes sense that the Dutch Bike Co. in Seattle should be opening a branch in the city this summer, …
The slogan for George W. Johnson’s Ballard business is, “Serving the Seattle area with quality and excellence since 1936.” That right, Johnson is 96 years old, and he’s believed to be the oldest active realtor in the country. “It’s a beautiful time to buy,” he told KING 5, remembering the 60’s and 70’s when Boeing’s …
The year-round Ballard Farmers Market is a popular Sunday event. Now, to keep you up to date on what’s fresh, what the vendors are selling and where the cooking demonstrations will be, the folks at the market have created a blog. They say “it is an active and ever changing information source, with new posts …
Derek posted this message and photo in the forum: The new garbage trucks are so wide they barely fit down the alley. Yesterday, they TOTALED my neighbors garage, it is six feet off its foundation now! Derek says it happened yesterday in an alley off Earl Ave. in Loyal Heights. We brought the incident to …
A well-loved dog named Bubba who greeted customers for years at the Bark pet shop along Ballard Ave. passed away last week. “Bubba the sweet dog that has graced the store for most of his life has passed on to the doggie rainbow in the sky,” wrote My Ballard reader Nancy in an email. “Many …
After a long, cold, dark and snowy winter, motorcycle enthusiasts are coming out of hibernation just in time for the afternoon commute. Tonight is the spring opener for the monthly “Backfire Motorcycle Night,” an event for motorcycle lovers to shake hands and talk shop. The group pretty much takes over the corner of 4910 Leary …
Updated: Fire crews rushed to a boat fire under the Ballard Bridge last night. The call came in at 10 p.m. of smoke near the south end of the bridge. As you can see from these amazing photos by My Ballard reader Rob Senita, firefighters arrived on scene to find a 25-30 foot boat heavily …
A fresh season of “Deadliest Catch” returns to the Discovery Channel on Tuesday nights with Ballard’s own Sig Hansen at the helm of the Northwestern. This preview clip features the boat’s “longest standing Norwegian tradition,” which is none other than biting the head off a herring: Niiice. We’ll stick with the pickled herring, thank you.