After a total of 16 years in Ballard, Mandrakes Antiques is closing this Sunday. Owner Craig Keister put up the big “Uncle” signs in the windows right after the holiday season, which he described as “a total flop.” This last weekend, Mandrake’s has antiques for sale at deep discounts, so stop on by.
Some recent news from our nearby neighborhoods… – Fremont: Pay meters, parking signs to be installed next week – Interbay: City to make changes to “BAT lanes” on 15th Ave. – Phinney Ridge: Woman robbed of bank bag along Greenwood Ave.
Two pods of orcas — about 40 in all — have been hanging out in Puget Sound today. They swam by Alki in West Seattle late this morning, and then they were spotted briefly near Golden Gardens around 2 p.m. This is a shot from KING-TV’s chopper (video) near Bainbridge. We ran down to Golden …
Summer is almost here, and Hamburger Harry’s on Market St. near 24th Ave. wants to take advantage of the sunny weather. The hamburger joint has submitted a request to the city for a sidewalk cafe permit. The city is accepting comments through March 4th. Last summer, Mayor Nickels proposed reducing turnaround time for permits and …
Ravenna may have won Amazon Fresh‘s neighborhood expansion vote a few weeks ago, but as we suspected, the online grocer says it will expand to Ballard, too. Starting now, residents in 98117 and 98107 zip codes can place their orders for the first deliveries on Tuesday. “I know there had been some questions on needing …
This coming Monday, WSDOT, the City of Seattle and King County will hold an open house at Adam’s Elementary to give Ballard residents a “first look” at plans to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct with a tunnel. A little over a week ago, the same open house was held in Magnolia, raising pointed concerns from …
A 12-year-old monkey named “Ritkus” escaped its exhibit at the Woodland Park Zoo this morning, forcing the zoo into lockdown. It was tranquilized a short time later. PhinneyWood has all the details.
A 42-year-old Ballard woman who was involved in yesterday’s crash that shut down the Fremont Bridge has died. The Seattle Times says a woman claiming to be the victim’s friend called them. The friend says the woman may have suffered a medical emergency before the accident. The woman also tells the Times that the woman …
The old Calvary Lutheran Church on 23rd Ave. and 70th St., which is currently for sale, will soon become home to a nighttime SHARE shelter for as many as 20 homeless men. “They came to us a week or so ago,” said Our Redeemer’s Pastor Steve Grumm, whose church merged with Calvary Lutheran last year. …
For the last two months, artist Marianne Maksirisombat and her family and friends have been working to turn her new home, the vacant Ballard Assembly of God church on 61st St., into an art studio. Calling it the “Art Church,” Maksirisombat will host a grand opening celebration this Saturday night complete with live music, refreshments …
Seattle Police arrested a naked man sitting in his pickup truck outside Whittier Elementary on Monday, said The Stranger, quoting a police report. The man had “various pornographic material” next to him with “approximately 10 children” in view, police say. The school is currently in winter break, but it’s also home to a childcare program. …
As Archie McPhee gears up for its big move from Ballard to a smaller space in Wallingford this summer, it’s planning to sell some of the store’s retail fixtures. Like what, you ask? How about this giant Ming Dynasty acupuncture model? There’s also a life-size archer figure that would jazz up any living room. “If …