Having fun in the snow
Here are how some Ballardites are spending their snow day. Have snow pics? Email us at tips@myballard.com. Ben Dundas and his friend sled down a driveway into a snow wall …
Ballard wakes up to snow
Updated 9:05 a.m. SDOT has closed NW 65th Street up to Phinney Ridge is closed. Road closure is 3rd Ave NW to Phinney Ave N. Updated 9 a.m.: lakreitz posts …
Snow updates and information for Wednesday
Updated 5 p.m. Seattle Public Schools are canceled for Wednesday. All activities canceled. As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, whatever snow that fell earlier today has pretty much melted away. We …
Whittier Elementary PTA opposes addition of Kindergarten class
Members of Whittier Elementary School’s PTA plan to attend Wednesday night’s Seattle School Board meeting to oppose a proposal to add a fourth kindergarten class next year. Whittier, which is …
Big snowstorm in the Seattle forecast
Update 12:10 p.m. Seattle Schools sending students home early because of the winter weather. Two-hour early dismissal today (after a two-hour late start.) After school activities canceled. We took a …
Ballard knitters help keep the homeless warm
By Mary Jean Spadafora Through the front door, around the back, down, over, roll around. Repeat. It is a simple cadence heard from the corner of Aster Café in Ballard …
A Vinyl Renaissance Hits the Streets of Ballard
Music has always been a part of Seattle and today that is no different. Students in the University of Washington entrepreneurial journalism class, taught by our partners The Common Language …
Live traffic cameras for Ballard
Ballard appears to have dodged the snow bullet with just a light (very, very light) dusting of snow. Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which means many people have …
Garbage collection normal on MLK Day
Updated: Seattle Public Utilities says that garbage collection is normal today, despite icy and snowy conditions. They say service to customers in hilly areas may be restricted. Earlier: Monday is …
Light snow blankets Ballard
The snow started falling just after 6 this morning, and a light blanket of white quickly appeared. It’s been snowing off-and-on throughout the day, sticking and then melting again. Here …
Ima Norwegian
Funny guys Tim Hunter and Frank Shiers bring a little Scandihoovian humor to MyBallard in a weekly cartoon called Ima Norwegian. Ima Norwegian is a life-time Ballard resident who lives …
Beavers split against Roughriders
By Bucky Beaver Girls The very young Lady Beavers squad has had stretches all year of solids basketball but they have not yet been able to string together four straight …