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Rat City Roller Girls debut at Key Arena
Thu, 02/12/09
A respectable-sized crowd filled about one third of Key Arena’s 15,000-plus seats to witness Season-5, Bout 1, between two pairs of teams belonging to the Rat City Rollergirls, the Seattle-based all-female roller derby league that originated in…MORE
21st Century Viking: The importance of being involved
Thu, 02/12/09
I went by Ballard Corners Park recently and noticed that it has gotten bigger.
The park now juts 4 to 5 feet out from the original curb line. This not only is a deviation from the plan as put forth on their Web site but also is a traffic…MORE
Jim Cissell speaks for himself, and the Fortune 500
Wed, 02/11/09
Lon Chaney may have been the man of a thousand faces, but West Seattle's Jim Cissell may be the guy with a thousand voices. The award-winning "VoiceGuy" as he calls himself can be heard narrating Disney trailers, promoting Levi's jeans,…MORE
VIDEO: Rat City Roller Girls rock n' roll in Key Arena debut
Wed, 02/11/09
A respectable-sized crowd filled about one third of Key Arena's 15,000-plus seats Feb.7 to witness Season-5, Bout 1, between two pairs of teams belonging to the Rat City Rollergirls, the White Center-based all-female roller derby league. The…MORE
55 orphan kittens find new homes
Wed, 02/11/09
Three hours after Kitty Harbor opened its doors Saturday, 55 kittens and cats found new homes. It was the beginning of the non-profit shelter's last open weekend until May 2 and there was an extra push. Over 250 people showed that morning.
…MOREBallard Food Police: The Dish Cafe
Wed, 02/11/09
Although the location of The Dish has been described as "the nondescript neighborhood between Ballard and Fremont", we know better. It's Frelard, which we can claim for Ballard when Fremont isn't looking. The Dish is one of the highlights of this…MORE
Green My Ballard: My workplace is not green! What do I do?
Wed, 02/11/09
Dear Green My Ballard,
I do have a question. I work for a local company that means well and is great to work for, but really doesn't do a good job of recycling or anything like that. Many things get thrown away that I feel bad about. I…MORE
At Large in Ballard: No holiday from grief
Wed, 02/11/09
As previously established Doug Warne of the long running Scandinavian Hour radio show is irrepressible. Which doesn't mean that he didn't need support to cope with a string of personal losses in the last year. In typical Doug fashion he now wants…MORE
Green My Ballard: Got a new TV? Need to get rid of the old one?
Wed, 02/11/09
As the date of the changeover from analog to digital comes closer, Feb. 17 to be exact, thoughts of crisp digital imaging has folks flocking to replace old televisions.
If you've tried to recycle any electronics in the last year or so you…MORE