Despite construction, the Shilshole Marina is still a good place to walk your dog. A walk on the marina leads to Golden Gardens, one of the city's most popular parks year round. Dean Wong photo.
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Large donation benefits Swedish program
Tue, 04/17/07
Seattle residents Cheryl and Bill Gossman donated $1 million toward the establishment of the Gossman Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Simulation during the Swedish Medical Center's Annual Gala Dinner on March 24. It will be the…MORE
Jazz Festival set for next week at various venues
Tue, 04/17/07
The upcoming Ballard Jazz Festival features an extensive lineup of performances by local, national and international artists and runs from April 25 to 28 in different venues.
The main stage concert at Mars Hill Church, 1401 N.W. Leary Way…MORE
Locals help get water to Ethiopia
Tue, 04/17/07
Three remote villages in Ethiopia now have clean water to drink thanks to the efforts of Ballardites Judith Sanderman and her husband Dennis Wilkins.
The couple has collected donations to buy school supplies, as well as build wells as part…MORE
Art Walk still a Ballard favorite
Tue, 04/03/07
For 10 years the Ballard Chamber of Commerce has presented the monthly Ballard Art Walk which has attracted thousands of visitors annually for a walking tour that brings together area artists, studios, galleries, restaurants, merchants and…MORE
ZOO TIGER CUB NEEDS A NAME
Tue, 03/27/07
A three-month-old female Sumatran tiger cub needs a name and the public is invited pick her name. The Malay-Indonesian names reflect the endangered tiger's native habitat: Hadish, or "gift;" Senang, "happy;" Sendiri, "single;" Berani, "courageous…MORE
Bienvenue, Bakery Nouveau
Tue, 03/27/07
Aromas of buttery brioche waft out the doors and into the Junction. Locals beam as they fill up their bike baskets with fresh-baked baguette and happily ride away to their first spring picnic.
MORE'Blood Diamond' makes costly point
Tue, 03/27/07
I am lately persuaded that the fifth horseman of the apocalypse drives a small Japanese pickup truck.
They are the nightmare image of the cable-news age, these battered vehicles, packed with men and small boys armed to the teeth and…MORE
WHERE'S THE WATER?
Tue, 03/20/07
The small locks at the Ballard Locks are closed through Friday at 6 p.m. for it's yearly general maintenance. Crews drained the small lock and worked on the upstream service gate miter bars. The small lock can handle vessels up to 25 feet wide…MORE
BREAD WINNER
Tue, 03/20/07
Deb Cummings of the Ballard Great Harvest Bread Co. here is preparing a patron favorite, cinnamon rolls. The Ballard store, owned by Bob Carlson, recently won the company's Phenomenal Bread Award. "Bob and Crystal Carlson were up against some of…MORE
