A barricade along a section of the new westbound First Avenue on and off ramp to the Spokane Street Viaduct has been demolished because it was built in error. This is part of the Spokane Street Widening Project. The ramps are expected to open…MORE
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Without support, Ballard Organics may be forced to close by the end of the month
Fri, 02/04/11
Ballard Organics announced today that they're in trouble and need community support to stay open. In a message to the community, Ballard Organics thanked the community for helping them grow as a business and asked for continued support.
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Avalon Glassworks to raise money for White Center Food Bank with art
Fri, 02/04/11
PRESS RELEASE:
How do you raise $10,000 for a food bank? Get creative. Three years ago, White Center Food Bank Executive Director Rick Jump approached Avalon Glassworks owners Shannon and Jon Felix after noticing their work on a…MORE
West Seattle acoustic musician returns after surfing accident
Fri, 02/04/11
Fauntleroy-born Trevor Ras headed south, to Huntington Beach, Ca. to chase his dream, a musical career. That dream turned into a nightmare, but could have been worse. He dodged a bullet, well, his surfboard, on a tricky wave. Now he says his…MORE
5,400 Ballard businesses and homes affected by power outages UPDATE
Fri, 02/04/11
At 10 a.m. this morning the power went out in Tully's, Starbucks and Bartell Drugs and they weren't the only ones affected. The power outage affected nearly 5,400 homes and businesses.
The outage started about 10 a.m. when a wire fell…MORE
Noir-country rebels Brent Amaker & The Rodeo, WS band plays The Crocodile before Austin, Europe toup
Fri, 02/04/11
West Seattle band Brent Amaker & The Rodeo is featured Feb. 25 at The Crocodile, 2200 2nd Ave. This will be their last Seattle show before heading to Austin, Texas SXSW and then their Europe tour. SXSW is the South by Southwest Music +…MORE
Ballard at a glance: mapping tools shows racial diversity
Thu, 02/03/11
Remapping Debate, an online domestic public policy journal, recently released a mapping tool which shows racial diversity.
Using data from the American Community Survey collected between 2005 and 2009 and released in December of last year…MORE
First two Greenbridge single family homes now for sale & located on sweet spot
Thu, 02/03/11
The first two of seven single family homes at The Terrace at Greenbridge are now officially on the market. On the southwest corner of SW 100th St. and 8th Ave. SW in White Center is a 4 bedroom, 1,500 Square foot home, priced at $274,900. To it's…MORE
Award- winning film director Tadashi Nakamura presents “Pilgrimage.”
Thu, 02/03/11
Press Release: Japanese American Day of Remembrance observes the anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, following the attack on Pearl Harbor. It authorized the evacuation and…MORE
New York Times bestselling author to read at Secret Garden Books
Thu, 02/03/11
On Saturday, Feb 5, author Jamie Ford will visit Secret Garden Bookshop to read from his New York Times bestselling book, "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet."
Set in Seattle in the 1940s and 80s, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and…MORE
