After a little more than a year of doing business in Ballard, owner of the tex-mex restaurant Austin Cantina announced recently he may not reopen after closing for the holidays.
"Austin Cantina will be serving dinner only the week of Dec.…MORE
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NEW Panelists try to prepare parents for kindergarten
Tue, 12/16/08
How can you best be an advocate for your child when it comes to kindergarten readiness? Should you push them ahead or stay in preschool another year?
How do you choose the right school?
These were a few of the concerns that north…MORE
Compass Center will build low income housing for singles
Tue, 12/16/08
In late February the Compass Center, with the help of loans from United Way of King County and the city of Seattle, purchased the property at 1753 N.W. 56th St. from the Low Income Housing Institute with the intent of constructing low-income…MORE
NEW Sood building sold to local business owner
Tue, 12/16/08
An 8,153 square foot Ballard industrial building has been purchased for $1.725 million by local business owner Jim Sherman.
Sherman owns DataPro International Inc., a computer and data cable supplier which operates in Ballard at 1144 N.W.…MORE
Residents not toasting runway
Tue, 12/16/08
Highline political leaders have joined residents under the new third runway's flight path in expressing outrage at its apparent heavy use.
Des Moines Mayor and former Airport Communities Coalition chairman Bob Sheckler said during his ten…MORE
Streetcar could expand to Ballard, eventually
Tue, 12/16/08
The South Lake Union streetcar line could have company in the future after the Seattle City Council voted Dec.
MOREPolice investigate self-defense homicide
Tue, 12/16/08
On December 13, 2008, at approximately 3:55 a.m., Federal Way Police Officers responded to the call of a Shooting located at the Mariposa Apartment Complex, 28120 18 Ave S, in Federal Way.
Police were notified of the shooting when a 24-…MORE
New book documents Federal Way's rich history
Tue, 12/16/08
I met Marie Sciacqua sort of by accident.
Tucked away in one of the dimly-lit back rooms of the Federal Way Historical Society's old house on Fishers Pond, Marie sat quietly, her fingers working swiftly through catalogs of old photographs…MORE
NEW Council approves incentive zoning for neighborhoods
Tue, 12/16/08
Developers who want to build above existing height allowances in Seattle neighborhoods will now have to offer some of the increased space at an affordable rent.
The change occurs after the Seattle City Council approved both a resolution…MORE
NEW SECTION: B-MONT O'Rama: Everything nightlife in Ballard and Fremont
Tue, 12/16/08
Ballard
Bad Albert's Tap and Grill
5100 Ballard Ave. N.W.
782-9623
Happy Hour: 3 to 6 p.m. daily, $1 off appetizers, beers and well drinks on special.
www.badalberts.com
Thursdays, 8 to 10:30 p.m. No…MORE
