This Sunday Nov. 24, the Ballard Bridge will have only one lane open in each direction from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The closure is for SDOT to repair expansion joints on the north end of the bridge.
SDOT explained that they scheduled the…MORE
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Girls swim team competes in WA State finals
Mon, 11/18/13
Friday Nov. 15 eight young women from the Ballard High School varsity swim team went to the state finals. They swam in the 200 Free Relay and the 200 Medley Relay at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.
Tiara Adler, Luisa Chan,…MORE
In fight at Lockhaven, little has changed
Mon, 11/18/13
By Zachariah Bryan
At the core of it, little has changed in the battle between the tenants and the new owners of the Lockhaven Apartments.
Renovations are still happening. Tenants will still be forced out for about a month while…MORE
Mixed-use building to take spot of Ballard Bartell's
Fri, 11/15/13
The Ballard Bartell's (22nd Ave NW) will be redeveloped into a mixed-use building, according to Mark Craig, President of Henbart, LLC, the company that owns the property.
“In the past seven years we have watched the neighborhood transform…MORE
Ship fire near Fred Meyer
Fri, 11/15/13
A fire in a 110 ft fishing trawler was reported at 10:16 a.m. this morning at 653 NW 41st St.
The fire started after the crew were making welding repairs in the galley. The fire quickly spread up through the ceiling and into smaller crawl…MORE
Development, Nov. 14: A new condo, a new four-story building and more lot-splitting
Thu, 11/14/13
If you haven't been to the new Seattle District 6 Facebook Page (which discusses the Ballard-area district for City Council elections), you'll see there's quite a debate brewing on the subject of affordable housing and whether more density will…MORE
Central Ballard Residents Association to discuss microhousing tonight
Thu, 11/14/13
The Central Ballard Residents Association will be talking about microhousing at their meeting tonight (Thursday, Nov. 14) at 7 p.m.
The guest speaker Geoffrey Wentlandt, Seattle Department of Planning and Development, to present DPD's…MORE
Suspicious package at Ballard bank; eight people evacuated
Thu, 11/14/13
Update
And our saga has ended. The powder was determined not to be dangerous and it was turned over to the SPD arson squad. Like we said earlier, these events rarely turn out to be anything significant. (But it was fun to cover, wasn't it…MORE
Ballard Swedish Hospital opens new oncology building
Thu, 11/14/13
Tuesday, Nov. 12, Swedish Medical Center held their ribbon cutting ceremony for their newly renovated and expanded medical oncology building in Ballard.
Over 100 patients, staff and citizens arrived to share their celebration and have a…MORE
On RapidRide D, "bus bunching" and ridership growth
Thu, 11/14/13
Last night at the Ballard District Council Meeting, King County Metro Transportation Planner Paul Roybal talked about one of the subjects most likely to incite cynicism in Ballardites: RapidRide D.
RapidRide D, which was implemented in…MORE
