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
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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
Discuss the future of Ballard's new city council district on Facebook
Wed, 11/13/13
Who will be Ballard's city councilmember? Will it be Nick Licata? Mike O'Brien? Or will it be someone else entirely? (Warren Aakervik?)
Now you can discuss the future of District 6 -- which covers Ballard, Crown Hill and Fremont -- on…MORE
Ballard District Council: Metro cuts, microhousing and North Precinct SPD update
Tue, 11/12/13
The Ballard District Council on Wednesday, Nov. 13 will be a little bittersweet for us here at the BNT. Bitter, because it'll be my last district council meeting (I'm moving up to Alaska! More on that later). Sweet, because we'll be officially…MORE
Get ready for Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning
Mon, 11/11/13
The seventh annual Seattle Turkey Trot, a 5 K fun-run or walk, will take place Thanksgiving morning, November 28, 2013, starting at 9:00 a.m. at 32nd Avenue NW and NW 85th Street, in the Sunset Hill neighborhood in Ballard, and ending in Golden…MORE
Ballard Boys and Girls Club raises $116k at fundraiser
Mon, 11/11/13
The Ballard Boys & Girls Club “Field of Our Dreams” fundraising event on Oct. 25 raised over $116,000 to support their baseball field renovation and scholarship fund.
“We are thrilled from the support we received from our sponsors,…MORE
Faye Garneau: The woman who transformed city council elections
Mon, 11/11/13
It took a couple of tries, but she finally did it. North Seattle Businesswoman Faye Garneau has changed the way Seattle elects its city council members.
On Nov. 5, even with just a portion of the votes in, it was as plain as day. The…MORE
