From SDOT Blog
Street Maintenance staff are chip sealing many streets in Greenwood and Crown Hill this month. Chip sealing is a preventative treatment to maintain residential streets so they don’t deteriorate into expensive reconstruction…MORE
Ballard - News
Photo: Progress on the Ballard Bridge Seismic Retrofit
Fri, 08/16/13
While riding to Ballard via the Ship Canal Trail, I had to stop at the Ballard Bridge when a construction vehicle was blocking the way. He was just pulling out, and it's not a big deal for bicyclists usually, but it gave me a little bit of time…MORE
Ballard Siphon Update: Tunneling across Salmon Bay complete week of Aug 19
Fri, 08/16/13
From King County
To protect public health and the environment, King County is continuing to build a new 85-inch siphon pipe under Salmon Bay between the Ballard and Interbay areas of Seattle. The project will prevent sewer overflows into…MORE
PARK(ing) Day offers chance for Ballardites to replace parking spaces with parks, Sept. 20
Thu, 08/15/13
Last year, PARK(ing) Day landed on kind of a drizzly day, but it didn't stop the Ballard News-Tribune from playing Battleship with quirky local Marcia Wiley on 22nd Ave NW outside of the Ballard Starbucks.
But besides the Battleship/snack…MORE
Suspicious woman seen casing houses
Thu, 08/15/13
A reader reported to us that a suspicious woman was seen at around 10:45 a.m., Aug. 15, casing houses on 7th Ave NW and NW 70th St. The reader, who we happen to know isn't the bashful sort, confronted her after she exited a neighbor's driveway.…MORE
Mayor: I want to give Seattle better Internet
Thu, 08/15/13
By Mayor Mike McGinn
Editor's note: Central Ballard has been included as one of the first 14 neighborhoods that will be connected to fiber broadband via Gigabit Squared, which will bring speeds up to 1 gigabit per second for $80 a month.…MORE
Tarleton addresses transportation, environment, revenue
Tue, 08/13/13
About 15 locals packed out the conference room in the Ballard Coffee Works on Market St to get a chance to chat with Rep. Gael Tarleton (D-Ballard) this morning.
Tarleton addressed some of the biggest issues facing Washington state in the…MORE
SDOT beginning work to enhance transit along Aurora
Tue, 08/13/13
From Seattle Department of Transportation
This week, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has begun work on improvements to Aurora Avenue North to enhance transit speed and reliability, prepare for King County Metro’s RapidRide…MORE
'Guns and Coffee' event a flop in Ballard
Mon, 08/12/13
When the unofficial gun rights event, "Guns and Coffee" was promoting people to show up to Starbucks last Friday, Aug. 9 and openly carry their guns, news media ate it up.
In Seattle, it was reported on seattlepi.com, The Stranger, King 5…MORE
Peters, Estey face off in heated school board race
Mon, 08/12/13
With the Aug. 6 primary votes tallied up, the word is in: the Seattle School Board race in District 4, which covers part of Ballard, Magnolia and Queen Anne, is shaping up to be a heated race.
The contest is now boiled down to the two…MORE
