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From Seattle Police Department Blotter:

Police are searching Ballard for a man who robbed a bank at gunpoint Tuesday evening.

Just before 6:30 pm, the man walked into the People’s Bank on NW 56th Street and 24th Ave NW, brandished a…MORE

Outdoor seating may be coming to Ballard Station Public House (2236 NW Market Street), which just opened this last summer, according to a Sidewalk Cafe permit that the bar just applied for on Feb. 15.

By the looks of it, there should be…MORE

A new "tweet map" created by Microsoft researcher and social media expert Andrés Monroy-Hernández reveals, in the style of "Ork Posters," what each Seattle neighborhood is like in the twitter-sphere. Geekwire has the story here.

In the…MORE

Ballard likes to bicycle, according to Gene Balk, AKA FYI Guy, of the Seattle Times. He put together a neighborhood map based on Commute Seattle's survey of commuters and bicycle commuting estimates from data provider Experian.

While not…MORE

For the past couple of weeks, the Ballard High School “Playermakers” theatre group has been working out the kinks on their upcoming production of “The Sound of Music,” which opens on Thursday, Feb. 28, with a special gala.

If it’s one…MORE

A power outage that has affected the Green Lake area has dminished from 4,095 customers to just 429, in the north area. Seattle Public Utilities Power Lines blog has the story:

First update: A power outage has occurred in north Seattle…MORE

By Elizabeth Wang

A crowd of protesters gathered at Golden Gardens Park on Sunday, Feb. 17 to cheer on a greener, cleaner Puget Sound and hiss at the proposed coal-train terminal near Bellingham.

Donning bright red anti-coal shirts…MORE

From Mayor McGinn's office:

The City of Seattle and Gigabit Squared signed an agreement in December for Gigabit Squared to provide high-speed internet to 12 demonstration neighborhoods in Seattle. As Mayor McGinn mentioned today, this has…MORE

Say hello to Hotel Ballard.

Ballard's first four-story, four-star hotel will be officially be opening in May at 5216 Ballard Avenue NW by the Olympic Athletic Club, which owns the hotel, bringing "classic old world charm to Ballard."

By Christy Wolyniak

Desiderio “Des” de Castro was no stranger to the dangers of the crosswalk by Salmon Bay K-8 the day he got hit.

It sits squarely in front of his house and just about every day for the past 12 years, he has helped…MORE