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Seth Berger picks the ball and brings it in for a score on Friday, Feb. 1 against Roosevelt.

On Tuesday, Jan. 29th, prior to the Ballard High School Boys Basketball game against Redmond High School, Senior Seth Berger was presented with…MORE

Update: If you haven't noticed yet, Senor Moose is open again.

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Just a notice that Senor Moose (5242 Leary Ave NW) is closing this week for remodeling, so the delicious happy hour margaritas will have to wait. We spotted…MORE

On Feb. 2, 18 Ballard High Schools made public their intent to join Garfield High School on the boycott on MAP testing. Ballard High School has already finished administering the test, so the boycott won't take effect until May, but the teachers…MORE

While Garfield High School has taken the spotlight on the recent controversy over the Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) test, the subject has a history in Ballard.

On Saturday, Feb. 2, 18 Ballard High School teachers (so far) made public…MORE

The Fred Meyer store in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood, at 100 N.W. 85th St. reopened Friday after its expansion to a packed house, and what a house, with an additional 55,000-plus square feet to make it 190,000.

They hired an addition…MORE

If you want to learn about homelessness and how you can help, this Saturday is your chance.

At the Odd Fellows Lodge in Ballard (1706 NW Market Street), the Safe Parking Community Network (SPCN) will be holding a forum called "Stages of…MORE

A reader wrote us concerned about persisting problems she had with pay stations in Ballard back in December. While the problems have since been fixed within the neighborhood, it continues on in other areas.

Carol said that she has had no…MORE

Department of Planning and Development just put up a notice on their Land Use Bulletin about the construction of two side-by-side three-story townhouses. Parking will be made available on the bottom floor.

Looking at Google's street view,…MORE

Byron Barnes, 47, was found dead in a Ballard parking lot at 1764 NW 56th St on Jan. 20, according to WHEEL and Quest's Bridge Care Center. He was homeless and is survived by one son, who is currently in jail.

The official cause of death…MORE

Below is a note from Principal Jen Benkovitz on Salmon Bay K-8's website regarding the recent boycott on MAP testing. We have a phone call into her and will be following up on the issue.

MAP, which stands for Measures of Academic Progress…MORE