The Central Ballard Residents Association (CBRA) is having their monthly meeting tonight, (Thursday, Oct. 11) at 7 p.m.
The speaker and guest of honor this month is Rob Mattson, Ballard's neighborhood district coordinator for the Seattle…MORE
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Ballard District Council meeting tonight, Oct. 10
Wed, 10/10/12
The Ballard District Council will be meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in the Ballard Branch Library conference room. Topics range from homeless people living in cars, combined sewer overflow and SPU's latest project and election of new officers. Don't…MORE
Ampersand, a place like home
Wed, 10/10/12
Greenwood will be getting a new coffee place. And a pastry place. And a sandwich and soup place. And a place to buy local produce. And a specialty item place. And a place where you can just let loose and hang out on comfy couches.
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Leif Erikson today
Tue, 10/09/12
While feds and bankers were enjoying the day off yesterday on Columbus Day, we here in Ballard know very well that the real epitome of exploratory manliness is none other than Leif Erikson, who is regarded by many as the first European to have…MORE
Without 46 Route, residents look to alternatives
Fri, 10/05/12
Among the cuts that happened to transit on Saturday, Sept. 29, people who work and residents that live along Seaview Ave, between the Ballard Locks and Golden Gardens, may be left hanging.
That’s because the only bus line that serviced the…MORE
Car crashes into building at approx. 3:30 p.m.
Thu, 10/04/12
By Shane Harms
Thursday, Oct. 4, at approximately 3:30 p.m., at the intersection of 17th Ave NW and NW Market St in Ballard a car crashed into the the building residing on the south side of Market street between a vacant store and Beverly…MORE
Ballard B&GC host BBQ in honor of Hendricks, Brandenburg
Thu, 10/04/12
Haven't had a chance to say goodbye to Mark Hendricks or Kim Brandenburg yet? Next week is your chance.
The Ballard Boys and Girls Club is hosting the 8th annual barbecue and auction fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 12. The main purpose of the…MORE
New microgrant program will help people jumpstart parks projects
Thu, 10/04/12
Want to create a park? Or, at least, improve or maintain an existing one?
Thanks to a new microgrant program through Groundswell NW, which is funded by an anonymous donor, people can do just that, according to a press release.
The…MORE
Cautious support for phase two of rain garden program
Thu, 10/04/12
By Val Gilmore, UW News Lab
Andrew Lee, manager of Seattle Public Utilities, told a public meeting Tuesday night that his agency did not involve the community enough in last year’s rain-garden project. “Shame on us,” Lee said. “We were in…MORE
Praying for precipitation to kick start new rain garden
Wed, 10/03/12
By Elizabeth Wang
Though there wasn’t a cloud in sight, Trinity United Methodist Church celebrated the installation of its new rain garden, the largest, non-residential one of its kind, on Sept. 30.
Armed with scissors, a group of…MORE
