Seven students in the Ballard High School Video Production Program were winners at this year's regional Emmy awards.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences gives High School Awards of Excellence to recognize the best in…MORE
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Fremont Fair celebrates the Freedom to be Peculiar
Wed, 06/06/12
By Raechel Dawson, UW News Lab
The summer solstice is just around the corner, which means that Fremont is the place to be this weekend for the annual Fremont Fair and the popular Solstice parade.
The annual fair celebrates the…MORE
Thórarinsdóttir installations opens at Westlake Park and the Nordic Heritage Museum today
Wed, 06/06/12
Twenty-six life-size human sculptures of cast iron and aluminum will be revealed at Westlake Park today. Titled "Borders", the installation by Icelandic sculptor Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir will be one of two cross-town exhibitions opening today.…MORE
SDOT invites public to engage in the Seattle Bicycle Master Plan update process
Tue, 06/05/12
To help further enhance cycling in Seattle, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has officially launched the 2012 Bicycle Master Plan (BMP) update project.
Scheduled to be updated after five years, the BMP has been effective at…MORE
TONIGHT free performance: Open Rehearsal, Gilbert & Sullivan Society at Crown Hill Center
Tue, 06/05/12
TONIGHT, 7:00 p.m., FREE:
You are cordially invited to an Open Rehearsal by the Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society at Crown Hill Center
IOLANTHE or the Peer and the Peri
Tonight, Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 7 p.m.
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Councilmember Bagshaw's 16 steps toward public safety
Tue, 06/05/12
In a recent blog post, city councilmember Sally Bagshaw penned 16 bullet points that we collectively can do for public safety.
"I am deeply saddened by the shootings in Seattle. All of them. The ones that occurred months ago; the ones…MORE
Mapping out a sustainable future: Salish Sea Trading Cooperative is powered by wind, tide, and a boatload of passionate volunteers
Tue, 06/05/12
On Saturday, Salish Sea Trading Cooperative held a Skipper and Crew Kick-Off party at the Ballard Library to celebrate the start of their third season.
Salish Sea Trading Cooperative, a Ballard grassroots non-profit, relies on wind and…MORE
Traffic Alert: Daytime lane closures on N 85th St between Greenwood Ave N and Aurora Ave N
Tue, 06/05/12
SDOT will reduce travel lanes on N 85th Street to a single lane in the east- and westbound directions from 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to saw cut the north side of the existing roadway.
This work is part of the N/NW 85th Street and Greenwood Ave N…MORE
Emerald City Wanderers celebrate the Summer Solstice with a Ballard walk
Mon, 06/04/12
The Emerald City Wanderers will celebrate Midsummer Night and the Summer Solstice with a walk in Ballard.
Sponsored by the Emerald City Wanderers and sanctioned by the American Volkssport Association, the early evening walk is a free event…MORE
Legislative session offered challenges, historic accomplishments
Mon, 06/04/12
By Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles
On April 11th, the Legislature adjourned what was without doubt one of the most trying but rewarding sessions in memory.
During the last weeks of session, the Senate Republicans were able to push through a…MORE
