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The deadline to return ballots to a drop box is 8:00 p.m. today.

Mailed ballots must be postmarked no later than Election Day.

The Ballard dropbox is located across from the Ballard Library entrance on 5614 22nd Avenue NW.

After being in business for only four months, 5 Corner Market Bar & Kitchen closed its doors in April. Now, an auction in scheduled for Wednesday to sell of the gastropub's remaining appliances, dishware, and furniture.

Hosted by James…MORE

UPDATE:

It looks like there might be a happy ending to the vandalized tree incident at St Paul's. We received word that on Thursday, Nov 17, students from Ingraham High School's landscaping program will be planting new trees under the…MORE

In the last weeks Ballardites have joined Occupy Seattle in Westlake Park but now they're having one of their own.

Late Saturday afternoon a handful of people started gathering at Bergen Place for Occupy Ballard.

How long they'll…MORE

By Elizabeth Wang, UW News Lab

Arthur A. Levine, co-editor of the Harry Potter series visited Ballard’s Secret Garden Books on Nov. 2 to read from his new children’s book, “Monday is One Day.”

Parents, fellow authors and book nerds…MORE

Elections are just around the corner, Occupy Seattle is gaining momentum, and La Nina is coming.

How is the Council responding to Occupy Seattle? What is the Council going to do about the $578-million, 400-mile backlog of major street…MORE

The lull before the hectic holidays? The only events coming up this weekend that are likely to create heavy traffic are the University Of Washington Huskies Football pre-game rally on Friday night and the game on Saturday night.

However,…MORE

When longtime environmentalist David Ortman moved to the quiet neighborhood of Loyal Heights, the least he expected was that years later he would become engrossed with commercial airplanes.

"Flight traffic has increased significantly in…MORE

On Saturday, the Ballard Library will host Stokley Towles' "Stormwater: Life in the Gutter", a one-man performance that uncovers the world of urban rainfall and traces its travels from the clouds to the city’s streets, homes and businesses and…MORE

UPDATE:

The dead woman has been identified as Karen Lee Pedersen, 45, and the cause of her death has not yet been determined.

(Early reports stated it appeared to be a death by natural causes, but the Medical Examiners and Seattle…MORE