October is International Walk to School Month and on Wednesday, October 5, more than a thousand schools across the world participated in Walk to School events.
More than 50 schools across Washington State held special Walk to School…MORE
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Winner of WSDOT contest to get exclusive access to the Alaskan Way Viaduct
Wed, 10/05/11
What would you do if you had the Alaskan Way Viaduct all to yourself for 30 minutes, free of cars and people? Maybe celebrate a birthday, propose to your significant other or stage a flash mob?
That’s what the Washington State Department…MORE
REVERB music festival to take over Ballard this Saturday
Wed, 10/05/11
Seattle Weekly's fifth annual REVERB Local Music Festival will take over downtown Ballard this Saturday, October 8.
Seven stages will host 70 of Seattle’s premiere bands and musicians and eight musicians for over 10 hours of…MORE
Slideshow: Leif Erikson Hall celebrates 25 years
Tue, 10/04/11
It's been 25 years since the Leif Erikson Hall was built on NW 57th Street and it has since hosted many meetings and socials, dinners and bazaars, performances and classes.
Celebrated as the Leif Erikson Lodge's greatest achievement to…MORE
Good citizen honored for stopping Ballard ATM thief
Tue, 10/04/11
SPD recently honored King County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Ben Carr for his bravery and fortitude in stopping a suspect in an ATM robbery that happened in Ballard this past summer.
In June, a man in a ski mask took money from a woman at…MORE
Library closed on Thursday morning
Tue, 10/04/11
On Thursday, Oct. 6, a locations of the Seattle Public Library will be closed in the morning.
Due to an all-staff meeting, the Library won't open until 1 p.m.
For more information about library hours. visit http://www.spl.org/…MORE
Seattle Parks, Carkeek Watershed group celebrate 1972 Clean Water Act
Mon, 10/03/11
The Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Carkeek Watershed Community Action Project (CWCAP) will celebrate the Clean Water Act, signed into law on October 18, 1972 with a special event on October 15.
The federal Environmental Protection…MORE
Amanda Knox declared NOT guilty
Mon, 10/03/11
Nearly 11 hours following Amanda Knox's impassioned plea for freedom, which she gave in front of the courtroom, the same courtroom that convicted her of murdering Meredith Kercher nearly two years ago, she was freed. She could now return to her…MORE
Ballard author makes publishing debut with a young adult novel about a futuristic civil war
Mon, 10/03/11
By Theresa Edwards, Intern
Ballard author Jeffrey David Payne made his publishing debut in mid-September with a novel titled "Far From the War".
Aimed at young adults, the book chronicles the adventures of a teenage girl who finds…MORE
Weekend activities feature football, food, and more food
Fri, 09/30/11
Friday, September 30, a throng of at least a thousand new and returning University of Washington students are expected at the annual “welcome back” sidewalk celebration on University Way called “Up Your Ave” which features food and fun. The…MORE
