It’s clean-up time for the Ballard Bridge. The Graffiti Rangers plan to remove graffiti from the underside of the bridge on Saturday, Aug. 29 from 7:30 a.m. until no later than 3:30 p.m. Sidewalks will remain open, but the right-hand lanes, both…MORE
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Column-writing and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Sun, 08/23/15
By Amanda Knox
As I take up the reins of Kyra-lin Hom’s weekly column, I am riding a warm wave of romanticism after reading the story of another columnist of a local paper, albeit a fictional one—the unnamed protagonist of Gabriel Garcia…MORE
Seattle Preschool Program sending out acceptance letters today
Fri, 08/21/15
Parents who applied for the first round of openings for the Seattle Preschool Program (SPP) are being notified today whether their children have been accepted to enroll for fall classes. Families will be receiving notification via e-mail and…MORE
Crowd gathered at mayor’s public meeting for homeless encampment in Ballard
Fri, 08/14/15
North Seattle residents and citizens from as far as Kent gathered at Leif Erikson Hall August 12 for a public meeting hosted by the Office of the Mayor to discuss the proposed homeless encampment at 2826 NW Market Street.
The meeting was…MORE
Encampment work shut down after accident, power outage
Fri, 08/14/15
Seattle City Light has shut down the environmental remediation work at the homeless encampment site at 2826 NW Market Street in order to investigate the cause of the accidental power outage that occurred yesterday afternoon.
According to…MORE
Encampment remediation causes power outage, 1800 residents affected
Thu, 08/13/15
By Shane Harms
At approximately 1p.m. today Seattle City Light crews struck a power line underneath the homeless encampment site on NW Market Street.
According to Seattle City Light, crews started the environmental remediation and…MORE
Mayor skips homeless encampment meeting to attend winery opening
Thu, 08/13/15
By Shane Harms
Mayor Ed Murray was not in attendance at the public meeting for the Ballard Homeless Encampment that was held last night at the Leif Erikson Hall at 6:30 p.m.
Where was he? He opted to attend the Grand Opening of Jet…MORE
Update: Suicide victim found north of Golden Gardens Park
Thu, 08/13/15
Update 1:10 p.m. August 14
Seattle Police have confirmed that the suicide victim was not actually deceased and that she will recover from her injuries.
She was rushed to Harborview Medical Center where her injuries were treated.…MORE
At Large In Ballard: It Takes a Colony
Wed, 08/12/15
By Peggy Sturdivant
Especially during the summer months they are everywhere, foraging for goods, leaving trails for one another, building cooperative colonies. I’m not just talking pavement ants. I’m referring to the burgeoning number of…MORE
City warns neighbors of harmful dust during homeless camp remediation
Tue, 08/11/15
Yesterday Seattle City Light started the remedial work to clean contaminants from the proposed transitory homeless site at 2826 NW in Ballard. Leading up to starting the work, the City sent letters to neighbors warning them to cover their gardens…MORE
