There are three terrific events on the calendar for this Saturday evening, and all three of them are helping good neighborhood causes. The first is the Empty Bowls fundraiser for the Ballard Food Bank. For a minimum donation of $10, you’ll select a unique, hand-crafted bowl created by a local artist and sit down for …
In an effort to divert 60 percent of waste to recycling or composting by 2012, the city is making changes to garbage collection. Starting next week, the city will be taping notices to your garbage can outlining the changes that begin on March 30th. One of the big changes will be your garbage day. The …
Today’s the last day to submit an application with the city to request funding for small-scale (up to $90K per project) street or parks improvements. Some examples of funded projects in Ballard over the last couple years include traffic circles, sidewalk repair and speed bumps.
Email warnings are circulating around Ballard about another reported sighting of a man who matches the description of a level 3 sex offender. A parent reported seeing the man one block away from Loyal Heights Elementary. Parent-teacher groups from Loyal Heights, Whittier Elementary and Adams Elementary as well as the principal at Salmon Bay have …
As planned, SDOT has begun installing pay parking meters in Fremont. The electronic meters cover 70 parking spots in Fremont’s business core — the first paid parking to come to the neighborhood — and new parking restrictions are taking effect in surrounding streets. Fremont Universe has the details.
A large crowd packed Calvary Lutheran Church on Thursday night to hear about a controversial plan to move an emergency shelter of 20 homeless men into the vacant facility as early as this Saturday. Our Redeemer’s Pastor Steve Grumm, whose church merged with Calvary Lutheran last year, led the discussion with neighbors and 7 members …
Updated: A woman walking her dog at Golden Gardens Park Thursday morning discovered a body face down the sand at Meadow Point, Seattle Police say. Detectives first treated the death as suspicious, but the medical examiner’s office has since ruled it a suicide. She was a 34-year-old woman.
Just a reminder that neighbors near Calvary Lutheran Church on 23rd Ave. and 70th St. are invited to attend a public meeting tonight about a homeless shelter that’s moving into the facility. The meeting begins at the church at 7 p.m., and the SHARE shelter is expected to open as early as this Saturday.
9 a.m. update: About an inch of snow fell between 4 and 6 a.m., delaying Seattle Public Schools by two hours and throwing a wrench into the morning commute. Most of Ballard’s roadways remain clear, but My Ballard readers reported numerous delays with Metro buses in the neighborhood. “The 46 never showed up and the …
Hollywood Video on 15th just south of Market is closing. The liquidation sale started today. Everything in the store is currently 20% off the sticker price as they try to sell everything before the March 26th closing date. (Thanks Benton for the tip!)
Ballard’s newest sushi restaurant is one step closer to opening. Brown paper still covers the windows, but the sign is now up at O’Shan Sushi on 24th Ave NW. This will be the third sushi restaurant to open in Ballard since September. Shiku opened first along Ballard Ave, followed by Moshi Moshi which opened earlier …
In last week’s batch of police reports, we discovered two cases of stolen lawn statues in Ballard. And this week, My Ballard reader sjblackford says someone stole a concrete gargoyle waterspout named “Spewie” (pictured) from the end of their driveway on 8th Ave. “It was attached very securely and ‘permanently,’” she said in an email. …