Joseph Skillings, who was attacked while he attempted to call 911 to help a woman in distress, is gradually improving at Harborview Medical Center. “With help, Mr. Skillings sat on […]
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Ballard teacher attacked for calling 911
A teacher from Adams Elementary School is in serious condition after trying to help a woman who was being harrassed by some guy at a Capitol Hill bus stop. Joseph […]
Ballard woman groped by taxi driver
Fresh from the Ballard police reports: a woman who had a little too much to drink called a cab to take her home. The friendly cabbie offered to walk her […]
Justice, finally, for murdered Ballard girl
Nearly three decades ago, 15-year-old Sara Beth Lundquist got off a bus at 85th St. and 24th Ave. to walk home after watching a movie with a friend. She was […]
Wheelchair road rage in Ballard
Some of Ballard’s most interesting news comes from the Ballard paper’s “cops” page. For example, this week we have a woman driving a 2002 Audi who admits she “may” have […]
Even the homeless here are techies
Ballard sure is changing. We’re going from the lutefisk-eating, blond-braid-wearing Scandahoovians (as my grandma says) to “a bunch of wealthy people who work in the information industry,” jokes John Keister […]
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