Ballard News

Yulefest this weekend at the Nordic Herirage Museum

Submitted by Ray Marcham on Friday, November 20th, 01:51pm

It's a great way to get the holiday season started, as the Nordic Heritage Museum hosts Yulefest this weekend.

The festival will include singers, folk dancers, fiddlers, hand-crafted gifts from a number of vendors and food and drink at many locations in the museum.

Food & drink? Well, there's the Nordic Cafe, with traditional sandwiches and other foods; the Bodega, with beverages such as Glogg (think hot spiced wine) and Scandinavian beers; Goodies to Go, where you can get your favorite treats; and the Kaffestuga, selling coffee, cookies and pastries.

There's also children's crafts & activities (free!) and a visit from Santa himself!

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Warrant served at 8th & Leary; SWAT helps out

Submitted by Ray Marcham on Friday, November 20th, 09:41am

Did you see all that activity around 8th & Leary Thursday night?

Seattle police were serving an arrest warrant, and they were taking no chances. They closed off the area and brought in the SWAT team, including an armored vehicle, just in case.

The person they wanted eventually was arrested. The area reopened after a couple of hours.

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Design your new park

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Wednesday, November 18th, 09:59am

If you could have the park of your dreams, what would it look like?

Today, (Thursday, Nov. 19) Seattle Parks will host the first of three public meetings to help plan and design the new park at 9th Avenue NW park.

The meeting will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Whittier Elementary School, 1320 NW 75th St.

Parks staff will be collecting ideas and preferences for the new park.

The 39,000 square-foot property for the park was purchased with funding from the 2000 Pro Parks Levy.

It is being developed into a park with $800,000 from the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy.

At a second meeting, in December, a design team will present initial concepts so that people can comment on them. At the third meeting, the team will present a preferred design based on these comments.

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Video: Down n' dirty at the Ballard Locks

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Tuesday, November 17th, 01:17pm

The Army Corps. of Engineers has closed one of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks for maintenance-- scrubbing off barnacles and such-- and they invited us down there to check it out.

It's no place for claustrophobes, but fortunately KOMO photographer John Laarsgard is pretty much fearless.

The large lock will remain closed until 5 p.m. Nov. 25. The small lock is open for boats.

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Tonight: Get cash for your community project

Submitted by Ballard Gal on Tuesday, November 17th, 09:17am

Need help getting a neighborhood project off the ground? How about some money?

The City of Seattle has a fund set aside for that purpose. Find out how to access the Neighborhood Matching Fund tonight at 6 p.m. at the Ballard Library, 5614 22nd Ave NW.

The Neighborhood Matching Fund provides cash awards to neighborhood and community organizations for a wide variety of neighborhood-based projects.

Tonight, a representative from the Dept. of Neighborhoods will go over the new 2010 guidelines and applications for the fund, outreach strategies, and how to coordinate with city departments and agencies.

For more information: Garry Owens 206-684-0718 garry.owens@seattle.gov

The class is free. No registration is required.

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Remembering Seattle Firefighter Dave Jacobs

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Monday, November 16th, 11:15am

Seattle Fire Department Battalion Chief Dave Jacobs, shown here at a fire scene, died Nov. 8, surrounded by family at his Ballard home. He was 58. (Photo courtesy of Seattle Fire Lt. Mike Heaton)

A memorial event is being planned for early next month. Jacobs outlived his cancer diagnosis by more than a year.

He warned other firefighters about the health risks associated with the job. You can read more about Jacobs and his battle with cancer here.

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Nick and Nora's infinite weekend

Submitted by Amy Roe on Friday, November 13th, 12:49pm

At 3 p.m. tomorrow, (Saturday) David Levithan, author of "Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist" (supercute movie, but I haven't read the book) brings his new teen novel "Love is the Higher Law" to the Ballard Library, 5614 22nd Ave. N.W.

Free and open to the public. No registration required.

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Crown Hill is not above the law

Submitted by Ballard Gal on Friday, November 13th, 10:02am

They just need someone to help them understand it.

The Crown Hill Neighborhood Association is seeking a volunteer legal advisor to look at contracts n' stuff, less than 15 hours a week or so.

We've heard that many lawyers have some extra hours these days. Perhaps one of them would like to burnish the CV with some pro bono work?

Photo by CJ Sorg via Flickr.

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Neighborhood plan update meeting tonight

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Thursday, November 12th, 03:54pm

UPDATE: DPD tells me about 40 community members, Planning Commissioners and Neighborhood Planning Advisory Council representatives showed up for the final Status Report Meeting last night. You can get a Ballard/Crown Hill recap here.

There's still time to weigh in online. DPD includes your feedback in summaries of key neighborhood issues that will ultimately help the Mayor and Council make decisions about potential future neighborhood plan updates.

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Ballard Pool scheduled to re-open Nov. 29

Submitted by Ballard Gal on Thursday, November 12th, 10:38am

Workers are repairing broken pipe under the deck of the Ballard Pool, 1471 NW 67th St. All swim programs are canceled through the 29th, but participants will receive credit for canceled classes.

Provided the work is completed, the pool will re-open Nov 29.

A leak was discovered during maintenance. A contractor used a robotic camera to pinpoint the location of the leak, and is attempting to fix the leak without excavating the pool deck. (Fingers crossed!)

To check for the latest updates, call the pool at (206) 684-4094, or just go here.

Photo by Joe Shlabotnik via Flickr. It's the sign at the Eden House Hotel in Key West.