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• Big turnout expected for Turkey Trot

  
  My Ballard — Authority: 573
  Thanksgiving morning is the 3rd Annual Turkey Trot and it’s going to be a record-breaker! More than 700 participants are pre-registered for the 5k run/jog/walk which raises money for the Ballard Food Bank.. Given that only a couple hundred people participated last year, organizers were hoping for 500 participants ...
  15 hours ago

• Dental office burglary suspect sought

  
  My Ballard — Authority: 573
  Remember that recent string of area dental office burglaries  where someone was stealing dental gold and drugs? Well now the Seattle Police Department has named a suspect: 26-year-old Shane L. Carlson. Police say he’s the prime suspect in burglaries stretching from North and West Seattle, to Bothell, Shoreline ...
  18 hours ago

• BHS marching band to kick off holiday season

  
  My Ballard — Authority: 573
  The Ballard High School marching band will help Seattle kick off the holiday season at the Macy’s 24th Annual Holiday Parade in downtown. “Calling all Beavers to wear your Red and Black and find a spot on the parade route to cheer our great Ballard High School Marching Band, always a crowd favorite at the Macy’s ...
  1 day ago

• Fresh Flours opens this weekend

  
  My Ballard — Authority: 573
  Back in September we wrote about Fresh Flours expanding from Phinney Ridge to Old Ballard. Well, the time has come for the boutique pastry shop to open their doors. This Saturday help them celebrate from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 5313 Ballard Ave NW. They’ll be giving out free cookies and all coffee drinks are just $1.
  1 day ago

• Ballard Senior Center selling Taproot tickets

  
  My Ballard — Authority: 573
  Before the arsonist struck Central Greenwood in October, heavily damaging the Taproot Theatre, the Ballard Senior Center bought the December 1st show of Taproot’s “ It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play ” as a fundraiser. After the fire, Taproot found a temporary home at the North Seattle Community ...
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• Bear, cougar and now a coyote in Magnolia

  
  My Ballard — Authority: 573
  The bear swam to Ballard . The cougar got caught in Discovery Park. And now a coyote is making various appearances in Magnolia. Our sister site, MagnoliaVoice, is posting photos from neighbors, like this one: “It is good sized, appears healthy and doesn’t appear to be the least bit skittish about humans ...
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• Ballard Green Streets wins $1.5 million in funding

  
  My Ballard — Authority: 573
  Back in May, we told you about a Seattle Public Utilities proposal called “Ballard Green Streets” to create green spaces in the planter strips between the sidewalk and the street to reduce stormwater pollution. Today, Governor Gregoire approved $1.5 million in funding for the project. The project includes the ...
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• Sign your kids up for Holiday Hoops Camp

  
  My Ballard — Authority: 573
  The long holiday break is just around the corner. If you’re looking for something to keep your kids busy, the Ballard Boys and Girls Club is throwing a Holiday Hoops Camp for kids in 2nd to 8th grade. The camp runs 9 a.m. to noon from December 21st through the 23rd, and registration is open now. The cost is $65. ...
  2 days ago

• Talking About Practice: Episode 3

  
  Hardwood Paroxysm — Authority: 661
  Speaking of “The Art of a Beautiful Game” … Chris Ballard, the author of said book and a journalist for Sports Illustrated, was nice enough to join me for Episode 3 of my Talking About Practice podcast. I actually wasn’t even aware that Matt Moore would be taking such an in-depth look at Ballard’s book and ...
  2 days ago

• Woman stabbed while walking in Crown Hill

  
  My Ballard — Authority: 573
  A woman walking in the 9000 block of Holman Road near Mary Ave. was stabbed by an unknown assailant last night, Seattle Police say. The weapon was a small pocket knife, and fortunately her injuries were not critical. My Ballard reader Silver posted the incident in the forum last night, and today police released ...
  2 days ago

• Ballard Food Bank looking for T-Day donations

  
  My Ballard — Authority: 573
  We received a desperate plea this morning from Nancy McKinney, executive director of the Ballard Food Bank, “We have almost no turkeys to hand out this week.” Twenty minutes later she called back with a tone of relief saying the North Helpline in Lake City will be sending down 100 turkeys for the Ballard Food ...
  3 days ago

• City gives Avalon Ballard official approval

  
  My Ballard — Authority: 573
  Avalon Ballard, the 233-unit apartment complex replacing Sunset Bowl, received its final clearance today from the City of Seattle. Avalon Ballard at Market St. and 14th Ave. won design approval in April . Today, the city officially signed off on the design and concluded the project will not have any negative ...
  3 days ago

• Holidays in Ballard looking for volunteers

  
  My Ballard — Authority: 573
  Tis the season for Santa, holiday decor and shopping locally. After the summer’s Tuesdays in Ballard campaign (which Seattle Magazine called the best effort to shop locally), the In Ballard Merchants Association is once again reminding folks of the great eats, drinks and shops in Ballard. This winter they’re ...
  3 days ago

• MOTOWN RECORDS = $800 & A DREAM!!

  
  Jacky Jasper's Diary of a Hollywood Street King — Authority: 148
  Tweet This Story! Did you know that 50 years ago, Berry Gordy founded Motown Records with an eight-hundred-dollar bank loan? Today, Berry Gordy has a net worth of about $350 million. Gordy is a living example of a man who created something out of nothing, and is laughing all the way to the bank. He even ...
  3 days ago

• The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard, in One Volume

  
  WEALTH OF IDEAS — Authority: 120
  At 1196 pages, The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard has to be the longest short story collection I have ever read. It contains 94 stories, and comes at a time of renewed interest in the short story. I am going to review this book for the Sacramento or San Francisco Book Review , but for now, here are some details ...
  3 days ago

• Windy weather, lots of snow in the mountains

  
  My Ballard — Authority: 573
  Ballard felt its fair share of wind this weekend. My Ballard reader Silver snapped this photo of a branch down in front of Bike Sport on 24th Ave. Up in the mountains, Snoqualmie Pass has seen 70 inches of snow, compared 5 inches last year at this time. Looking ahead to Thanksgiving, forecasters say they don’t ...
  3 days ago

• Triple J names new breakfast team

  
  mUmBRELLA — Authority: 703
  Triple J has promoted Tom Ballard and Alex Dyson to present its flagship breakfast programme, making them what is believed to be the youngest breakfast team in the country.   They will move from their weekend breakfast slot to take on the 6-9am weekday shift from January 11 next year. They will replace Robbie, ...
  3 days ago

• Leafs Yearn For Ballard’s Return: European Experiment A Bust In Toronto?

  
  T.O. Sports — Authority: 146
  by Louis “King of Roncesvalles” Pisano… To say Harold Ballard wasn’t liked by everyone might be an understatement. When I skimmed over the players, even after the influx of European talent that began flooding the NHL in his later years, he stood stead fast with his beliefs of drafting mostly Canadian ...
  4 days ago

• Scenes from the Ballard Jazz Walk

  
  My Ballard — Authority: 573
  A good crowd attended the Ballard Jazz Walk Friday night, enjoying 18 bands across 12 venues in Old Ballard and Market St. This is Todd Bishop’s Art Pop 4 playing at Resolution Audio. And the McTuff Trio heating things up at the Lock & Keel. Photos by Luke McGuff, and you can see many more on on his ...
  4 days ago

• The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard

  
  #1 Books Read All — Authority: 146
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