Greenwood spent the morning putting aside the evilness of this year’s months-long arson spree and instead focused on the good – community, caring neighbors, and talented individuals donating their time to clean up the neighborhood. The unveiling of the...
The organizers of the neighborhood Wacktastic Holiday Light Show have been so busy with the holidays, they finally just had time to send us pictures and the list of winners, which were awarded on Dec. 20. The winner of the community voting, with 883 votes, was Toby...
Saturday morning’s Ridge Romp concert at the Phinney Center promises to be one of the best yet, with Caspar Babypants, aka Chris Ballew, lead singer of the bouncey 90’s band Presidents of the United States of America. For just three bucks a person, you get...
I drove through downtown Greenwood late this morning and happened to see the new mural being installed in front of the arson site next to Taproot Theatre. As soon as they were done, they covered it in black plastic to prepare for tomorrow’s unveiling at 11 a.m....
The new Couth Buzzard Books Espresso Buono Cafe at 8310 Greenwood Ave. N. had hoped to have its grand opening party on Jan. 9, but they just changed it to Saturday, Jan. 16. The celebration lasts all day, with food and entertainment. Come on by and check out our new...
The Phinney Neighborhood Center is adding insulation to the walls of the Blue Building, and as part of the process they took infrared images of the inside of the walls Tuesday morning. Brent Foster with Northwest Infrared LLC came up from Olympia with his equipment....
The mural going in at the site of the largest arson fire in Greenwood will be unveiled at 11 a.m., Thursday. Here’s the press release from Taproot Theatre: SEATTLE – December 29, 2009 – Taproot Theatre Company and Seattle Mural Art will unveil the mural created...
We’ve received several emails from artman1951 about a rash of graffiti along Greenwood Avenue. He says the graffiti escalated since schools went on holiday break. He says the graffiti has shown up on the sides of Greenwood Hardware, Fiber Gallery, Strut, the...
Our sister site MyBallard reports that an armed man robbed the Ballard Walgreens at NW 15th Ave. and Market Street about 6:45 this morning. The man apparently robbed the pharmacy. The 5′10″ suspect is wearing all black, with black sweats, black backpack, black hoodie,...
Cindy Potter, head of the volunteer neighborhood watch group Greenwood Aurora Involved Neighbors (GAIN), has been named to Mayor-Elect Mike McGinn’s Police Chief Search Committee. You can find a full list of search committee members here. The search committee...