Three quilters from Gee’s Bend, AL, an African-American community internationally known for its quilts, visited Taproot Theatre for a post-play discussion Wednesday night. (Photo by Liz Ragland.) Left to right: actor Geoffery Simmons, director Karen Lund,...
From the Seattle Police Department blotter: On 02/20/09 at 2:40 a.m., an employee of a business in the 6700 block of Greenwood Avenue N. was leaving the bar after closing time. She was carrying the day’s receipts in a bank bag. As she turned to lock up the front...
You may remember that Amazon Fresh recently had a voting contest to see which new neighborhood in the city would receive its grocery delivery service. Ravenna won that vote, with the 98117 zip code covering Ballard and parts of Phinney a close second. Today, Amazon...
KING 5 reports that Woodland Park Zoo was on lockdown this morning after a DeBrazza monkey escaped from his outdoor exhibit. Zoo staff escorted visitors out as a precaution and set up a safe perimeter. The lockdown ended at about 11:30 a.m. Update 3 p.m.: This is a...
Four units remain for sale in the Fini condos at 68th & Greenwood, and three of them have been drastically reduced in price. The 912-square-foot, one-bedroom model home on the top floor was originally priced at $539,990, but has been slashed to $399,990. Another...
The 6010 Phinney Ave. N. project is now posted on the Department of Planning & Development’s website for review. The 23-page report is what Kilburn Architects will present at the final design review meeting at 6:30 Monday night at Ballard High School’s...
MyBallard reports that the Take 5 Urban Market at 8th Ave NW and NW 70th St. is now open for business. They had a “soft opening” on Tuesday. Take 5 has all the grocery basics, including produce, plus sandwiches, soup, coffee and wine. They plan to...
Makeda Coffee hosted a meeting last night to discuss the rash of break-ins at neighborhood businesses. KING 5 reporter Owen Lei had a report just after the meeting wrapped up last night. A representative from Seattle Police Crime Prevention talked to the group about...
Seattle Police are attributing a string of break-ins in Greenwood and Ballard to the two people arrested at a motel on Greenlake Way earlier this week, according to a report. The man, a alleged methamphetamine addict, confessed to 30 burglaries during the last six...
Here’s something I missed from last week, when the governor released her report to streamline state government to save money: Greenwood is one of the 25 Department of Licensing offices that will close around the state. That will leave just 41 DOL offices...