Wacktastic winners

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...

Phinney Center gets insulation upgrade

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....
Arson mural to be unveiled Thursday

Arson mural to be unveiled Thursday

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...

Graffiti all over the neighborhood

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...
Armed robbery at Ballard Walgreens

Armed robbery at Ballard Walgreens

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,...