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Michael Harthorne
Mayor Mike McGinn discusses plans for Ballard light rail and a 14th Avenue park boulevard at Groundswell NW's annual meeting March 14.

McGinn talks green projects with Groundswell NW

Mayor Mike McGinn's question and answer session during the March 14 annual meeting of Groundswell NW, in which he touched on green infrastructure inside and outside of Ballard, began in what is becoming the typical style of all city representatives. More ›

Ballardites honored for service to the community

The Ballard District Council, with the help of Mayor Mike McGinn, honored six individuals from the neighborhood with the council's annual Community Service Awards at the March 10 council meeting.

Steve Cohn, a past president of the Ballard District Council, was given the award for his strategic advice and hands-on work with a variety of civic improvement projects in Ballard. More ›

Michael Harthorne
Kate Martin, a Greenwood citizen activist, warns of potential environmental damage from the new Fred Meyer development at a March 11 meeting.

New Fred Meyer gives residents a sinking feeling

Presentations by an architect, hydrogeologist and an engineer at a March 11 meeting did little to quell neighbors' fears that the construction of the new Greenwood Fred Meyer would have dire consequences on surrounding properties.

Half of the site for the new Fred Meyer at 100 N.W. 85th St. is located on a peat bog, one of the largest in the Seattle area. More ›

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