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By Susan Alotrico

Susan is a Ballard resident but currently traveling and volunteering in Nepal. She recently returned from volunteering for the PeaceCops in Thailand in 2012 to 2015.

There are so many unsung heros delivering…MORE

by Michele Smith    Smarty Pants Michelle Braasch and Tim Ptak, owners of Smarty Pants restaurant and bar in Georgetown and the restaurant Hudson on E. Marginal Way are busy remodeling the space behind the Grand Central Bakery to bring a new…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD Nutrition and fitness manager, Northwest Kidney Centers

Spring is here! With all the green growth happening, it’s time to stop using dried herbs and concentrate on fresh ones! Fresh herbs have a brightness and…MORE

(Seattle—May 20, 2015) –Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s busiest time of the year, the summer travel season, kicks into high gear this Memorial Day holiday weekend. Travelers can expect over half a million passengers to pass through Sea-Tac…MORE

Rebecca Woodhouse Allard, a printmaker who works in carved linoleum and rubber, will be the featured artist for Burien Arts Gallery’s June exhibit.

Explains Rebecca, “I carve words into linoleum and rubber. I hand press my work, layering…MORE

From an estate garden, to a native plant haven, to a property dedicated to sustainable gardening practices, and more – the six gardens featured on the 2015 Highline Garden Tour showcase an inspiring range of horticultural features and cultivation…MORE

By Pat Cashman

Small towns come in all sizes: Teeny to teeny-weeny; bitty to itty-bitty; eentsy-weentsy to itsy-witsy. The one I grew up in was more on the dinky side---and while it gained some population through the years, it never…MORE

By Gwen Davis

It was uncovered recently that Peter Petrasek and his wife Joan, West Seattle residents, willed their estate to “the United States of America.” In their wills, a cashier’s check for $847,215.57 was made out to the Department…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

In my graduate degree program, I've been studying topics like national, domestic and homeland security – you know, light reading. So far the only truth that holds across all of these fields is that the nuances are complex,…MORE

By Amanda Knox

West Seattlite Wonder Russell's new short film See You On the Other Side is about a depressed, reclusive, recently-widowed young woman who attempts to bring her dead husband back to this side of life by any means necessary…MORE