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Tuesday May 13, the Assistance League of Seattle presented 26 Whitman Middle students with summer camp scholarships in the library of the school.

In total the ALS awarded 52 applicants in grades six to 11 in the district and 40 students…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

Terry at Tup Tim Thai restaurant on lower Queen Anne was one of those of people who could greet you by name even if you hadn’t crossed the threshold in years. For almost a decade the view from my fourth floor office was…MORE

Erik Ronning, riding his tractor ‘Bjorn Deere," geared up for the 17th of May Parade at the Nordic Heritage Museum with his family.

He said, "Every year my family provides the mini train to the museum so we can give kids rides and have…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

For some reason I have always found humor everywhere. Luckily my late husband had a great sense of humor and that was what interested me in my new fellow. Everywhere that we go my fellow has a new joke up his…MORE

By Peggy Studivant

I drive past the house near the Ballard Bridge where Edith Macefield lived until her death almost every day, but I haven’t really looked at it in years. I remember her blue car parked in front, the one just like my…MORE

By Shin Yu Pai

I walk by the non-descript office tucked upstairs from the Ballard Health Club (BHC) countless times before discovering it’s home to Ki Bodyworks, a vibrant massage therapy and nutrition practice run by Ballard business…MORE

By Emile Monte

Grand Marshall Marit Kristiansen and Honorary Marshalls Mari-Ann Kind Jackson and Warren Aakervik have much in common: Norwegian heritage, roots in the Ballard community, ongoing social service, and a humble wonderment over…MORE

This year’s 17th of May festival is going to be one to remember because it marks the 200th anniversary of the Norwegian Constitution and also the 125th year the parade has been celebrated in Ballard.

To celebrate the event the Norwegian…MORE

By Kelsey K. Larson

The city of Seattle, Wash., like most major U.S. cities, is made up of a diverse patchwork of immigrants. It doesn’t matter when they arrived or where they came from; what all these groups have in common is the passing…MORE

By: Christy Wolyniak

Ink. It can stain both a person’s skin and their reputation forever, but for two local film artists, it is the theme for a hilarious dark comedy about how plans can get out of hand, messy, and downright lethal.