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West Seattle's housewares and more store J.F. Henry just on the north west side of the Junction will have a very special guest this Saturday, December, 7th from 10am to 1pm. Bring the little ones and say hello to Santa and have your picture…MORE

UPDATE Dec. 6 Firefly Creperie asked the Herald to announce that they were seeking a family to "adopt" for the holiday season, meaning they would focus gift giving on a certain family in need through their own contributions and that of their in…MORE

The sixth annual Grab a Tag Hotwire Pet Giving Tree is back for the holiday season and it's the dynamic duo of Hotwire online coffee and Furry Face Foundation who ask you to help them out with a "gift of food and warmth" through Dec. 31.

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Opera singer, José Iñiguez, is set to perform for the holidays in West Seattle at the Seattle Parks Dakota Place on December 28 from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. It will be a catered by Grazie Restourante.

Iñiguez has launched a state-wide tour…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

We were supposed to be discussing the upcoming Santa Breakfast but Ballard Senior Center Director Carlye Teel and I were temporarily distracted by her $33,000 deficit. Carlye looked uncharacteristically worn.

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By Marjorie Young

One of the most fascinating aspects of my psychic work is that I am often the recipient of tidings aimed not at my clients, but rather those in their circle; friends, loved ones, work-place acquaintances. Though I am in…MORE

West Seattle author Nicole Hardy will meet and greet the public in the next meeting of the Southwest Historical Society "Words, Writers & West Seattle" series, with a presentation on her funny, intimate and thoughtful memoir, Confessions of a…MORE

By Kathryn Hunter

Frank Gross loves guitars.

Influenced by his late father, also a musician, Frank involved himself in rock music. His knowledge of vintage guitars began while working for Guitar Center and later managing Emerald…MORE

It does not seem so long ago that I left my job as a test electrician at Boeing (they went on strike) in 1946.

Curly Witherbee, shop foreman, said we'd be back in three weeks.

Six months later they were still "out" and I needed…MORE

The members of the Barton Street P-Patch were staying warm and baking bread on Saturday, Nov. 30 when they fired up Seattle's only community Pizza/Bread oven at the P-Patch at the corner of 34th S.W. and S.W. Barton Street.

Architect and…MORE