Features

By Peggy Sturdivant

There is a “book row” taking shape (triangular) in Ballard between the historic Murphy Building and the finally reopened retail corner of 20th NW. The most visible businesses are All the Best Pet Care and Bauhaus Coffee…MORE

By Kathryn Hunter How about giving someone a tattoo as a gift? You don't have to be a sailor on leave or a criminal to get a tattoo. Now, they are routine embellishments for people of all ages on a more mainstream level.

A survey shows…MORE

The Argosy Cruises Christmas Ship came for a musical if fog cloaked visit to Salty's on Alki for the first time on Monday Dec. 16. An estimated crowd of 250 people gathered under tiki torches and enjoyed refreshments on the deck and patio at the…MORE

Deadline for receiving items for Community Calendar is 5 p.m. Wednesday for the following week’s Times/News. Events are published based on timeliness and space availability. Email submissions to: calendar@robinsonnews.comItems can be accepted…MORE

Doors open at 6:30 pm, movie at 7. Free admission. Volunteers will be selling popcorn, candy and other movie fare. Bring blankets and pillows or sit in our chairs. This is an all ages event. Bring your friends, family and neighbors.

Movie…MORE

It was my first Christmas as publisher of the White Center News and I had this great idea for decorating the business district. I would go from store to store in downtown along 16th SW and get the merchants to help get the town in a holiday mood…MORE

By Cindi Rinehart

All of my life people have said to me, “Cindi, you’re so funny or Cindi, you’re crazy.” Well, not only have I been struck by lightening not once, but twice! That alone could account for why folks think I’m a little “off…MORE

The Argosy Cruises Christmas Ships have been a tradition around the Puget Sound area for years and regularly visit West Seattle shores. On Monday night, Dec. 16 they will make their first stop at Salty's on Alki.

They should begin around 9…MORE

Ballard seems to have always had a different way of doing things, for good or ill.

Newspapers of Ballard are not exempt. Even the Ballard News Tribune has suffered and relished its own oddities. Media itself has changed, but the bottom…MORE

Warren Aakervik is a calculating man. He is a community man. More importantly, he is a problem solver.

The Ballard News Tribune visited him at his family business, Ballard Oil, for coffee as the sun rose over the docks and explored…MORE