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The nature of a close community is that its members look out for one another, take care of each other and work together for the common good. West Seattle really is that kind of place. Its history, traditions, and the memories that keep them alive…MORE

Kate Farley, one of the prime organizers of the Barton Street P-Patch wants to start a new tradition. She started on Dec. 21, the shortest day and the longest night of the year, to light lumniaria in the garden. It's a way of announcing the…MORE

The West Seattle Cheerleaders will be holding a Mini Cheer Camp Saturday, January 5th in the West Seattle Gym from 10:00am to 1:00pm.  

K-5th grade kids will have a great time learning fun cheers and making crafts with the Westside…MORE

By Dusty Henry

Guitar feedback whirs from the stage as David Bazan stands with his back to the audience, looking at drummer Alex Westcoat and bassist Andy Fitts. After a couple beats, Bazan starts to play the plunking guitar melody of “…MORE

Aaron and Dana Clark got their dog Gansett three years ago in Florida where Aaron was stationed in the Coast Guard at Port Canaveral. They named her after another place he was stationed, Naragansett, Rhode Island.

Gansett is a Treeing…MORE

On Tuesday night, Dec. 18, Christmas music poured into the Ballard neighborhood as the Argosy Christmas Ship Festival visited the Ballard Locks, Golden Gardens and Shilshole Bay Marina.

The Ballard News-Tribune made a visit to Golden…MORE

Joined by the Dickens Carolers Choir, the Argosy Christmas Ship Festival will be making it's way around Ballard tonight.

The Argosy Christmas Ship festival is a holiday celebration that has been a Northwest tradition for 62 years. Its main…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

You know what I mean. Even before Thanksgiving the atmosphere is permeated with holiday music. I say holiday rather than Christmas because there are other celebrations during the dark season of the year. Can’t you…MORE

When I was a boy in Portland, Oregon, sometimes we got to go downtown at Christmas time where the Elks had rented the Hippodrome building and put on a big show for poor kids.

When it was over we lined up and each got a net stocking full of…MORE

Safeway Corporation has conducted Gingerbread House building competitions for kids in other areas and recently asked Jill Maas, the Admiral Safeway Deli Dept. Mgr. to find a school to participate in West Seattle. Naturally she chose Lafayette…MORE