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It seems fitting that I spent the final days of the year poring over the archives of the Ballard News-Tribune, with particular attention to the years 1949 and 1967. It was last December when Mrs. Bertha Davis passed her thirty-five years of work…MORE

Finney, whose proper name is Huckleberry Finn, is a 10 year old yellow lab and he lives with Ann and Marty Ruybalid and their daughter Zia.

He's an outstanding runner, logging some 7 to 10 miles daily in Lincoln Park or Alki.

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Mountain 2 Sound Outfitters, the local ski and paddle boarding specialty store in West Seattle has just relaunched a new, redesigned website, www.shop.m2soutfitters.com The site features 331 products from ski boots to paddle boards. The site…MORE

Myrtle came in to my life in 1999 via a colleague who was moving to Minnesota and couldn’t take her with him. I already owned a cat and figured why not add another one to my household so they could be “friends.” That never happened, to no fault…MORE

Controversies continued in 2011.

Most of them were left over from years past or flared up one again such as Burien annexation and the SeaTac Elected Mayor Proposition.

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2011 has been a remarkable year and this community has seen some amazing events we will bring you next week in a year end review. But for now, whether you are home with family, enjoying some time off, sampling holiday goodies or just enjoying the…MORE

2011 has been a remarkable year and this community has seen some amazing events we will bring you next week in a year end review. But for now, whether you are home with family, enjoying some time off, sampling holiday goodies or just enjoying the…MORE

The ever-energetic 91 year-old Georgie Bright Kunkel has a crowded home. That's because the stand-up comedienne, book author, and West Seattle Herald columnist, has accumulated over 75 dolls, both during her childhood, and travels abroad. She has…MORE

With 2011 coming to a close, here's a look back at some of the most popular stories of the year. Big topics over the past year included the viaduct, the Occupy Movement, the homeless, new and closing businesses, and development.

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I dreamed I was sorting through a big box of Atlas palm gloves, the ones with Latex on one side. They were in all colors and sizes. It wasn’t hard to trace this dream to its point of origin: I had finally discovered Lummi Fisheries Supply, hiding…MORE