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If you haven't planned out a way to ring in the new year yet, check out the various New Year's Eve events in and around Ballard.

If you’re looking for a more casual night, check out these local favorites offering no cover charge:

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I need to clear my conscience before the end of the year because what happened has been weighing on me, and the others, for almost all of December.

On the first Saturday of December my friends and I hogged a table at Café Besalu and the…MORE

What kind of job would you imagine as ideal in one of the most ethnically diverse areas in the state? Jay Stratton has that kind of job. He has just hung his shingle out as an immigration attorney in White Center in an office on Roxbury Street.…MORE

Mama Cass can't sing but she's an eager and willing companion for Charlie Worsinske, especially when he goes to work. She loves to go with him. Cass is an Old English Sheepdog, is purebred and turned four years old in April.

"She was a…MORE


The Blue Glass
 704 NW 65th
 206-420-163 1
http://www.theblueglass.net/





The Blue Glass -- opened in early December in the spot on N.W. 65th Street that’s been empty for a while since the demise of the interesting but doomed Tiger Tail…MORE

The first time it occurred, I was riding in the backseat of a car. My mother was fiddling with the radio while my father drove. He likes to smoke while driving and fails to understand why we protest this behavior. “What?” he asks incredulously, “…MORE

The following is an excerpt from the autobiography of our Publisher, Jerry Robinson called "Listen to Your Father". At age 90 he is still actively writing and contributing to the newspapers. In this excerpt he recalls a boyhood memory and a deal…MORE

By Micah Summers Sometimes the coolest tools come in small packages. And sometimes the most valuable tools are not those that help create, but those that help undo. This week’s tool is both of these things: the screw extractor.

Anyone who…MORE

Dave Montoure, who owns the West 5 restaurant in the Junction, is the new President of the West Seattle Chamber of Commerce and the West Seattle Herald asked him to take a look at the year ahead, and to share his thoughts on the role of the…MORE

By Katy G. Wilkens, MS, RD

Holiday shopping doesn’t have to mean fighting crowds at the mall. You can make some great, healthy gifts from ingredients you probably have at home, or which might take one quick trip to your nearest grocery…MORE