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The last two weeks have seemed like one long buffet table such that I stopped tracking anything else. Then at one party my friend and fellow freelance journalist Scott McCredie inadvertently jogged my memory about a calendar entry. He commented…MORE

Melissa Baldwin got her golden labrador retriever Georgia from a breeder in Orting, named For the Love of Labs 3 and a half years ago.

"We had a lab growing up, "Baldwin explained. "and I've always wanted one. She's a great companion,…MORE

The print deadline for calendar submissions is two weeks before the date of the event to be publicized. Email calendar@ballardnewstribune.com, or to get it posted online immediately, email anner@robinsonnews.com.

Breakfast &…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 his mother and life with his…MORE

David Rosen, of SlickPix Photography here in West Seattle, took advantage of our recent run of cold clear days to capture this outstanding photo of Mt. Rainier from Harbor Avenue, with Salty's at Alki Restaurant in the foreground.

For…MORE

While driving to a friend’s solstice gathering, my friend Vivien mused about the upcoming New Year. “I have a theory,” she said, “that whatever you do on New Years Eve is symbolic to how you’ll spend the rest of the year.” I thought back to how I…MORE

Angle Lake Manor Club in SeaTac held its 3rd annual "Polar Bear Plunge" at the Manor Club Private Beach at 10 a.m. sharp on New Year's morning. First Avenue Starbucks in Burien provided warm drinks. An "insignificant gift" was awarded to each…MORE

It was business as usual, except for one thing, during last year's "No Pants Light Rail Ride." The 2011 event is Sunday, Jan. 9. Participants are meeting at 3 p.m. at Seattle's Westlake Plaza. Once on the train, the pants come off for the ride to…MORE

The West Seattle Herald asked some fascinating folks about their New Years notions:

Pete Seazle, Reporter, West Seattle Funblog.

2010 was twice as good at 1005. I wasn’t alive then, but I’ve read things and it sounded pretty lame.…MORE

Machel Spence, a West Seattle photographer that the West Seattle Herald first told you about last March will be showing her world class photography of mushrooms and other fungi, all shot here locally at Coffee to a Tea with Sugar in the junction…MORE