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He has strode the halls of power and stood outside the oval office, dealt with some of the biggest names of our time, worked in high tech and followed many paths yet Geoffrey Abdian never found fulfillment until now, here in the West Seattle…MORE

In every attic and spare room across the country there are dozens of photo albums, 8mm movies reels, color slides and letters detailing lives lived. It is true in Burien too. What can be lost is the narrative that goes with those pictures. Thanks…MORE

At the southern end of the South Seattle Community College campus a group of volunteers was working Wednesday Sep. 29 to save the earth with charcoal.

If that seems like a far fetched goal, the threads of the story behind what they were…MORE

Two days after having sex, I announced to my then husband, “I’m pregnant, and it’s a girl.”

He laughed and said, “Yeah right. It took years to conceive our son.”

This is true, but nine months later our daughter was born.

I…MORE

The $100,000-plus Tesla electric car featured in the West Seattle Herald’s Sept. 17 issue, “Battery-powered car sparks interest on Alki” also sparked sticker shock responses from our readership expressing interest in the green environmental…MORE

As a dedicated Ballardite, I often brag about how lucky I am to live in a place that truly has something for everyone when the sun goes down: a movie theater, sports bars, great happy hours, live music, restaurants of every kind, delicious street…MORE

Seattle Civic Dance Theater Family Fun Night Fauntleroy Community Center 9131 California Ave. S.W. (entrance on Director St.) Friday, Oct. 1. Free event. There will be a sock hop with music by Paul Thompson, DJ on Star 101.5. Also a silent…MORE

Look out, concerned citizens of America! It will corrupt your children, tear your family apart, endanger innocent civilians, even make you sell your babies! It's Reefer Madness!

Burien Little Theatre celebrates its 30th birthday with a…MORE

It was a festive weekend in Burien and Des Moines.

The four-day Octoberfest in Burien included a full carnival, rhythm and blues performances, a walk to aid the women's homeless shelter at Lake Burien Presbyterian Church, a beer and wine…MORE

The first time I met Gertrude Finney she was on her hands and knees and they were all dirty. It was in the early fifties.

She and my wife were planting petunias or pansies in the middle of downtown White Center.

County Councilman Ed…MORE