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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

I was in the jams and jellies section of the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair when my cell phone rang. My mother had a third prize ribbon for her beach plum jelly, although a judge had mysteriously written, “Excellent grape!” on it.

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As the new school year resumes, the cycle of intergenerational friendships continues between Holy Family Parish Middle School students and those lunching at the White Center Salvation Army Senior Center. The 6th, 7th and 8th grade classes…MORE

Explorer West Middle School head, Evan Hundley, has experienced a pride-filled start of the new school year with a promise of good things to follow.

September 18 he helped dedicate the former High Point Playfield, renamed for his father,…MORE