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This month Hank Bakken turns 90. Though he no longer builds remarkable houses, this modest Burien man has lived a remarkable life.

I luckily met him 30 years ago after I asked the owners of Logan Lumber (now Dunn Lumber) in Burien if they…MORE

As chill autumn evenings chase away the last remnants of summer do you get a hankering for a good story? West Seattle Toastmasters Club 832 invites our neighbors to enjoy a special night of storytelling.

Tales From The Hearth: Guest Night…MORE

Back in the 80s, Ballard resident David Krafchick's girlfriend at the time enjoyed bicycling. But, Krafchick's physical disability prevented him from using his right hand to properly apply a bicycle's brake, keeping him from joining in on her…MORE

Last March a made-for-TV documentary called "The Trials of Amanda Knox" aired in Seattle on TLC about the West Seattle U.W. student currently serving a 26-year jail sentence outside Perugia, Italy for the murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher…MORE

2 year old Maddie is a Portugese Water Dog, just like one President Obama owns, who belongs to Kim Kerwin. Maddie is from a breeder on Lopez Island in the San Juans and is a pure bred. Her name is short for Madeleine which Kerwin explained is a…MORE

Sunrise Tuesday, Oct. 5, looking northwest across the Sound from Alki.

There were 181 reported car prowls in the City of Seattle over the last seven days of September; a number that beats out any other reported crime in the city over that period.

According to the Seattle Police Department website, “You are…MORE

New singers are welcome to join. Rehearsals take place at St. John’s Church in West Seattle. For information visit www.endolynechoir.org or email info@endolynechoir.org. Debut Choir rehearsal grades K-2 is Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Encore Choir…MORE

Off the main Ballard Avenue thoroughfare and dog parade of the Sunday Ballard Farmers Market, there’s an extension into the vacant lot between two buildings. Every week that’s where Veraci cooks pizzas in its mobile wood oven and psychic Marjorie…MORE

When West Seattle resident Jaqueline Ann Standley Scott passed away Sept. 20 at age 85, a major link to Seattle’s curious past was broken. She was the granddaughter of Joseph Edward “Daddy” Standley, who, in 1899, opened what would become Ye Olde…MORE