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Ed. Note: Laura McLeod is taking over the Green My Ballard column from Rhonda Brown. In her first column, she introduces herself and lets readers know why she is qualified to cover all things green in the neighborhood.

My Ballard roots are…MORE

Ballard's Emily Sturdivant is just finishing up her first year at Clark University in Massachusetts where she served in a brand new role — Ecological Representative. She and 18 other students were chosen last fall to help foster a culture of…MORE

It was a full house for Sig and Edgar Hansen May 3 at Sons of Norway Lodge. With their mother in the audience and an open bar in the back, Capt. Sig Hansen of the Northwestern featured on the Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch" was willing to…MORE

With Seattle’s mild winter this year, it will most likely mean a boom in the City’s already abundant rat population. Follow along with Don Pace and Carol Coombs, rat hunters for Public Health Seattle/King County as they fight the City’s rat…MORE

The man who saved fireworks in Seattle is venturing south to Burien May 15 and 16 to create some musical sparks in Choral Sounds Northwest's "Red, White and Musicals."

The Burien-based choral group's spring production is billed as a…MORE

ChoralSounds Northwest, comprised of 65 volunteers who enjoy singing, is putting on its spring show, "Red, White and Musicals" on May 15-16 at the Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien.

The politically-themed show also features an…MORE

A friend of mine was leaving town to go back to Finland recently and gave me his bicycle. His generous gift has made me rethink my commute and see the Burke-Gilman Trail and its importance to Ballard through new eyes.

It also makes me…MORE

The official "1st Ride" for West Seattle Spokespeople wasn't a group of public speakers. This was an eclectic assembly of people brought together by Sustainable West Seattle co-founder Bill Reiswig and Alki Bike and Board owner Stu Hennesey to…MORE

Overcast skies and a slight drizzle May 1 didn't keep Ballardites from flocking to the first-ever Ballard Urban Picnic, or BURP, where lines for some of the premiere street food vendors in the city were occasionally 40 people deep.

The…MORE

Boats were filling the waters off Harbor Avenue in Elliott Bay for the first day of the recreational shrimp harvest, May 1. From 7:00 AM to 3 PM shrimpers were allowed to go into the bay (Marine Area 10) to catch their limit of 80 shrimp. The…MORE