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Morest Layton “Morey” Skaret was born on August 2, 1913, the second of six children. His mother was a North Dakota schoolteacher, his father a Norwegian immigrant in search of free, farmable land. Ida and Elling Skaret homesteaded 160 acres in…MORE

More than three dozen runners can look forward to pounding the pavement in new shoes this week thanks to West Seattle’s first specialty running store, West Seattle Runner, located at Charlestown and California.

The grand opening on April…MORE

Ballard High School jazz students had the chance to learn from a pair of internationally acclaimed musicians, as well as some most likely soon-to-be internationally acclaimed musicians, when the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz brought its peer-…MORE

Ballard, the Ship Canal, Queen Anne and the rest of the city stretch off into the horizon in the view from the roof of the new Ballard on the Park Apartments after the rain let up April 28.

Construction is still underway on the apartments…MORE

Have you ever traveled down a residential street in Ballard and discovered a small park you didn’t know existed?

Several “pocket parks” are tucked away like little surprises in neighborhoods around the Ballard area. Finding them reminds me…MORE

He hadn’t heard of Prince. So when Ramon Shiloh’s mother told him he could pick one record, his first record, from the shop’s stacks, she was surprised when Shiloh fished out the pop icon’s "1999."

“Are you sure?" Shiloh's mother asked. "…MORE

Marguerite Lynch works at the Seattle Yarn shop 5633 California Avenue SW and a few years ago she was diagnosed with breast cancer. This led to finding her dog Murphy.

"After I was diagnosed my psychiatrist wrote me a prescription for a…MORE

Last weekend, my son finally agreed to a sleepover at his friend’s house. After numerous horror stories involving 2 a.m. phone calls and sleepy parents driving across town to pick up their sobbing child, I formed a bit of trepidation about this…MORE

I would rather be chatting with Jodell Egbert of Bella Umbrella than interviewing her. Then we could just talk food, shoes and walking routes.

But after stopping in regularly to “visit” the umbrellas, I decided it was time to get in line…MORE

When the Admiral Theater opened in 1942 they chose a film called Weekend in Havana. Sunday April 25th they celebrated that opening night by showing the film again but went one better.

They had a local cuban music ensemble called Charanga…MORE