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In PLAID TIDINGS, The Plaids (Frankie, Sparky, Jinx, and Smudge) from Forever Plaid are transported back from the ethereal cosmos to croon their tight harmonic renditions of musical hits from the ’50s and ’60s. Suddenly, as ordered by a…MORE

Ballard residents Laura Hornung and her boyfriend Joshua Slagle had just returned from a trip to Denver and San Antonio Nov. 1. By Nov. 4, H1N1, or swine flu, struck Slagle. Two days later Hornung caught it. Their roommate got it the following…MORE

“How do you know the plant is established?”

That is one of the more common questions that I get asked when I teach beginner-gardeners about the joy of miniature gardening.

Did you know that plants can only do one thing at a time?…MORE

On Nov. 12, Mayor-elect Mike McGinn released a video on YouTube describing his “Open Souce Transition,” and put forth three questions to the people of Seattle.

McGinn said he wants to hear from everybody, so I have decided to give him my…MORE

As we reported here Dennis Hinton, longtime volunteer with the Fauntleroy Watershed Council has been working with Council Project Manager, Judy Pickens, on overseeing the spawning coho salmon in Fauntleroy Creek this time of year.

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Allen McBride is a man who loves hunting dogs. He's owned quite a few over the last 50 years and his latest, Abby, a German Short Hair Pointer is a great one. "We think she's five, we got her from the shelter. The one the county has been…MORE

Three days a week, at Arena Sports on East Marginal Way South Michael Vujovich, uses his head. At the age of 56 he plays in an adult soccer league.

Michael's love of the game began in his native Yugoslavia as a child. He played…MORE

Be prepared for the holiday music blaring from televisions and radios even earlier this year. Will we rise to the call to ”buy and buy” in this atmosphere of economic depression felt by most every family in this country? Our minister has already…MORE

There is a scene—it appears in the film’s trailer but bears describing one more time—in director Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War film, “The Hurt Locker,” where a soldier pulls a web of electrical wire out of the dirt and suddenly finds himself…MORE

FILM REVIEW There is a scene—it appears in the film’s trailer but bears describing one more time—in director Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War film, “The Hurt Locker,” where a soldier pulls a web of electrical wire out of the dirt and suddenly finds…MORE