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Boo is a pit mix rescue dog that Lauren Kipp found in upstate New York about three years ago.

The two moved across the country in a rental truck and relocated to the Alki area where they walk every day. Boo loves to play with squeaky…MORE

Want to have some fun this weekend AND learn a thing or two? The sixth annual Sustainable Ballard Festival is this coming Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.

First, Undrive to get there, which means that if you can avoid using fossil…MORE

"Up" Directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson Rated PG (Three and one half stars)

“Up,” Pixar Studio’s latest animated feature, almost collapses under the weight of plot exposition before it even has a chance to get started.

The…MORE

For 22 years I have been coming home to Ballard in the fall. After several weeks in the family cottage, home in Seattle feels strange at first until I’m sucked into the pile of unopened mail and old messages.

But the flight west is always…MORE

Many of you may not know that for a number of years I have been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Highline Historical Society.

All of the trustees feel it is a privilege to know and work with one another because we are working on a…MORE

The tools of a woodworker and artist make sense to Dave Lacey. They let him express himself and he likes the idea that they help him strive for structure and stability, he said.

Lacey, who lives in a modest West Seattle home works with…MORE

Filming from the living room of his Ballard apartment, Ballard resident and film director Ian Stone is taking his passion for theatre and experience as an actor to the big screen in his upcoming short film “Foster Child.”

“It’s about…MORE

The Northwest is home to many creative talents of all types, whether you’re baking bread or blowing glass, but there is still a difference in being artistic and being a true artist.

I’ve had the pleasure in recent years to get to know one…MORE

This year’s sixth annual Sustainable Ballard Festival will focus on families and how they can become greener while at the same time saving money.

The event this year will take place Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 26 and 27 from noon to 5 p.m.…MORE

Participants of the West Seattle/Fauntleroy YMCA adult boot camp class were bending, stretching and skipping at Rotary Viewpoint Park on 35th Avenue Southwest the morning of Thursday, Sept. 17.

Instructor Buntly Willard said this is a…MORE