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To celebrate the last day of summer before school is back in session, the Ballard Boys and Girls Club hosted their End of Summer Carnival.

On Sept. 2, after the Birds (kindergarten and first grade), Fish (second through fifth grade) and…MORE

What do you do after a show like Peter Pan? That was the sixty-four dollar question for The Hi-Liners and artistic director Kathleen Edwards. "Every year our big fall MainStage show is the highlight of our season," Edwards said. "After 'flying'…MORE

Don’t you just love it when the garden collides with life’s metaphors?

I knew I liked this plant – I just couldn’t remember why.

I had a perennial in a container grouping for the past six years that never bloomed and never got…MORE

Environmental activist B.J. Cummings has navigated the polluted waters of the Duwamish River and the political complexities in which it is steeped for 15 years.

She has been fulltime director of the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition for…MORE

While most people see only bland depictions of mountains or umbrellas when perusing the seemingly endless varieties of bottled waters on grocery store racks, Ballard resident Marie Nicholas saw something else: Opportunity.

With Nicholas’…MORE

Washington produces almost 100 million boxes of apples every year – and more than half of all apples eaten in America come from our state.

Today you can find more than 20 types of apples in most local markets. Some apples are great for…MORE

Beautiful cars and motorcycles, a hopefully gorgeous Labor Day weekend, and money going to a good cause will come together in style at the Des Moines Marina on Sunday, Sept. 6 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. when some of the most exciting cars, and…MORE

According to the National Association of Realtors, for the first time in five years, existing-home sales have increased for four months in a row.

Existing-home sales – including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – rose 7.2…MORE

Susan Schneider makes me want to become an artist. She makes art sound so much fun that I want to show up for her classes that start at the Bell Tower on Ballard Avenue before the Sunday Farmer's Market and begin “eavesdropping” by sketching.…MORE

It was the end of a long, hot week and all I really wanted was for a handsome man to fan me while serving me cool, refreshing beverages. What I got instead was the playdate from hell.

Two minutes after shoving three children into the back…MORE