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Sitting above the “center of the universe," Ballard resident Kristen Ramirez has become the Rapunzel of Fremont.

Perched in the northeast Fremont Bridge tower, she experiences the happenings of the neighborhood in what she now calls her…MORE

One morning, at 7 a.m., as I was considering getting out of bed at an earlier hour than usual, the phone rang with a voice asking me about my Who’s Who information. I should have been wary when the caller stated my wedding date as my birthdate…MORE

This year will mark the Seafair's 60th celebration and some of the main events are happening in and around Ballard.

59th Annual Greenwood Seafair Parade, July 22

The parade starts at 6 p.m. on Greenwood Avenue North from North 95th…MORE

We must have been a sight to see last night. Twenty women lined up in a row, on the narrow paths of the Streissguth Public Gardens, with wine glasses in our hands, nattering away about the plants, trees and flowers on the hillside.

“What…MORE

Directed by Burr Steers Rated PG-13 (Two Stars)

Seventeen-year-old Mike O’Donnell (played by High School Musical’s heartthrob, Zac Efron) has a choice to make. Before the big basketball game, with college recruiters watching from the…MORE

More than three dozen people turned out June 13 for the East Ballard Community Association's East Ballard Walking Tour.

The gaggle of residents followed tour leaders Dawn Hemminger and Shannon Dunn to various sites of historical and…MORE

Apollo and Atlas are both pure bred Shiba Inu, one of the six original breeds of dog from Japan.

Apollo is a male that just turned three and Atlas is slightly larger and also three. Both dogs are from the same father with different…MORE

I talk to many folks these days who are looking for ways to manage stress and worries in their lives. With so much change happening in the world and sometimes even personally, it’s normal to feel a bit off-balance.

I really like the…MORE

Although I knocked on the door of the house named “Rakowski’s Roost” to ask about living across from the carved eagle, I realized right away that Duane and Guant Rakowski deserved their own story. For example, how many people in Ballard have…MORE

West Seattle High School graduation at Memorial Stadium was a stately ceremony. The soon to be graduates marched onto the field—the young males all in dark blue escorting young females in white, some wearing three inch heels, probably for the…MORE