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When you’re working, you have a financial strategy that is largely based on one goal: saving money for a comfortable retirement. You’ll likely have to make many adjustments over several decades to ensure that you stay on track saving and…MORE

Let me tell you about Sue Fix, the mother of Ashley Fix, who died six years ago, a month after her 15 birthday.

Maybe you never knew Ashley. But it was hard not to on Vashon Island. She sang at the basketball games. She acted in plays.…MORE

Every week I notice familiar faces from the Norse Home Retirement Community sitting in straight back chairs by the sliding exit doors at Bartell Drugs, their distinctive bus parked nearby. Weather willing, each Wednesday, Molly Holscher, the…MORE

Every New Year – more accurately every day – we tell ourselves to eat less and exercise more. We sign up for gym memberships and buy new workout gear. Months pass by, you never go, you feel guilty, and then cancel membership. Sound familiar…MORE

The City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods recently awarded young artists from Ballard at a recent celebration at Rainier Community Center.

Area winners included, Samara Haq, 3rd grader, West Woodland, Maia Sebek, 9th grader, a home…MORE

Dana and Danny Imori are the owners of Sophie, a pure bred Shih Tzu and Lola, a poodle and Shih Tzu mix.

Lola, now 2 years old, is laid back. So laid back that she "knows when it's nap time," said Dana. All it takes is for someone to say '…MORE

Dear Green My Ballard,

I heard there were changes to the recycling program. Do you know what they are?

Thanks, Ballard Recycler

Dear BR,

Isn’t it great when recycling just gets easier? And that’s exactly what will…MORE

The picture says it all. This year’s pilgrimage to the Amgen Tour of California was cold and wet. At least the part that I experienced was.

The Tour of California is a nine-day professional bike race. It covers about 750 miles from about…MORE

The West Seattle psychedelic band The SLAGS put the metal back in metal, unlike their name suggests. They punked out Poggie's in the Junction recently with original numbers and covers. The versatile foursome played country and reggae, too.…MORE

Directed by Catherine Hardwicke Rated PG-13 (Three and one half stars)

Before there was coffee or Microsoft, before there were grunge bands or Swedes there was the rain.

The rain in Washington is more than weather, it is the stuff…MORE