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In this week’s edition of the News-Tribune, there was an article about the increasing number of homeless people hanging out at Bergen Place Park. Ballard was chosen by the city to be an area that was going to become more densely populated.…MORE

Are you thinking of planting some veggies this spring? It seems like most folks I talk to have plans for pushing some seeds in the ground this year, and new gardeners are popping up like little orange Crocus’. Myself, I am beginning my second…MORE

The garden world here in Seattle was all a-buzz with the recent news of the Northwest Flower & Garden Show’s possible demise. Being both an exhibitor and a vendor, there was an opportunity to hear a few different perspectives – and to see how…MORE

The West Seattle Herald last visited Highland Park resident Merritt Sherman one year ago when he turned 99. This year his fans at Highland Park Elementary School held a birthday party for the spry centegenarian, born a mere 177 years to the day…MORE

Scouts from the West Seattle Troop 282 will walk the neighborhoods Saturday March 14 and 21 to collect donations of non-perishable food items for delivery to the West Seattle Food Bank for its annual Doing a Good Turn Daily program.

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"The Reader" Dir. Stephen Daldry R, 135 min. Opens Feb. 27

Kate Winslet won the Oscar for Best Female Lead for her role in "The Reader" as Hanna Schmitz, an ex-S.S. guard who begins an affair with a much younger man in the years after WWII…MORE

REALLY? Is the world your own little holodeck? Did your meds wear off because you are wearing on me. A withered Ruth Buzzie sits down at the bar with a half drunk Rainier. Her face filtered through straw colored hair, the bags under her eyes…MORE

I’d like to talk about steak. Maybe it’s my love of metaphors or possibly because it’s nearly lunchtime, but I’ve got steak on the brain.

Now, here in West Seattle you can get a great steak at our local Jak’s restaurant (endorsement deal,…MORE

Saturday nights this March will be a little less dreary thanks to the new winter series of Movies on the Wall.

“It had become so popular in the summer that we thought we would just give it a try and see how the community responds,” said…MORE

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