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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

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