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Patty Brasel, of Ballard, ducks to avoid the wild ride of a kite piloted by her 12 year-old son, Troy, on a windy Saturday in Golden Gardens.

A class of 9- to 12-year-olds practice at the Arc School of Ballet studio, located in the Crown Hill School building.

Ballard resident Jamie Lebouf has staring contest with a large seagull perched firmly on the hood of her car parked at Golden Gardens.

Local director Karen Lund recently won the award for Best Director at the City of Angels Film Festival in Los Angeles on Oct.

Their slogan says it all. "Wrap the world around your finger," and they mean it literally.

The small West Seattle business is known as The Giving Ring and it is literally changing the world one ring at a time by donating 100 percent of its…MORE

Ballard twins, James and William Endter, 2, were easy to spot along Market Street on Halloween.

Grandma Kay from Northaven sells one of her handmade scarves to Ballard resident, Doni Jenssen, right, during the third annual Crown Hill Art Festival.

Isbelo Ordonez shows off two rainbow perch he caught off a Golden Gardens dock last week. Ordonez is a regular, showing up to fish most days of the week. He uses shrimp for bait and caught nine perch, one short of the limit. "The last one's…MORE

Gardener Sylvia Li has created and maintained a circular sanctuary surrounded by a bustling Ballard intersection.

"This was once a big tangled mess filled with bottles and cigarette butts," said Li, referring to the roundabout she takes…MORE

Green Lake is one of the city's busiest parks. Walkers, runners, roller bladders and bicyclists find the 2.8 loop around the water attractive on a nice day. It can often be very busy. Walkers can do the route in about 50 minutes if they go fast…MORE