England managed to abolish slavery 30 years before the United States and avoid a bloody civil war in the process. Still, the journey was a thorny political road spanning decades and consuming the lives of those involved. The result was a…MORE
Features
Farmers Market reopens for season
Tue, 05/01/07
One of the pleasures of living in West Seattle is that even those who cannot grow a vegetable or flower garden can still have homegrown produce and fresh cut flowers by visiting the West Seattle Farmers Market.
Since 1999, the West Seattle…MORE
Cycling to a good meal
Tue, 05/01/07
Bike helmets still on, Noah, 6, and Jesse 3, have fish and chips with dad, Stan, at the Lockspot diner. Amber Trillo photo.
MORENo money, no parking permit
Tue, 05/01/07
Some people refuse to pay to park at the automated parking kiosks in downtown Ballard. Others don't mind, but most agree that parking is becoming harder to find. Dean Wong photo.
MOREWoman helps build new home for Katrina hurricane victim
Tue, 05/01/07
One nail at a time during two trips to New Orleans late last year, Ballard resident Julie Reimer helped build a new home for a New Orleans resident devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
Reimer, who lives in Loyal Heights, went to New Orleans as…MORE
70 years of love
Tue, 04/24/07
It was New Year's Eve, 1936. Just a few months earlier the New York Yankees won their ninth World Series, Franklin Delano Roosevelt won his second presidential election, and gas prices stood at 20 cents a gallon. And somewhere in the town of…MORE
Young people demonstrate against war
Tue, 04/24/07
High school students marched in n Seattle on April 18 to protest the war in Iraq. Here they are seen approaching the Seattle School District headquarters in the Sodo District. Over two hundred students left school for the demonstration that began…MORE
Workers top one another
Tue, 04/24/07
Construction workers at the NoMa Condominiums were lined up floor-to- floor last week. They were passing up pieces of lumber from the ground floor to each other.
MOREProgram helps students gain college education
Tue, 04/24/07
Ballard resident Darrell Kirk has been helping Seattle Central Community College students receive an education through the Nelson Mandela-Graca Machel Scholarship program.
Kirk and his wife, Elizabeth Devereaux, a teacher at Wing Luke…MORE
Large donation benefits Swedish program
Tue, 04/17/07
Seattle residents Cheryl and Bill Gossman donated $1 million toward the establishment of the Gossman Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Simulation during the Swedish Medical Center's Annual Gala Dinner on March 24. It will be the…MORE