Mom Lynn Brown chats with Seattle School's new superintendent, Maria Goodloe-Johnson. Jojo, 10, is entering 5th-grade. He says that when he grows up he wants to direct a new Godzilla movie. The Browns live one block from Viewlands Elementary…MORE
Features
Notes From Old Ballard
Mon, 09/10/07
Summer fun in the 20th Century
By Kay F. Reinartz
While winters on Salmon Bay were, and are still, marked by lots of damp chilly weather, the summers were generally dry and sunny with light long into the evening.
Ballard,…MORE
Locals part of 'Mosquito Fleet'
Mon, 09/10/07
More people are moving to, and moving through, Ballard to catch a buzz. They are saying "yes" to mopeds, those noisy, 50cc motor scooters with pedals that hit nearly 38 miles per hour.
Don't laugh.
They're cheap, fun to ride and get…MORE
Free Ballard.
Tue, 09/04/07
This 108' boat at Fisherman's Terminal has "Free Ballard" painted on the wheelhouse which refers to the fact Ballard should have remained an independent city and not have joined Seattle 100 years ago. The longliner "Blue Ballard" will fish in…MORE
Row your boat
Tue, 09/04/07
The late afternoon is when rowing classes take place on Green Lake. Rowers in boats of various sizes take their turns on the water.
MOREEclipse from Begen Park
Tue, 09/04/07
Photographer Steve Shay took this photo about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. He shot the eclipse of the moon through the "Immigrant Tree" sculpture in Bergen Park in downtown Ballard.
MOREIt looks so easy
Tue, 09/04/07
For them, that is. At the Ballard skateboard park, skateboarder is Brendon Mekola of Ballard
MOREMy West Seattle - The glory of flight
Mon, 09/03/07
It is my turn to fly. I prime the engine with a squirt of gas and engage the propeller spring. One crank winds the spring tight, and then I release the prop. Like someone with a really bad cold, the engine sputters, spits, coughs...and dies. On…MORE
Buckwheat knows when patients are near death
Mon, 09/03/07
One of the most well-known diagnosticians at Providence Mount St. Vincent never went to medical school. The West Seattle nursing home is the residence of Buckwheat, a cat that apparently has the ability to predict patients' deaths.
The…MORE
Art walks may be merged
Mon, 09/03/07
The people of West Seattle ArtWalk and ArtsWest are working together to create a combined art walk in the Alaska Junction.
Currently, the two groups appeal to different crowds. The West Seattle ArtWalk targets younger community members. On…MORE