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The first time I saw "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" I arrived at the theater - for reasons that have nothing good to say about my time-management skills - 45 minutes late. After an earnest warning by the teenager in the ticket booth…MORE

Last week I related a litany of narrow escapes I have had in my life and hinted that the ultimate saga I would tell you later and I will in a minute but first I want to explain how being half an inch taller might have saved my life when I was 7…MORE

A crow looks right into the window of the Ballard News-Tribune while sitting on a power line.

When the Admiral Theater opened with "Weekend in Havana" in 1941 it provided a very different film-viewing experience. The two theaters in the present Admiral were then combined in one grand thousand-seat venue. The walls and lobby were adorned…MORE

Grace Douglas, 11, Bellingham (left), eats corn with her friend Zo

The sight of a Segway scooter (that nifty two-wheel electric vehicle that balances itself) humming along Alki isn't particularly newsworthy, but the fact that one kept going until it reached Boston is.

On August 4 the Admiral Theatre was…MORE

Ballard Avenue was the hub

By Susan Cook

The heart of every small city or town is its main street, where the businesses and services that cater to its citizens are concentrated. Ballard Avenue was this crucial commercial center for…MORE

Can flowers fit in a square hole? Of course they can as one Ballard residents demonstrates. Many Ballard homes are decorated with flowers this time of year.

Metro bus 2799 turns onto Market Street one day last week. The view is through the rear passenger side window of the number 18 bus arriving in Ballard from downtown.

The salmon are starting to travel through the fish ladder at the Ballard Locks, providing visitors with a close up view through its windows. The salmon run will peak this fall with the largest numbers of fish coming through the lock's 21 ladders…MORE