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No longer do you have to hop in the car for late night drives to see live music in Ballard, Belltown or Capitol Hill (and we thought life for Westside music fans was getting' good with the…MORE

Forty-eight antique wooden horses are the new attraction at the Woodland Park Zoo when a historic carousel opens on July 22.

The Philadelphia Toboggan Company was commissioned to build the carousel and horses for the Cincinnati Zoo in 1918…MORE

Ballardite Brian Wynne knows how fragile a community can be. Having been at law school in Tulane University in New Orleans last year when Hurricane Katrina touched land, he's seen first hand a community dissolve.

"That whole thing with…MORE

Ballard High School Librarian Susan Weiss has retired after 39 years in the educational field. Weiss graduated from Ballard in 1963 and returned to her old school in 1988.

Under her leadership the John Stanford Library made big changes to…MORE

Carkeek Park, filled with its forest of trees and brush, is one of the best places to get out of town. But the park that hides you from the city is also hiding a part of the city from you. A concentrated, repellant part, unmentionable in polite…MORE

Safe and natural yard care is a concept that Seattle has embraced, placing it ahead of many cities across the nation.

Krista Nelson has learned the importance of community service and her work at the Ballard Boys and Girls Club has earned her the 2006 Spring Youth of the Quarter honor..

The fifteen-year-old joined other awardees at a King County Boys and…MORE

Under Washington State laws students at any age can get advice about reproductive services and receive birth control pills without parental consent at a teen health center at Ballard High School and other schools in King County. The health…MORE

Safe and natural yard care is a concept that Seattle has embraced, placing it ahead of many cities across the nation.

It's that wonderful time of year again when West Seattleites of all ages come out of the woodwork and spill onto the Junction streets for three fun-filled days of shopping, feasting, mingling with neighbors and toe tapping to tunes.

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