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With or without Mayor Greg Nickels, the Seattle City Council is moving forward with plans to extend the Pro Parks Levy and have appointed a citizen's committee to make recommendations about the likelihood voters would approve another multi-…MORE

Tent City 3 residents packed up their shelters and belongings last Saturday, ending a two-month stay in Ballard that brought out the generosity of the community.

The homeless camp, run by the Seattle Housing and Resource Effort/Women's…MORE

There are many different forms of dancing: ballet, jazz, swing, the waltz. These are all common forms of body movement that most people think of when they think of dance.

However, there is another dance that is starting to make headways…MORE

South King Fire and Rescue conducted a training exercise on the campus of Landmark on the Sound near Des Moines on Friday April 25th. An older, abandoned free-standing home in the southwestern corner of the 27 acre property was slated to be…MORE

The 2008 Ballard Jazz Festival is April 23 through 27 at venues along Ballard Avenue and at the Nordic Heritage Museum where two Mainstage Concerts featuring the Hadley Caliman and the Hal Galper Trio on Friday, April 25 and the Lee Konitz Sam…MORE

The Ballard Historical Society is focusing on something it doesn't do all that often; looking to the future instead of the past as it loses long-term members, and with them, a wealth of institutional knowledge about the once independent city.…MORE

Two Ballard men are keeping the tradition of piston-powered hydroplanes alive through the Miss Thriftway boat which they built from scratch, a boat this is just for show, not for racing.

Steve Payne and Stuart Jones both graduated from…MORE

Former students and long-time community members gave emotional testimony last week as to why the school district should sell the former Allen School to its current tenant, the Phinney Neighborhood Association, keeping it a "public asset."

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Dr. Dan Schual-Berke, long-time emergency room physician and husband of State Representative Shay Schual-Berke, has his debut photography exhibition April 26th from noon to 6 pm at the Des Moines Activity Center, 2045 S. 216th St.

He will…MORE

The Highline College Board of Trustees announced last week the five finalists for president of the Des Moines college.

The finalists are:

Thom Armstrong, PhD - former president of Copper Mountain College, Joshua Tree, CA

Jack…MORE