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If you need a smoke detector, the Seattle Fire Department will giving them away to low-income and elderly people during the Ballard Lions White Cane Days fundraiser on May 2 and 3.

The smoke detectors will only be available in front of the…MORE

ride from D.C. to here

By Steve Shay

With sweat on their foreheads and smiles of relief on their faces six Sealth High School students and an 80-pound fourth-grader from Gatewood completed their 5492-mile bicycle ride on Earth Day,…MORE

Do you own an old home in Ballard and want to learn more about its history? The Ballard Historical Society's spring lecture "Ballard Residential Architecture from 1880 to 1930," is coming up on May 8.

Caroline T. Swope, PhD and…MORE

Seattle City Council member Richard McIver's proposed changes to a tax exemption plan aimed to increase the amount of affordable housing in the city would reach lower income earners than the version released by Mayor Greg Nickels last year.

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

After hearing concerns from the Crown Hill community regarding the accumulation of donation items and things being dumped on their property, the Value Village store is making some changes to improvement the situation.

Members of the…MORE

The Seattle Department of Transportation says it will expand the city's urban forest in by planting more than 800 trees.

As part of a nine-year planting plan, financed by the voter-passed initiative Bridging the Gap, the transportation…MORE

Cashel Toner will be the new principal at Loyal Heights Elementary School next fall.

Toner's professional preparation includes an education specialist degree with a principal certification from Seattle University.

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