Opinion

Last week I stood on Pennsylvania Avenue, in the other Washington, and read the front pages of a newspaper from every state, plus ten from abroad. Washington, D.C. streets are on a grid, like in Ballard, with the exception of diagonal streets…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

I recently peer reviewed a classmate's statistics paper on ADHD. Her son had been exhibiting hyperactive traits. So she decided to look at the rates of ADHD diagnosis in children and the various treatments proscribed in…MORE

The letters went out in January. Seventy-two letters from the Ballard Historical Society informing homeowners their house had been nominated to be part of the 2013 Ballard Historical Society Classic Homes Tour. After that preparations really…MORE

By Marjorie Young

I recently returned from Switzerland to visit my ‘second family.’ It was a memorable trip many reasons…including an unforgettable sojourn to a reputedly ‘haunted’ manor. My friend’s friend, ‘Alain’ and his relatives have…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

By definition, mainstream culture is never going to be the avant-garde. It's never going to be cutting edge, and it is never going to lead the pack. Mainstream culture is all about what is popular, meaning what has already…MORE

By Rebekah LaSalaSPECIAL TO THE HIGHLINE TIMES

In a shocking and stunning development of what has been a “wrangling for the road” with Brett Fish bringing to light the actions of the Southwest Suburban Sewer District that point to being…MORE

I do not have fine motor skills. I cannot cut a snowflake out of paper, even using a pattern. I abuse scissors by cutting inappropriate materials or opening wooden crates. But from when I saw the first poster for the Nordic Heritage Museum’s “…MORE

Editor’s note: Harland Eastwood substitutes for Jerry Robinson this week.

By Harland Eastwood SPECIAL TO THE HIGHLINE TIMES

During the afternoon of November 17, 1955, a heavy, wet snow started to fall all over the Seattle area. The…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

I love that we in West Seattle do an official Community Garage Sale Day. Whoever decided to get that started near a decade ago, very nice. Consider this my vote for more and varied community events in the future.

I'…MORE

A little over a year ago I ran into then Ballard News-Tribune news reporter/online editor Anne Marije Rook at the Ballard Bartell’s. I pulled out my camera, already considered vintage digital, and showed her a photograph of the Egan’s Ballard…MORE