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Middle school.

Those two words alone are enough to strike fear in the hearts of mortal women everywhere. It was a scary time for many of us, a time when we learned about bullying, about not fitting in.

Me, I survived it. I did OK…MORE

The memories all came flooding back.

All it took was the first sentence of Lauri Hennessey's column, printed on page 5, about her daughter's entry into middle school.

For me, it was Burien's Sylvester at the dawning of the sixties…MORE

Meet Mark and Beth Gasser

When I spotted a very tall man walking his wife and a tiny dog last week I stopped the car and asked where he got the Chihuahua.

He said that is not a Chihuahua; that is my wife and the poodle she is…MORE

Ed. Note: This piece originally appeared in the Nov. 16 edition of "City View," Tim Burgess' newsletter.

The Seattle City Council has completed the heavy lifting on next year's city budget, including millions of dollars in cuts, additions…MORE

Ed. Note: This column originally appeared in Nick Licata's "Urban Politics" Newsletter.

Friday afternoon, Councilmember Jan Drago stuck her head into my office and said in a jovial manner, "Hey, if you want to see the new mayor, come next…MORE

By Carina Barnett-Loro, Fair Fish Campaign Seattle, and Tom Hanlon, Ballard Resident, former commercial fishermen, LLM marine resource law

There are few places where the term “family fisherman” has more meaning than here in Ballard.

By Alyne Fortgang, co-founder of Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants

Woodland Park Zoo announced it will be closing the Night House exhibit in order to save money. It is reported that the zoo is cutting $700,000 dollars, including 12…MORE

Some have suggested that my columns have been all negative without any suggestions on how to improve education in Federal Way.

I believe I have made some suggestions in the past, but I will devote this column to what I think it would take…MORE

Recently, I had a friend call me for help with selling some furniture.

I suggested using Craigslist, since I have had good experiences using the free online service, but I made sure to give her some tips and I oversaw the wording in her…MORE