Ballard - Features

The season of graduations and commencements is an emotional time, especially for parents. Imagine what it’s like for parents whose child died between high school graduation and what should have been college commencement. As years elapse it’s not…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

My strawberries are really early this year, probably due to that nice spell of hot weather we had a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, early berries in commercial fields are bad news because there aren’t enough pickers…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

On Wednesday June 1st Alison Krupnick attended her first neighborhood advisory group meeting, the North Precinct Advisory Council. She had recently shared her experience in a Seattle Times op-ed piece on being a victim…MORE

A Ballard woman has a role in the 5th Avenue Theatre’s new production “Paint Your Wagon."

The 5th will be offering a new rendition of Lerner and Loewe's 1951 “Paint Your Wagon, ” a story about love during the California Gold Rush.

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Since I was a young girl I have pondered the meaning of the universe and the wonder of it all. To ordinary humans who live in a world where people are born and die it is all a mystery. That is why sages over the…MORE

Information provided by Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association

For anyone in Seattle looking for a way to experience a little bit of Norway here at home, they needn’t look beyond Ballard these days and the Seattle-Bergen Sister City…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

My editor Ken Robinson warned me I would have only half the usual column space this week. Unfortunate timing. I have a lot to share. Over 100 volunteers have neglected home and health documenting and assessing 7308 pre-…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

Your parents may have taught you to set the dinner table with a salt shaker, but now we know the American diet of processed food contains so much salt it threatens our health. Luckily, there are lots of other…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

Cynthia Chomos is a Feng Shui and color consultant. She specializes in designing spaces. It just happens that most of her is designing outdoor spaces for cats, and with the onset of summer this is her busy season.…MORE

By Nick Twietmeyer

Seattle has recently seen a considerable increase in its rat population. By some estimates Seattle is one of “the rattiest” cities in the U.S., coming in at number seven, with New Orleans listed as number one. Any way,…MORE