By Georgie Bright Kunkel
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Animal rights groups protest Icicle Seafood’s fish farming 'abuse'
Thu, 10/09/14
Animal rights activists attribute Mahatma Gandhi to saying, “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated.”
The statement has become a mantra for them, and on October 2, two of…MORE
Thousands throng the docks for 26th Annual Fishermen's Fall Festival
Tue, 10/07/14
The 26th Annual Fishermen's Fall Festival welcomed home the North Pacific fishing fleet Saturday, October 4.
On a sunny afternoon throngs of fish-fanatics crowded Fishermen’s Terminal to taste this year’s harvest, welcome home the fishers…MORE
Pat's View: Marriage is a good idea, even if somebody else suggests it
Tue, 10/07/14
by Pat Cashman
“Marriage is like a dull meal with the dessert at the beginning.” Henri, Comte de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (1864-1901)
Someone once asked a famous WW2 general, “What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given?”…MORE
At Large in Ballard: Dinner Party on Whidbey Island
Wed, 10/01/14
The weekend when a solar storm created the possibility of Northern Lights a Ballard friend invited me to her house on Whidbey Island for the weekend.
The ensuing weekend was a social whirl with a large cast of artists and former…MORE
Pat's View: 'Mariners’ Seasons in the Sun'
Tue, 09/30/14
by Pat Cashman
Baseball fans have been getting plenty of exercise this summer---jumping up and down from the Mariners’ bandwagon. The team swings between looking playoffs-bound---to just plain bound---as if the players’ need more fiber in…MORE
The Macefield Music Festival returns to Ballard
Tue, 09/30/14
By Erin Bosetti
The second annual Macefield Music Festival will hit Ballard this weekend, stuffing almost every music venue in Old Ballard to the brim with local Seattle bands over two days.
The Macefield Music Festival is named in…MORE
You Are What You Eat: Variety, the spice of life (and Asian pears!)
Tue, 09/30/14
By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD
Variety makes life so interesting. I like it in my garden - and in my food. Take my Asian pear tree, for example. It’s just one tree, but four kinds of Asian pears are grafted onto it – the early ripening Shinsui,…MORE
Ballard Writers’ Collective wins a Corner of the City PARK(ing) Day Seattle award
Fri, 09/26/14
The Seattle Department of Transportation announced the winners for the Park(ing) Day Seattle challenge today. The pop-up park installation by the Ballard Writers’ Collective won a 'Corners of the City' PARK(ing) Day Seattle award.
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Neighborhood asks green developer to ‘Think outside of the box’
Wed, 09/24/14
The 21st Avenue Northwest neighborhood is the site of another contentious housing disagreement in Ballard. The neighborhood is faced with what they call a “box” style, modern design home replacing a shabby, modified Tudor-inspired house that…MORE
