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Peggy Sturdivant is off this week, however she wishes to thank all her readers and longtime reader Gerry Hansen for this gift. "The flowers did make my day." Peggy, At Large in Ballard since 2007

On May 24th I received a surprise flower…MORE

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem, “Kubla Khan,” is considered by many as an ode to the opiate. The alluring substance has plagued and inspired humans for most of recorded history, and maintains an enthralling grip on people today, especially in…MORE

By: Christy Wolyniak

The Humane League joined Seattle residents and local mom, Megan Murphy, in delivering petitions with over 1,500 signatures in support of Meatless Mondays to the Seattle Public School District’s nutrition department on…MORE

Ballard psychic and Ballard News-Tribune columnist, Marjorie Young, has released her fourth book of her international award-winning fantasy/adventure series, “The Boy with Golden Eyes: The Prophet of Doom.”

In the fourth book, the…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

I don’t use salt or salty ingredients because they are hard on everyone’s blood pressure, kidneys and heart. But I’m not willing to give up the zip of tasty food! The secret to cooking without salt is to pump up the…MORE

The 43rd annual Fremont Fair, taking place June 20-22, 2014, is trading country music for hip-hop and livestock for art cars. With a large dose of the Fremont neighborhood's "delibertas quirkas" (freedom to be peculiar) nature, the weekend-long…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

Sometimes the hardest part of writing my column each week is imagining the subject reading it. This was a particularly difficult week as I pictured the six 4th graders facing me on a couch, and one particularly…MORE

Stepping aboard Swiftsure, (Lighthouse No. 83), a 109-year-old Coast Guard Lightship, is like stepping into a floating time capsule slowly undergoing a metamorphic rejuvenation.

Onboard a lone figure is at work fitting 500-year-old Doug…MORE

This year Foss Maritime celebrates its 125th anniversary after starting with single rowboat in Tacoma and evolving into one of the leading marine transportation and harbor service companies in the world.

Thursday, June 5, hundreds of…MORE

By By Charlie Ranahan

When Ballard High School graduate, Julia Granstrom, walked into a crowded café by the University of Washington (UW) to write a commercial for classmate Bill Doerrfeld’s startup, she didn’t expect to join the team.…MORE