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Ballard seems to have always had a different way of doing things, for good or ill.

Newspapers of Ballard are not exempt. Even the Ballard News Tribune has suffered and relished its own oddities. Media itself has changed, but the bottom…MORE

Warren Aakervik is a calculating man. He is a community man. More importantly, he is a problem solver.

The Ballard News Tribune visited him at his family business, Ballard Oil, for coffee as the sun rose over the docks and explored…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

Most of us need more fiber in our diets, but getting it can be tricky. A good goal for most of us is 25 grams a day. Wheat bran is a great source of indigestible fiber, and it is really inexpensive. Its nutty flavor…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant.

“Being a lawyer is not a comical business,” Tom Treece said as we sat with his law partner of 44 years, Dave Richdale, and laughed for the next hour.

“I tell Tom that he should have been an actor,” his partner…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

We were supposed to be discussing the upcoming Santa Breakfast but Ballard Senior Center Director Carlye Teel and I were temporarily distracted by her $33,000 deficit. Carlye looked uncharacteristically worn.

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By Marjorie Young

One of the most fascinating aspects of my psychic work is that I am often the recipient of tidings aimed not at my clients, but rather those in their circle; friends, loved ones, work-place acquaintances. Though I am in…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

“I will not take no for an answer,” Camelion Design owner Nicole Vandermeulen said at an early morning meeting in early October. The Front Steps committee of Ballard Merchants and Ballard Chamber of Commerce had been…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

A letter to the members went up at Ballard Health Club on Saturday night, November 23rd announcing that owners Lowen Clausen and his daughter Sonya Senstra had sold the club, effective January 1, 2014.

In order…MORE

With no rain and open skies this week there have been some amazing sunsets. The Ballard News Tribune took advantage of it and toured Ballard looking for the transforming power of light. It may be cold out there, but a deep crimson sunset in Nov.…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

Anyone who forages for wild mushrooms can attest to what a bumper crop we’ve had this fall. If you aren’t one to put on a raincoat and walk in the woods, head to your grocery store to pick up some local yellow or…MORE