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More than 1000 elementary school students were present for an event staged by the Southwest Seattle Historical Society on June 5 that they called "A Group Hug for the Homestead."

The event featured Seattle City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen…MORE

 By Tim Robinson              In the 1950-60's, along Ambaum Boulevard near SW 118th St., for many years, stood a sign; “Fill Dirt Wanted”. The sign was posted by Clarence Gresset, long time resident and local historian who owned the property.…MORE

By Kathryn Kingen

Hey, Sweet Pea, is that you? Why, I hardly recognized you, you look so fresh and fabulous, even downright stylish.

Let's face it, peas have come a long way since we were kids. Their humble beginnings, from the box…MORE

By Chef Jeremy Maclachlan

Spring has sprung and the peas are winding their way up trellises across the Pacific Northwest. My favorite type of pea out there is the English pea. These little pearls of sweetness are great right off the vine…MORE

Barbara Underwood learned a lot from her father. But among the lessons she loved was how to cook. She is a 25 year veteran of the food service industry, had her own catering business for 12 of those years and had an ambition for a long time to…MORE

After reading Chris Robinson and Gavin Kovite’s debut novel, War of the Encyclopeadists, I find myself wishing I could write about it in their narrative voice. I too want to be clever and sensually-aware and write lines like, ‘he drifted back to…MORE

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A century ago, the home at 1750 Palm Ave. S.W. probably was the most gawked-at, talked-about residence in West Seattle.

“Everybody wanted to see it,” says 90-year-old Joe James,…MORE

By Pat Cashman

Small towns come in all sizes: Teeny to teeny-weeny; bitty to itty-bitty; eentsy-weentsy to itsy-witsy. The one I grew up in was more on the dinky side---and while it gained some population through the years, it never…MORE

By Gwen Davis

It was uncovered recently that Peter Petrasek and his wife Joan, West Seattle residents, willed their estate to “the United States of America.” In their wills, a cashier’s check for $847,215.57 was made out to the Department…MORE

By Amanda Knox

West Seattlite Wonder Russell's new short film See You On the Other Side is about a depressed, reclusive, recently-widowed young woman who attempts to bring her dead husband back to this side of life by any means necessary…MORE