From an estate garden, to a native plant haven, to a property dedicated to sustainable gardening practices, and more – the six gardens featured on the 2015 Highline Garden Tour showcase an inspiring range of horticultural features and cultivation…MORE
Features
Pat's View: Memorial Day
Mon, 05/25/15
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
Couple willed their $847,215.57 estate to the U.S. government
Fri, 05/22/15
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
Poli-sci isn't just for college
Fri, 05/15/15
By Kyra-lin Hom
In my graduate degree program, I've been studying topics like national, domestic and homeland security – you know, light reading. So far the only truth that holds across all of these fields is that the nuances are complex,…MORE
West Seattle-based short film 'See You On the Other Side' by writer/director Wonder Russell seeks featured extras
Fri, 05/15/15
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
Georgie's View: Dating throughout the ages
Wed, 05/13/15
By Georgie Bright Kunkel
It would be exciting to obtain a time machine and set it to ages past in order to observe the dating rituals from time immemorial. Then I got to thinking, maybe there was a time when there was no dating. Maybe…MORE
Lucky Envelope Brewing opens in Ballard
Tue, 05/12/15
Ballard imbibers can be elated to hear a new brewery has opened in the so-called “Seattle Beer District” in Ballard.
Lucky Envelope Brewing at 907 NW 50th St. opened its doors and its taps last Thursday, May 7. Owners/brewers, Barry Chan…MORE
You Are What You Eat: Jive with chives
Tue, 05/12/15
By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD Nutrition and fitness manager, Northwest Kidney Centers
Green shoots are poking up where my chives grow. I am giving them a “haircut” almost every night and adding their sweet, green, clean, onion flavor to soups,…MORE
ORCA LIFT REDUCED TRANSIT FARES AVAILABLE THROUGH MSC TO BURIEN AND DES MOINES RESIDENTS
Tue, 05/12/15
Free ORCA LIFT cards are available for eligible residents of South King County through Multi-Service Center (MSC). ORCA LIFT allows for reduced fares on Metro buses, ST Link Light Rail, Seattle Streetcar, King County Water Taxi, and Kitsap…MORE
Highline students raise funds for sex trafficking victims
Tue, 05/12/15
Students at Highline College will be hosting a bake sale to raise money for the Genesis Project, a local non-profit organization that helps female sex trafficking victims out of the life. All proceeds will go to the organization.
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