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By Maggie Nicholson

As a boy, John Nitkey learned to swim the clear waters of C’oeur D’Alene Lake. The sun was amber honey, sticking to the air. John waded in to his skinny shoulders, his legs merging with blue. He was the only swimmer…MORE

According to the Orca Network whose members provide multiple sighting reports "A mobile picnic of orcas traipsed down Puget Sound Saturday, spread out for miles but mainly mid-channel, in small groups, so difficult to census, probably foraging…MORE

If your ideas about the Czech Republic are limited to beer and a poster of Prague, the Czech Tourism bureau is working hard to change that. They are on a roadshow tour of various points in the U.S. and made a stop in West Seattle at The Swinery…MORE

The West Seattle Chamber of Commerce, for the 2nd year, sponsored a fund raising effort for its operations by cruising around Puget Sound aboard Jack Miller's converted trawler the Baltic Sea. More than 46 members bought tickets for the event…MORE

The Ballard News-Tribune just wrote about the Benito Chicago Eatery surviving as a small Ballard restaurant for 15 months, but now they will have competition in a fairly unfulfilled niche in Seattle: Patxi's Chicago Pizza.

Patxi's is…MORE

The moment Maria Federici is most known for is one she has no recollection of.

It was approaching midnight on Feb. 22, 2004 when the young, attractive 24-year-old Renton woman was driving home from a bartending shift at a Kirkland club on…MORE

PARK(ing) Day, the day that parking spaces get turned into little parks, is coming to Ballard today, Sept. 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Currently on the map (which can be found at http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/seattleparkingday.htm),…MORE

The Admiral Theater is the single Seattle venue screening The Manhattan Short Film Festival on Saturday, Sept 28 and Sunday, September 29 at 4:00 PM both days. Tickets are $10.00.

This year the festival received a record breaking 628 short…MORE

Fauntleroy UCC church at 9140 California Avenue SW is holding the Fauntleroy Fine Art & Holiday Gift show November 15-17 and are seeking artists to display their work at the event.

The Fine Art and Holiday Gifts at Fauntleroy will…MORE

Seattle Seahawks star defensive back Richard Sherman was doing a charity event at the Commons Mall in Federal Way where Coach Jeff Scott is the security director, and Sherman was asked by him to give the football team at Seattle Lutheran High…MORE