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By Brad Chrisman

In the annals of Seattle history, he’ll be remembered as the city’s 51st mayor, the Honorable Gregory J. Nickels. Or, as they say in the dialect of his native Chicago, “Hizzoner Da Mare.”

File photo by Patrick…MORE

West Seattle resident chef, writer, food photographer and instructor Erin Coopey has a big day coming up on Aug. 7 when she launches her first cookbook: The Kitchen Pantry Cookbook.

Coopey, who teaches the art of cooking at South Seattle…MORE

Friday, August 2

Emerald Contra Dance

What: All dances taught. No partner necessary. Please, no cologne, perfume or other scented products. $8 General Admission; $7 Seniors, PNA members, SFS members; $5 Students.

Where:…MORE

South Seattle Community College Heavy Diesel and Automotive Instructor Doug Clapper and select students from the college have been working very slowly on something very fast.

The U-37 Miss Beacon Plumbing, set to race in the Seafair…MORE

Amy Nelson and her husband Quinn got their dog Winston at Seattle French Bulldogs (which is a clue to his breed) about five years ago. He has a brindle coat.

They feed him Canidae Lamb and Rice they get at Next to Nature in the West…MORE

There are block parties and then there's the one planned for 48th SW and Dawson Street on Aug. 6, National Night Out.

This is an event you might have to buy tickets for if it wasn't free.

First of all they will have a live band by…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

I don’t have luck growing big eggplants in my garden. We just don’t get enough hot days in the Northwest. Small eggplants though – those I can grow! Sometimes called fingerling or Japanese eggplants, they can ripen…MORE

For its 20th anniversary, the folks at Ballard Natural Gas have decided to give back to the community. After a successful food drive for the Ballard Food Bank, they raised $900 for the Ballard Boys and Girls Club, where owner Kathleen Kappen’s…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Racing forms were never seen in my home of origin. In fact, gambling was almost a sin. But only we girls took that seriously. Well, all but my oldest sister who became a woman of the world after spending two years…MORE

Photo courtesy of Ballard Historical Society

In Ballard, women have a history of working. While the men went out to sea to fish -- often for ten months out of the year -- women ran the family fishing business and worked in canneries,…MORE