Last Friday, 110 students from Salmon Bay Elementary recreated the Oregon Trail experience, trudging and toiling their way eight miles from Ballard to Magnuson Park. The kids went all out for the biannual event, dressing up like miniature modern…MORE
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POEM: In Home’s Stead
Sun, 06/09/13
By Carol Smith
Yonder stands a grand old lady Nobel, though in sad distress Scorched and vacant are her gardens Pitiful her ragged dress
Once she was a regal creature At whose table we all dined Dressed in lace and candelabras…MORE
An Untold Life: Steve "Stumbletown" Adams
Sat, 06/08/13
By Maggie Nicholson
As a young boy, Steve had already developed his mischievous grin: one that unwrapped and crinkled across his cheekbones. His eyes, reflecting the joy, twinkled like starlight on tinfoil. The grin would show itself…MORE
UPDATE 2: Dormant Chuck and Sally’s Tavern coming back to life as The Bridge; First looks at the new design
Fri, 06/07/13
Update 2 June 21 The Bridge has shared an early iteration of their re-design for the old Chuck and Sally’s Tavern building in the Morgan Junction.
Showing the building from the California Ave. S.W. side, the redesign exhibits sidewalk…MORE
Ballard Weekend: ArtWalk, SketchFest, Open House at Shilshole Bay Marina and more
Fri, 06/07/13
Friday, June 7
Hawaiian Bouncefest At Loyal Heights Community Center
What: We’ll have bounce houses, game stations, and prizes. Dress in your best aloha outfit. Game cost: 50 cents per ticket (some games cost more than one ticket…MORE
SLIDESHOW: A fence with a story, and a tree that deserves one
Fri, 06/07/13
Retired Seattle public school teachers and West Seattleites Donn and Jan Weaver are getting older (around the 80 mark), and have begun the conversation on moving out of their 48th Ave. S.W. home here soon for the easier option of an assisted…MORE
Pike Place's fishmongers feed the bears
Thu, 06/06/13
Earlier today, fishmongers from Pike Place Fish Market put their fish-throwing skills to the test when they fed Woodland Park Zoo's 750-pound grizzly bears.
"We love doing this kind of stuff," said Ryan Reese, a fishmonger and Ballard…MORE
Ballard High students strut their stuff for charity fashion show
Thu, 06/06/13
Last Friday, Ballard High School students strutted their stuff to benefit the nonprofit Treehouse, which supports foster-care youth, for the first ever Stylin' and Sharing fashion show.
Earlier, we spoke with the mastermind behind the…MORE
New West Seattle produced video released by Black Dahlia Films features The Dolly Rottens
Thu, 06/06/13
The newest in the series of West Seattle produced music videos, shot at Salon 08, which is on Genesee Street north of the West Seattle Junction has been released by Black Dahlia Films and director Jamie Chamberlain. Chamberlain in recent years…MORE
Ballard students, supporters and survivors raise funds at Relay for Life
Thu, 06/06/13
By Elizabeth Wang
The Relay for Life of Northwest Seattle at Whitman Middle School brought in 27 teams and 228 participants to walk, run and raise money that will all be donated to the American Cancer Society.
The 16-hour marathon…MORE