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By Georgie Bright Kunkel

When I hear our president or anyone else spout about our country being the greatest country in the world, I become nauseous. I was brought up to share and not to engage in braggadocio behavior. I can hardly sing…MORE

The Viking Tavern will have closed its doors to business when they lock the door at 2 a.m. on May 1. The closure will really hit the regulars when the door doesn’t yield in their hand at 11:30 a.m. The Viking Tavern’s run since 1950 on Ballard’s…MORE

The White Center Food Bank will get a serious boost of support from neighborhood restaurants during the 2nd annual Dine Out for Hunger which coincides with the Seattle Foundation’s Give Big effort. This all takes place May 15 and Zippy's Giant…MORE

By Maggie Nicholson

Horace Eaton Junior was born in a grassy suburb of Boston in the summer of 1925. His parents Horace Mann and Laura Clark had relocated there from Nova Scotia during the Great Depression. They were looking for work.…MORE

information from the Seattle Public Library

For the first time in at least a century, all locations of The Seattle Public Library will be open on Sunday in 2013. Expanded operating hours are being funded by a levy approved by voters in…MORE

West Seattle High School is the location May 4 for a FREE Auto Leaks class that is a $125 according to the school. Join the experts at West Seattle High School’s Automotive Center for the next class Saturday, May 4 or May 18. The class is from 9…MORE

Friday, April 26

Women in Jazz Festival

What: The Seattle Women in Jazz Festival, the first festival of its kind locally, will highlight some of Seattle’s best jazz bands, led and/or comprised of women. It will be coming to Egan's…MORE

What better way to save lives than to eat food? For the 20th annual event, "Dining out for life," you can do just that.

At a number of select restaurants, a percentage of your bill will be donated to Lifelong AIDS Alliance and the fight…MORE

Mercy Crisostomo has only had her dog Charlie for a short time, because he hasn't been here that long. She got Charlie, a English/American Golden Labrador Retriever, from her friend Erica whose dog had puppies. "He came and sat next to my feet…MORE

If you told Neighborhood District Coordinator Rob Mattson he was your hero, he would disregard you. Even as a whole circle of people at the Ballard District Council one by one said that Mattson was their hero, as happened at April’s meeting, his…MORE