 |  | | News | | |  | | Top Stories | Opinion | Around Here | | BRIEFLY | Drink up! | A hot day proved successful for those offering drinks during the Madrona Street Festival on July 24.
 Wednesday, August 04, 2010 | | Click here to read more |  | | Madrona businesses propose relocating No. 3 bus stop | With Metro’s intention to reduce the number of stops on the No. 3 line, presently numbering three in the square block between 33rd and 34th avenues and East Spring and Union streets, Madrona business owners saw an opportunity to move the layover south one block.
 Wednesday, August 04, 2010 | | Click here to read more |  | | Community benefits from couple's bequest | The $50,000 Mimi and Martin Kraus left to the Madrona community has been allocated, and two of the four projects have begun.
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|  | |  |  |  | | Real Estate | | |  | | Lakeside Living | | REAL ESTATE CHASE | It's not all gloom, doom in local housing market | To those who were chagrined, appalled and depressed by my report last month that Madison Park house values may have had a greater fall from the peak than the declines experienced by other Seattle neighborhoods, I now offer some more-encouraging words.
 Wednesday, August 04, 2010 | | Click here to read more |  | | ASK RAY ABOUT REAL ESTATE | All real estate is local: Buy now | I am planning to buy my first home, but I’m hesitant because of the economy. I’m concerned about the ongoing global economic crisis and the effect it may have on the U.S. economy and home prices here in Seattle. Do you agree that it’s wiser to wait until there is more economic stability?
 Wednesday, August 04, 2010 | | Click here to read more |  | | IN THE GARDEN | Mesogeo brings the Mediterranean ever closer to Seattle | Looking for a summer getaway to stimulate your horticultural senses? Hop a ferry to Bainbridge Island and visit a nursery filled with plants suited to our dry summer climate.
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