On Aug. 20, I was informed of the final proposed routing for the No. 11 East Madison and the other buses involved in the proposed March 2016 Metro and Sound Transit changes for the light rail expansion.
Madison Park has always maintained that small, friendly village appeal lacking in other areas in Seattle.
As results trickled in from this month’s first primary electing Seattle City Council members by district, two strong trends emerged — trends that are completely mutually incompatible.
Every once in a while a moment arrives that a candidate, especially a presidential one, can use to define who he really is.
Stroll the sidewalks of the Madison Park business district this month and, no doubt, you’ll gasp at the overhead show.
It’s increasingly apparent that there have been other changes in housing patterns as a result of the Great Recession. For example, retirees are choosing to “age in place,” instead of moving to the Sun Belt.
As the economy improves, today’s sellers are facing a very different environment than they were before the housing market stumbled in 2006.
As the days get shorter you may be feeling the wear-and-tear of an active summer.
Close relationships give us energy, both physically and emotionally. So what happens when we lose these loving relationships?
Some 15 rabbit owners were undeterred by the July heat and made their way to the Seattle Rabbit Agility Club meet-up known as Hoppy Hour.
HomeStreet Bank is co-sponsoring this year’s Madison Park Art Walk, now in its sixth year.
Peter Johnson is the new lessee of the space at the corner of 34th Avenue and East Union Street — occupied for the last 20 years by the Madrona Eatery & Ale House — to be renamed Madrona Arms.
During the Seattle Summer Parkways festivities in the Central Area, the Seattle Public Library will present a day of stories, music and outdoor activities from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 12 at the Douglass-Truth branch.
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This year, the McGilvra Elementary School PTA has announced that its annual Runathon, the school’s biggest fundraiser and the only one driven by students, will look a little bit different.
Seattle Parks and Recreation’s Late Night Recreation Program will start offering free hot and healthy meals to participants beginning in September 2015.
The race to become the first-ever District 3 Seattle City Councilmember is now down to two.
The City of Seattle recently awarded matching funds to three local groups to support neighborhood-initiated projects.
The Seattle Department of Transportation is recruiting residents and businesses to help make this year’s inaugural Seattle Summer Parkways events a success.
Contractor crews rebuilding SR 520 plan to close a key bicycle and pedestrian route next week between the University of Washington and Capitol Hill.
New pavement is coming to the westbound curbside lane of East Madison Street near 27th Avenue East.
While staying at a friend’s house, a man discovers a mysterious human bone and handgun buried in the backyard. That sounds like a set-up for a murder mystery; instead, Mumblecore director Joe Swanberg’s “Digging for Fire” is an early mid-life-crisis drama.
One would assume that after 18 years serving as a state legislator for the 43rd District in Olympia, Mayor Ed Murray would be used to being called “the man.”
Seattle Department of Transportation crews will pave 31st Avenue South this weekend.
The state Supreme Court lodged its most recent volley at legislators and Gov. Jay Inslee last Thursday, Aug. 13, demanding they head back to Olympia to find billions of dollars more for public education or face a fine of $100,000 each day.
“American Ultra” is a hard-R Jason Bourne-meets-Cheech and Chong — it is an intriguing idea that falters in execution.
Joe Veyera is the new staff reporter for Pacific Publishing Co.’s Capitol Hill Times, Queen Anne & Magnolia News, City Living Seattle and Madison Park Times.
At the start of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ rally last Saturday, two Black Lives Matter activists took over the Westlake Center stage to recall attention to their cause. But any message that either party had to convey was quickly lost in the ensuing struggle for control of the microphone.
State Route 520 will close to traffic this weekend for the last annual inspection of the highway’s 52-year-old floating bridge.
“Straight Outta Compton” is an informative, timely, hugely entertaining, moving tribute to the musical group and a celebration of the gangsta rap movement. It isn’t solely a musician biopic but a portrait of a cultural revolution, too.
British director Guy Richie has lost his way of late. But the slick Cold War-era spy throwback “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” reinvigorates his career.
Chef Jason Wilson and his wife and business partner, Nicole Wilson, are closing CRUSH in Madison Valley.
Drivers exiting westbound state Route 520 onto Montlake Boulevard will encounter a wider off-ramp and a new T-intersection beginning Monday, Aug. 10.
The event taking place at the KeyArena this week may just look like another video game convention, but within the halls of the arena is a monster of a culture that has yet to be experienced by the masses: Dota 2’s e-sports scene.
Josh Trank’s “Fantastic Four” reboot is a failure. But it’s fascinating in the way it fails.
Waking up to quiet summer mornings reminds me how it used to be all day here in Madison Park.
Behind closed doors, far from public scrutiny, the project of remaking Seattle continues apace.
Several friends have left already because they were convinced that America was not a place where American Africans can live in peace and harmony.
It’s a slightly complicated ritual, but one Seb Barnett had little trouble performing.
In 2014, Seattle was the fastest-growing city in the United States, and in-migration of new residents has created a supply-demand crisis for available housing units.
Obliteride riders will cycle through the Washington Park Arboretum, Madison Valley, Madrona and Leschi on Sunday, Aug. 9.
We are fortunate to live in a beautiful city surrounded by water, where, in typical years, water falls from the sky more days that we would like.
Progeny is a fundamental feature of life that we share with all species.
When Burke Shethar, a real estate appraiser by profession, opened the Madrona Easter & Ale House 20 years ago, he was on the leading edge of a transformation in Seattle neighborhoods.
The Leschi Business Association and Leschi Community Council will present local artists, craftspeople and businesses at the fourth-annual Art Walk and Street Fair.
The Interagency Academy is Seattle’s biggest secret: an alternative, nurturing public high school for students who are dealing with hard life issues and need extra support.
Madison Park resident John Blanchett was shot three times on June 28, during an apparent gang-related incident in Evansville, Ind.
The project to renew the East Prospect Street end in Madison Park is on hold due to concern from surrounding neighbors.
“The Gift” can best be described as a creepy stalker movie, but it’s not the creepy stalker movie you think it is.
James Ponsoldt’s “The End of the Tour” is about author David Foster Wallace, a truly brilliant writer hindered by his inability to climb out of his mind.
Six neighborhood block parties will take place Tuesday, Aug. 4, for the Seattle Night Out Against Crime.
