Boaters are a social group, gathering together for everything, from Seafair to opening day of boating season to Christmas Ships parades to private parties — it’s always a fun scene.
Though Washington state is considered by many to be one of the most liberal states in the nation, it bears the burden of being one of the few states that passed draconian anti-affirmative action legislation.
Plenty of people are now putting the sun, wind and water to work to cut their energy bill. Should you join them?
Home prices continue to rise at a pace that appears to be higher than everything else — or so it seems. But exactly how much have home prices increased in the last 30 years?
In December 2013, Bill’s Off Broadway, the legendary Capitol Hill pizza joint and bar closed. Its building at Harvard Avenue and East Pine Street was to be replaced by a fancy, new mixed-use development.
It’s a chilly, gray November day, and you’re longing to be in Palm Springs as you take your morning walk through Madison Park.
In our damp corner of the world, coffee flows much like the rain from the lingering clouds. But after the morning cup is done, what to do with all of your leftover coffee paraphernalia?
Does clapping for the Seahawks hurt your wrist and make your fingers tingle? Do you have to shake your hand to get it to “wake-up” after keyboarding? This wrist pain and hand numbness might be the signs of carpal tunnel syndrome.
As we know, most animals have much shorter life spans than we do, so there is one aspect of pet ownership for which I don’t care: Pets age too quickly. Then we need to say goodbye when we’re not ready.
Whether you live in a neighborhood, apartment complex or downtown, pets that have strayed from their home, have been stolen or even intentionally abandoned are commonly reported on neighborhood websites.
Several recently published studies on aging all seem to lead to the same conclusion: When it comes to diet and lifestyle choices, older adults are well advised to practice moderation.
Have you heard about Ernest Loves Agnes, in the old Kingfish Cafe space? Hemingway-themed cocktails, imaginative pizzas and a dessert called Orange Blossom that stole my heart. So good that I thought I’d never fall in love again.
Over the summer, The Valley School completed a $1.9 million project that included renovations of an existing building, demolition of the old administration building and construction of a new facility for third-, fourth- and fifth-grade classrooms.
Four local schools will each have open house events in the coming weeks for prospective students and their families.
School is well underway at McGilvra Elementary School, with kids, parents, faculty and staff spearheading some high-impact community outreach projects.
After the Sandy Hook shooting claimed the lives of 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school almost three years ago, Margaret Heldring and a small cohort of friends felt compelled to take action on gun violence.
Nearly a hundred residents and groups who spoke during an Oct. 20 public hearing before the Seattle City Council about they mayor's proposed budget said it fails previous promises to address the issue of homeless, poverty assistance and services to the needy.
While there are more than a dozen GOP candidates fighting for the 2016 presidential ticket, Seattle Port Commissioner Bill Bryant is currently the only Republican to declare his campaign for next year’s Washington gubernatorial race.
Seattle Public Schools parents have been run through the gamut in the first two months of this school year.
Weeknight closures of westbound state Route 520’s right lane begin tonight between the SR 520 floating bridge and Montlake.
The Madrona Community Council’s annual Halloween event for costumed trick-or-treaters will once again take place at the Madrona Shelterhouse, from 4 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31.
Washington State Department of Transportation maintenance crews will close the Montlake Bridge this weekend, along with the westbound state Route 520 off-ramp to Montlake Boulevard and a single lane of the eastbound SR 520 off-ramp to Montlake Boulevard.
The Seattle Department of Planning and Development will hold a series of community meetings this fall to solicit public comment on the Draft City of Seattle Comprehensive Plan.
This year is a milestone in Seattle politics, and not just because of the new districts for City Council elections. The infusion of enormous wealth into Seattle’s economy has finally given Seattle big-city politics
The problems with Seattle Public Schools shifting teachers around this far into the school year and homeless people taking over long-vacant buildings were big news last week. It’s what happens when an ever-growing city is faced with ever-growing lists of needs and wants it can’t fund and problems it has no solutions for. Or at least solutions it wants to consider.
It was a homecoming of sorts for Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant on Thursday afternoon. The former economics teacher at Seattle Central College was back on campus to face off with challenger Pamela Banks in a back-and-forth District 3 debate that predominantly centered on issues facing students.
Metropolitan King County Council members heard more than two hours of testimony on Oct. 6 from a large number of Northeast Seattle residents concerned about Metro Transit cuts and route revisions proposed to begin at the start of University Link light rail service in March.
With a guaranteed three, and potentially four, new faces on the Seattle School Board this fall, the composition of the seven-seat council is sure to have a different look come November.
The upcoming Seattle City Council elections will determine the future of our neighborhoods and our remaining stock of low-income housing. It’s all on the line.
The “Bertha boondoggle” just can’t catch a break — at least not when it comes to jokes about its long-spanning delays.
With the general election looming less than a month away, the two candidates jostling to represent District 3 on the Seattle City Council took to the stage of a packed Pigott Auditorium at Seattle University on Sunday, Oct. 4.
It’s a good thing for the environment that the Shell Oil Co. decided to discontinue its pursuit of untapped oil reserves in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea. But local environmental activists are misguided if they think their efforts in May had any impact on that decision.
It’s time to pay homage to a feature affordable by all in many neighborhoods: the tavern and the 25-cent schooner!
With the passage of Proposition 1, the City of Seattle now has a funding mechanism that is expected to raise $45 million per year to help address overcrowding and reliability issues with Metro Transit and to add frequency to meet demand for more transit, effective Sept. 26.
Earlier in September, a coalition of some housing advocates, developer-sponsored groups and a few unions, calling itself “Growing Together,” appeared with Seattle City Councilmember Mike O’Brien and Mayor Ed Murray to express support for the mayor’s recently announced Housing Affordability and Liveability Agenda (HALA).
First, there was Vester Flannigan, a disgruntled black news reporter who shot to death two white colleagues on live TV.
No tree heralds the advent of autumn like a Japanese maple.
The fall real estate market is often a busy time of year for Realtors. Sales typically pick up after Labor Day, making October the month with the second-highest volume of closings (after March).
Among the tasks of tucking the garden to bed in autumn is one special job that brings the more immediate promise of next year’s blooms: ordering and planting spring bulbs!
If that spring or summer fitness kick is all but a memory, it’s time to get back at it.
A free Parkinson’s support group will once again meet at Park Shore Retirement Community on Wednesday, Oct. 14.
The Central Area Senior Center recently received a matching fund grant from the Department of Neighborhoods’ Neighborhood Matching Fund program to study options for the future redevelopment of the center.
Madison Park resident Kathleen O’Connor, publisher of The O’Connor Report, has been appointed to the Rhode Island-based Patient Voice Institute’s Patient Advisory Council.
What’s up here? A liquor license application from an outfit named Aglio e Olio lists Luigi DeNunzio as one of the applicants. He’s well-known in the Italian-American restaurant community.
Leschi was blessed with sun and warm weather for the fourth-annual ArtWalk, which was expanded this year to include more activities for children and more music groups.
This sixth-annual Madison Park Art Walk kicked off with an opening-night gala on Sept. 11 at Starbucks that brought out the entire community for the family-oriented event.
Madison Park’s IndieFlix presented a screening of the most recent “Annie” movie on Saturday, Sept. 19.
In September 1985, 43,000 students in Seattle Public Schools were held out of classes as approximately 3,700 educators went on strike in the city.
Seattle Girls' School is recruiting a diverse group of female mentors to match with its incoming students.
After a very busy summer, McGilvra Elementary School is back in full swing.
Take some last looks at the District 3 City Council candidates before the general election during a forum on Monday, Oct. 12.
At $85 a year, a full-price annual membership for Pronto Cycle Share is one of the more affordable transportation methods in Seattle.
Take a ferry out of the Port of Seattle in August and you may encounter resident pods of orcas.
St. Clouds restaurant will host the two candidates for the Seattle City Council District 3 seat in separate public events.
United Way of King County has established the Sept. 24 Aurora Collision Relief Fund, with all proceeds to support patients and their families.
For a movie about a man who gets stranded on an alien planet for a year and a half, Ridley Scott’s “The Martian” is extremely positive.
