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PRACTICAL MONEY MATTERS | Create a financial calendar for the new year

When was the last time you made a financial resolution on New Year’s Eve? If you can’t remember, you’re in good company.  

GARDEN HOTLINE | The gift of health, fresh air

During a typical winter day, our region’s coveted day length averages 8.5 hours, with 77 percent of that daylight filtered through clouds. Fortunately, you do not need to completely forgo the pleasures of working with plants in the winter.

HEALTHY AND ACTIVE | Healthy nutrition in 2016

We’ve gone from the season of celebrations to the season of resolutions. Is this the year to fuel your body with good nutrition? 

Free quarterly health talks

MoveMend will present a series of free health-and-wellness talks every quarter in 2016.

AGING WITH CARE | Never too old to play

Toys for seniors?  I say, “Yes!”

Kicking off new year at McGilvra

After a busy holiday season, McGilvra Elementary School and its PTA are thankful for the village that has helped orchestrate and contribute to its many successful events and activities this school year.

St. Therese to have open house

Principal Matthew DeBoer will welcome prospective students and their families during an open house at St. Therese Catholic Academy on Jan. 31.

School readerboard gets grant

Madrona PTSA was among 24 community groups receiving matching funds from the city’s Small and Simple Projects Fund in November.

Central Area becomes city’s second Arts & Cultural District

Mayor Ed Murray signed legislation in mid-December creating the Historic Central Area Arts and Cultural District, the second Seattle neighborhood to be named a designated Arts & Cultural District.

Shake-up in the 7th

One of the most tenured figures in Washington state politics has decided his current term will be his last.

EDITORIAL | McDermott’s leave allows room for new voices, change

Washington 7th District Congressman Jim McDermott had been called “Seattle’s congressman for life,” and with 14 terms in office, it seemed like he would be, up until he made his announcement on Monday, Jan. 4.

EDITORIAL | Ride the Ducks should disembark from Seattle

On Sept. 24, Ride the Ducks went from simply being a public spectacle to a deadly example of what happens when maintenance and safety practices are neglected to make a buck.

New SR 520 off-ramp to open

Westbound state Route 520 drivers headed to Lake Washington Boulevard will use a new westbound off-ramp over the 24th Avenue East bridge, starting Wednesday, Jan. 6.

No holiday garbage, recycling collection

No garbage, recycling or food- and yard-waste collections are scheduled in Seattle on New Year’s Day (Friday, Jan. 1).

Madison BRT work continues

The Madison Bus Rapid Transit project team recently released the preferred alternative for the project.

Start off the New Year with a splash

Seattle Parks and Recreation presents the 14th-annual Polar Bear Plunge at noon on Thursday, Jan. 1.

REVIEW | ‘Hateful Eight’ captivating in first half, excessive in second

Quentin Tarantino’s latest picture, “The Hateful Eight” — a meticulously crafted Western thriller set in Wyoming and shot on 70mm Panavision — contains familiar “Tarantino-isms,” but it feels very different from his other works.

REVIEW | ‘Point Break’ goes for broke with action, but little else

For movie so infatuated with extreme sports, Ericson Core’s “Point Break” is a stagnant, airless remake lacking any reason to exist.

REVIEW | ‘Concussion’ leave audience feeling empty despite story

Peter Landesman’s “Concussion” tells an important and fascinating story in the most conservative way.