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SEATTLE SOUNDINGS | Nick Licata: An appreciation

Before immersing themselves in this year’s horse-race speculation, our city’s political class would do well to stop and pay homage to one of the most significant and effective council members in modern Seattle history.

THE BOTTOM LINE | When silence screams

Every time I drive through Olympia, I hear a scream that vibrates above the trees and merges into the kaleidoscope of the sound of the forest. “Do you remember me?”

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Give small campaign donors a voice

Sometimes it feels like election season never ends. It’s certainly always fundraising season. It is nearly impossible to read the news today without seeing an example of big money’s influence on politics.

PAWS AND REFLECT | Tasty toxics

Though your dog or cat may appear as cute as can be while begging, sometimes they cannot stomach what we can stomach.

HEALTHY TODAY | Help your kids develop safe screen habits

Keeping up with your kids’ screen-time activities and providing parental guidance and oversight can be challenging. However, kids need help and guidance as they learn how to actively engage in the electronic world and make good choices.

Mandel is new PPC reporter

Eric Mandel is the new staff reporter for Pacific Publishing Co.’s Capitol Hill Times, Queen Anne & Magnolia News, City Living Seattle and Madison Park Times.

Madrona celebrates 20th Neighbor Appreciation Day

On Feb. 7, the Madrona Community Council (MCC) teamed up with old friends and new to celebrate Neighbor Appreciation Day.

Spectrum introduces new board, director

Spectrum Dance Theater (800 Lake Washington Blvd.) has announced this year’s board of directors and a new school director.

THE REAL ESTATE CHASE | Who moved our inventory?

If you’d like to sell your home in Madison Park, now is clearly the time. In fact, the opportunity seemed so good to my wife and me that we decided to sell our house. It was on the market for exactly a week.

ASK RAY ABOUT REAL ESTATE | 2015 may be the best time to sell in nearly a decade

It’s probably the question I get asked most often: Should I sell now, or should I wait? Perhaps you should ask yourself, What am I waiting for?

The how-tos of hugelkultur

Hugel-what now? Don’t let the fancy German intimidate you. In fact, hugelkultur — which translates to “mound culture” — is a more intuitive, sustainable and just plain easier way of creating a garden out of readily available resources than many of our traditional methods.

Pet vaccination, license clinics continue at Animal Shelter

Beginning with today’s (Friday, Feb. 27) Protect Your Pet event, the Seattle Animal Shelter's mobile clinic will temporarily relocate from the shelter’s main parking lot to a spot adjacent to the canine corral, on the west side of the shelter building.

Metro Transit bus fares going up March 1

King County Metro Transit riders will pay a bit more to ride the bus beginning Sunday, March 1.

Japanese Garden opens Sunday with ‘First Viewing’

The Seattle Japanese Garden (1075 Lake Washington Blvd. E.) will celebrate its First Viewing on Sunday, March 1, at 11 a.m.

Animal Shelter offers free services for World Spay Day

To commemorate Feb. 24, 2015, as World Spay Day, the Seattle Animal Shelter’s Spay and Neuter Clinic is offering free spay/neuter packages to area pets scheduled for surgery next week.

EDITORIAL | People need to catch on to vaccinations

It’s time to get serious about not letting people opt out of vaccinations for non-medical reasons. If you choose to participate in public schools and public society, then you have a mutual obligation to ensure medical safety to the best of your ability.