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Educator Greg Tang schooled Seattle parents over the summer

Community highlights from the McGilvra PTA and Madrona

Keep your home where your heart is

‘Age for the long term’ by improving your house while you’re able.

Food for housing at Omnivorous

Capitol Hill Housing will host its sixth annual Omnivorous food event at the end of this month, on Sept. 29. The event will take place 5:30 p.m. at Summit on Pike, 420 E. Pike St.

Give addicts someplace to put their waste — or it will wind up on our doorsteps

The harsh reality of the heroin crisis doesn’t mean our children should be forced to pick up used needles or condoms outside their schools.

The hydroplane connection

In the ‘50s, males 18 and older had three choices:  Be drafted for two years, enlist three to four years or try to find work. 

The pros and cons of staging your home

Let’s be honest, staging is major up-front cost.  While everyone agrees that a staged home looks better, is there a financial upside to staging? Is staging really worth the added expense?

Madison Park Art Walk opens

The Madison Park Art Walk returned this month, featuring dozens of artists who will display their work in local businesses along the East Madison Street commercial corridor.

Running with your four-legged friend

Along with a love of strong coffee and microbrew beers, we Seattleites are known for being dog lovers and fitness buffs.

When guns harm 'the other'

Danni Askini was one of several participants in an Aug. 11 panel on hate and gun violence hosted by Gay City on Capitol Hill.

Homeless encampments: What do you think? | Guest Editorial

The City Council voted Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 6, to begin considering legislation that would, in my view, establish a sweeping, new right for people struggling with homelessness to camp in tents or vehicles on public property across Seattle.

'America's most progressive mayor?' Not by a long shot

Ed Murray may have helped raise the minimum wage, but his agenda is far from progressive.

Seattle's unprepared homeless czar | EDITORIAL

Seattle's new director of homelessness hasn't had experience with housing issues since the '90s.

Police believe man scaled office's second-floor patio to steal iPad | Police Notes

The following are selected reports from the Seattle Police Department. They represent the officers’ accounts of the events described.

Cheese, wine and tuna in Madrona

It’s a real pleasure to encounter, at Madrona’s Bottlehouse, 1416 34th Avenue, an entire list of “difficult” wines, beers and aperitifs.

Police continue to seek info on rumored drink tampering on Capitol Hill

It’s been more than a month since members of Capitol Hill’s nightlife community reached out to police about a possible increase in drugged drinks at bars. But police are still short on hard data confirming whether the druggings are taking place, and at which bars.  

Buyers, get ready — there's a light at the end of the tunnel

Buyers’ fatigue is real! If you are a buyer, you have spent days, weeks and months in this sellers’ market competing to own a home. Well, hang in there. We think there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.

First eight months of 2016 had second-most 'shots fired' reports of past five years

The year 2016 saw 211 reports of shots fired from Jan. 1 to Aug. 1, the second-highest number of incidences for the same period of every year from 2012. Only 2015 was higher, with 226 police reports that included evidence or eyewitness reports of gunshots.

PCC building to bring more than 1,200 car trips to East Madison Street

A proposed retail and mid-rise apartment building will bring more than 1,200 vehicle trips a day to and from its location on East Madison Street, according to a traffic analysis entered into city record Monday, Aug. 22.

City pushes landlord to fix up Madison Street storefronts

Some community members say a property on East Madison Street on has been in rough shape for more than 20 years and have approached the owner about fixing or selling it to no avail.

Camp helps girls find their place in math and science

This week, 40 students attended Alexa Cafe — a science, technology, engineering and math summer program — on the University of Washington campus under a scholarship provided by former Starbucks President Howard Behar and his wife, social worker Dr. Lynn Behar.