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A complete transformation

Madison Park nature preserve finished

Almost two years ago former Madison Park resident Gene Brandzel set his sights on transforming an ugly patch of land at a street end on Prospect Street into property that Seattle residents could enjoy.ow, the flora is planted and the sign installed marking the Prospect Street Nature Preserve in Madison Park complete.

Revisiting the Park: Take a left turn at COVID

What the … this is getting really old. Up until today, we’d seen gatherings inside and out with the proper social distancing, but now it’s back to square one. Let’s hope we knock it out of the park in time for Christmas happenings (within reason).

Seattle woman turns love of musical theater into quarantine project

Like many people during the COVID-19 quarantine, Victoria Campbell did what many others did while sheltering away from others: She took up a new project.

Getting Kinnected

Madrona entrepreneur creates platform to make healthcare more accessible

Madrona entrepreneur Megan Haas's idea for a holistic healthcare platform that allows people to manage their health while connecting with other people and practitioners began percolating 15 years ago.

SPU lowering tuition next year

Beginning next fall, Seattle Pacific University will decrease its tuition for undergraduates by 25 percent.

Revisiting the Park: You gotta have a hook!

What we wouldn’t give to have the old restaurants back in Madison Park, even though there weren’t near as many as there are now.

Tree Talk: Sansevieria — where to begin?

Any writer will tell you: Probably the hardest thing about crafting a story is to come up with a lede (lead to non-journalists).

Unofficial general election results: Biden leads in Washington, Inslee defeats Culp

Seattle residents overwhelmingly support transportation benefit district

Based on unofficial general election results Tuesday evening, Washington residents overwhelmingly voted for former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris over sitting President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, while Gov. Jay Inslee has declared victory over challenger Loren Culp, thus securing his third term.

Tree Talk: The big, beloved sedums

Come October, garden columns are usually filled with stories about pumpkins, chrysanthemums or trees ablaze with autumn color. Rightly so, but there is another plant that heralds the season in equal splendor: sedums.

Not just a cookie business

Madison Park woman delivers joy, comfort with her baked treats

To Madison Park’s Tiffany Lewis, the treats she regularly produces in her commercial kitchen and delivers throughout Seattle and the country are not just cookies.

Revisiting the Park: The Good Ol' Days

The best part of summer is seeing the neighbors come out of hiding to reconnect and hear the word on the street. A main topic has been the virus and how to circumvent the reality of it.

Untested waters

Schools, parents facing uncertainty this fall

Even though the new year for Seattle Public Schools begins Friday for most students, COVID-19 has created a lot of uncertainty for parents and teachers as students prepare for an all-remote start to the school year.

Teen spreading joy with jars

Business also raising money to buy books about race, racism for children’s classrooms

With a little urging from her parents, Queen Anne teen Emani Burkhart has turned a hobby to keep busy during the pandemic into something even bigger.

Revisiting the Park: Sociability and unity

Madison Park has always been very social, partly because of its size, but also for the similar backgrounds and interests of the villagers. The love for and the history of our neighborhood has created a mutual abiding consciousness.

Tree Talk: The price of good taste

Back in the 1980s, I interviewed Stanley Marcus, board chairman of the luxury retailer, Neiman Marcus. I’ll freely admit I was a bit gobsmacked. My father, himself a great merchant in my eyes, had run a small department store in a small town in rural western Ohio. Dad had an eye like no other in terms of quality, style, affordability and what his clients wanted. To Dad’s market, his goods were top of the line.