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Seattle School for Boys begins inaugural school year

New independent school to focus on real-world problems, challenging attitudes about what it means to be a man

The Seattle School for Boys has started its inaugural school year with a curriculum focused on real-world problem solving and social and behavioral growth.

Don't believe the hype

PROPERTY VIEWS

Reading the doom-and-gloom headlines about Seattle’s real estate market is an echo of what happened this exact time last year — it’s like wash, rinse, repeat. You have to look at the data and understand consumer behavior to know that right now we’re far from experiencing a housing crash.

It's all Greek...

St. Demetrios delivers food, dance, culture through longtime festival

It’s the food that drives folks to the St. Demetrios Greek Festival every year, but there are many other cultural offerings for people to explore during the three-day event.

Leschi celebrating artistic expression

Eighth annual artwalk is Sept. 14

The eighth annual Leschi ArtWalk will take place 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, along Lakeside Avenue South and inside Leschi Park.

Madrona Park Beach overdue for play area renovations

Residents encourage maintenance not lag following improvements; next design meeting on Oct. 30

Seattle Parks and Recreation staff tasked with renovating the Madrona Park Beach play area acknowledged that park maintenance has lagged over the years, and the proposed project is one in a long list of overdue capital improvements.

The Central earns King County grant to become African Diaspora Hub

Surprise audit by community partner pushes nonprofit to quickly raise funds to satisfy requirements to acquire property from city

As the Central Area Senior Center continues to work with the City of Seattle to acquire the property it has operated in for more than 50 years, executive director Dian Ferguson is celebrating a large grant from King County to establish The Central as an innovative African Diaspora Hub.

Bamboo Thai gets peace of Mind

New owners of Madison Park restaurant focusing on satisfying food, customer experience

Duanchai Stantus — Mind to her friends and customers — is mixing her love of food and hospitality experience into her recipe for Bamboo Thai in Madison Park.

Washington officials blast Trump's Title X gag rule

State, Planned Parenthood exit federal family planning program

Washington is among a handful of states that, at least for now, will be able to maintain women’s health services following its exit from the federal Title X program.

Midtown Center coming down

Developer working on a 25-month construction schedule for 432-unit mixed-use apartment project

Demolition of the Midtown Center superblock in the Central District started in late August. Excavation work for a new seven-story, three-building apartment and retail development expected to begin in early September.