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Support your neighborhood; vote at Umpqua Bank

Queen Anne leads Magnolia for the $10,000 prize in the promotional contest

If you are looking for a way to support your neighborhood, it might be as easy as sending a love letter. Umpqua Bank has launched the “I Heart Project,” which asks community members to vote for their favorite neighborhoods and businesses. The top three neighborhoods will each receive $10,000 for a community project and the top 10 businesses will share a portion of a $15,000 jackpot.

Holiday Magic to fill Queen Anne Dec. 2

It will be an afternoon and evening of lights, carolers, cheer and a visit from Santa Claus this Friday, Dec. 2, as Queen Anne holds is 17th annual Holiday Magic event. This year’s festivities kick off at 4 p.m. and run till 8 p.m. The trees along Queen Anne Avenue will be lit up and many groups of carolers will be making the rounds, including the John Hay Chorus that will sing in front of the Starbucks café at 4 p.m.

LloydMartin is the latest to join in the turbulent world of Queen Anne restaurants

Business Roundup

Chef Sam Crannell has finally got what he wanted – freedom. The former chef at the 5 Corner Market Bar & Kitchen, Quinn’s and Oddfellows, decided recently that he’d had enough of working for other people and that it was time to strike out on his own. The result is one of Queen Anne’s newest restaurants, LloydMartin, at 1525 Queen Anne Ave. N.  

Fund-raising plans for Manor Park continue to take shape

Friends of Magnolia Manor Park say they need to raise about $150,000 by December 2012 to remove fences...

Magnolia Village to get new clothing boutique

Magnolia residents can anticipate a new place to shop as they await the arrival of a new boutique set to open...

Coming soon to a street near you

Secret 'agents' bring chaos, joy with street improv; another planned for July 31

You are waiting in a long line at Starbucks for your daily latte. A man and woman argue about what they want to order, someone asks if they can sit at a table, a stack of Jenga blocks falls to the floor - nothing out of the ordinary.

Vera Davis: Endured Nazi occupation

Vera Davis 84, passed away July 11. She was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1925.

Steady as she goes at Fishermen's Terminal

Initial findings of 20-year plan show that the Interbay facility is doing just fine

When Port of Seattle staffers sat down to analyze the best way to utilize Fishermen’s Terminal during the next 20 years...

Local grad runs New York City marathon for Cancer

University of Washington and St. Anne’s School graduate Annamarie Calkins completed the New York City Marathon for the first time...

Parenting then and now

Technology a blessing, curse, for today's parents

Parenting is nothing new. Ever since the beginning of humanity, people have had children and become parents, and their children after them have continued the cycle by having their own kids and becoming parents themselves.

Chocolopolis celebrates two years with chocolate tasting

The flavors varied from the super sweet tanariva lait to the wildly rich abinao. And everyone who attended the sampling/anniversary event at Chocolopolis, couldn't get enough.

Minus the Bear all warm and fuzzy In Seattle stop

Opener Mini Mansions also shines

One of the hotter bands in the states made a tour stop in Seattle over the weekend and fans were not disappointed.

Seattle Pacific University plans new dormitory

Seattle Pacific University is planning to build a five-story dormitory at 3309 Sixth Ave. W...

King and Verduin among Ballard Beavers named to all-conference teams

Dominic King, Ballard High School’s outstanding junior running back and defensive player, was named the...

Hundreds turn out for church opening

About 1,600 Scientologists and their guests packed the street in front of 300 W. Harrison St. Saturday for the opening of the new Church of Scientology of Washington, a milestone for the congregation formed 54 years ago.