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Insurance Commissioner Candidates Pitch 36th District Demos

Mike Kreidler and John Conniff, Democratic candidates for State Insurance Commissioner, are scheduled to address the 36th District Democrats' membership meeting at 7:30 p.m. April 20.

Doing Trash in a Different Way

North Seattle's new recycling and trash system.

Body and Soul

Where Are My Keys? Is It Alzheimer's?

Have you ever worried about your memory? Did you ever think you had Alzheimer's Disease?

Sandy Bradley's Potluck

Oyster Wars

Japanese oysters are welcome in Willapa Bay. If anybody tried to remove them, Elian would seem like a blip on the screen by comparison to the oystermen's uproar.

Good Food

Cooking with Viggo

Cooking with Beef

I really became familiar with beef and steaks in the true North American form back in 1969 when I worked as a Chef at the Hotel Vancouver in British Colombia.

The Business End

Profiles of TrashBusters.com and ThinkBlot, the new game created by Pete's Pizza co-owner Rob Angel.

Small Ideas For Seattle

Save the I-90 Shoulder from Traffic Engineers!

Shoulders save us from even more congestion, contends Dick Falkenbury.

Letters to the Editor

State Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles defends public/private partnerships, Benella Caminiti says the Aquarium plan is a costly giveaway of public land, a new city hotel project draws ire from a Queen Anne neighbor and another reader complains that the School Dist

Neighborhood Coalition Fights to Cancel Gypsy Moth Spray Over Salmon Bay

A planned pesticide spray over Ballard and Magnolia by the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has met with a tide of opposition from local activists as well as a federal lawsuit.

What on Earth!?! A Case for the Neighborhood Investigator

Seattle Press reader Sally Weems asks, "What on earth are they doing at the North Pointe Condominium building, 3300 Meridian Ave. N, just above Gasworks Park? It has been shrouded plastic for months.

Hash

A 70-year-old Ballard woman is the victim of a strong-arm robbery/landscaping scam in January, which she reports to police after seeing a report of a similar incident on TV...

Kirby's Fremont

Kirby's Fremont

Marketime, or Marketing to the Neighbors

"We try to be a good, neighborhood store," explains Vic Kaloper of Marketime. The Marketime reader board and clock are landmarks in 'Upper' Fremont (also known as the Fremont Highlands) at North 44th Street and Fremont Avenue North.

Seattle Press Editorial

State Is Wrong to Evict the Lake Union Live-aboards

The sudden attack by Jennifer Belcher on Lake Union live-aboards puzzles us.

Eastlake Resident Takes on City for Not Funding Monorail Initiative

An Eastlake man, David T. Huber, is preparing a lawsuit to force the City to carry out financing of the monorail, which was approved by the voters by initiative in 1998.

My 2 Cents

School District Use of Pesticides Endangers Students Health

When the Washington Toxics Coalition compiled pesticide use data from the Seattle school district recently, it found that the district continues to use high-hazard pesticides in and around school buildings--including insecticides that harm the nervous sys

Northgate Neighbors Defy Developer, Envision Civic Center On Shopping Center's South Parking Lot

Northgate neighbors think new city investment in the area could give Northgate the town square it needs; they're counting on a brand-new library and community center to form the core of a civic campus in Northgate's retail ghetto. And they have a site in

Good Food

Recipe Contest

Give Us Your Meatloaf, Your Navy Bean Soup

Seattle Press readers are invited to participate in our new food section by sending in their favorite family recipes.