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After visiting Charcoal, the new restaurant in downtown Edmonds tucked inside the Graphite Arts Center, I planned to title this review "Food as Art." However, when I asked Mary... — Updated 12/2/2021

Interlude (n) 1. An intervening or interruptive period, space, or event: interval 2. A musical composition inserted between the parts of a longer composition, a drama, or service... — Updated 12/2/2021

Too much idle time at ferry dock Please put signs up labeling ferry parking and queue areas saying no-idle zones! In this time of respiratory danger, it adds to our stress. It... — Updated 12/2/2021

While viewing the early arrivals of white birdies near the tulip fields in Skagit County, I visited the sites of Florence and Skagit City. Florence and Skagit City were pioneer... — Updated 12/2/2021

Since it opened and was first reviewed this past spring, Vinbero has created a phenomenal wine list (especially of fine wines by the glass) and developed some wonderful evening... — Updated 12/2/2021

Editor’s note: The Build Back Better Act still has to be passed by the U.S. Senate before reaching the desk of President Biden. Pramila Jayapal represents an area including... — Updated 12/2/2021

The citizens of Edmonds must be represented and heard by their legislative body (i.e., the City Council) on how their tax dollars are spent in this City. But that did not happen on... — Updated 12/2/2021

The tasting room at Scratch Distillery, first reviewed in January 2018, is still a bold and bright space, and serves as the perfect setting for the expanding repertoire of our very... — Updated 11/23/2021

A number of years ago there was much complaining about a bridge to nowhere in Alaska. My story today is a bit different. It is about roads that would have gone somewhere useful in... — Updated 11/23/2021

It is interesting to pick something that we use as part of our daily lives and take a look at the impact of that use. The car tires that we all ride on need to be made, they wear ou... — Updated 11/23/2021

Why was Fourth Avenue Corridor project dropped from 2022 budget? It is disappointing that the Fourth Ave Corridor project was dropped completely from the 2022 budget. This capital... — Updated 11/23/2021

It is not just in faraway places that the extinction crisis is happening. The wide variety of life that used to inhabit the Puget Sound lowlands continues to shrink. Some our animal... — Updated 11/21/2021

Order up: 1 main on a small plate, confit, hold the baloney Made up my mind. I will not be patronizing any restaurant/bistro/grill using the terms "small plates,” “mains,... — Updated 11/18/2021

I play pub trivia Tuesday nights at Shawn O'Donnell's American Grill and Irish Pub. O'Donnell's location is usually described as in south Everett, or maybe Mariner. It wasn't... — Updated 11/18/2021

Did Edmonds kids live in fear of "silk trains"? That question came to mind while visiting Easton, Wash., to help the people there who hope to organize a new historical society. We... — Updated 11/14/2021

Editor's note: U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, who represents Seattle and Edmonds in the 7th Congressional District, helped negotiate the $1.2 trillion U.S. House infrastructure package... — Updated 11/11/2021

No member of our community – no matter their background or circumstance – should be vilified or scorned as (Council candidate) Will Chen was last week. The despicable, vulgar... — Updated 11/11/2021

Council president should apologize for retweet Edmonds citizens need to be aware of a tweet that Council President Susan Paine posted Oct. 29, three days prior to the general... — Updated 11/11/2021

"That exhibition was such a surprise," my Mom said as we walked away from Cascadia Art Museum after seeing their current exhibition, "Kenjiro Nomura, American Modernist: An Issei... — Updated 11/11/2021

I just read in this week's Edmonds Beacon that Economic Development Director Patrick Doherty is representing the following: "The streateries are allowed by individual permits that... — Updated 11/11/2021

My mom heard about the 85º Bakery in Edmonds and asked if I had ever been there. Oh yes, I replied, but just as quickly responded that it had been too long. We stopped in for... — Updated 11/10/2021

Restore our quaint city; remove streateries I was told by a City employee that the food sheds would be taken down in October. As they are not needed any longer, why can't... — Updated 11/4/2021

At the Black Diamond Museum in King County, a memorial commemorates men killed in coal mines. They went to work to make a living for themselves and their families, and one day... — Updated 11/4/2021

I agree with Kevin Oliver's letter published in the Oct. 28 Edmonds Beacon regarding the need for a direct transit connection to the new Northgate Link light rail station ("Direct... — Updated 11/4/2021