News Briefs | August 21, 2025

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Library hours expand: Starting August 24, Vashon Library will be expanding its hours to be open on Sundays. It will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays.

Granny’s Grants: Fall grant submissions for island thrift store Granny’s Attic are due no later than 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 3. Funding will be released during the first week of October. Contact brian@vashongrannysattic.org for more information.

Home and Garden Fair: Registration for vendors and event sponsors is open for the Vashon Chamber of Commerce Home & Garden Fair on October 18. The free event connects residents with professional experts and vendors. Visit thisisvashon.com/home-garden-fair.

Shellfishing closure: Recreational shellfishing remains closed across all the beaches of Vashon-Maury Island due to unsafe levels of paralytic shellfish poison — a neurotoxin that can sicken or even kill those who eat contaminated shellfish.

Since August 8, the closure has extended to all island beaches and includes all species of shellfish including clams, geoduck, scallops, mussels, oysters and snails. For updates, visit fortress.wa.gov/doh/biotoxin/biotoxin.html, or call the DOH biotoxin hotline at 1-800-562-5632. The closure refers only to recreational shellfishing; commercial shellfish sites are monitored separately.