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A new Burton shop sells beautiful things one day a week
The building is the color of a creamsicle, wedged into a short block across from the Burton Coffee…
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Judd Creek Bridge to close for six-week resurfacing project
The heavily traveled Judd Creek Bridge on Vashon Highway SW, just north of Burton, will soon close for…
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At Flostate Running, a coach builds a hub for island runners
James Batey places Brooks running shoes onto wooden shelves he milled from a fallen island cedar, paper still…
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Belle Baldwin house to reopen for short-term rentals
For more than 16 years, overnight guests rented the historic Belle Baldwin house at Vashon’s Fern Cove, waking…
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VHS forum puts cell phone policy on the table
Before Vashon High School students, parents and teachers began talking about cell phones Thursday night, interim Superintendent Jo…
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At Ober Park, Vashon remembers Day of Exile
More than 100 islanders gathered Saturday at Ober Park, where 84 years ago Vashon’s Japanese and Japanese American…
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Who will be Vashon’s next unofficial mayor?
The race for Vashon’s next Unofficial Mayor is underway.
Arts
Recommended: Drama Dock delivers ‘anthropology’
When a grieving sister builds an artificial version of her missing sibling from digital traces — texts, emails…
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Kites and orcas fill the sky and Sound on Mother’s Day
At Point Robinson Park on Mother’s Day, children tugged strings across the beach, hoping the sky would catch…
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Farmers market returns as VIGA plants seeds for future
Uptown Vashon has slipped back into its Saturday rhythm: tents rising at the Village Green, farmers setting out…
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After 8 Years, Heights Grocery enters final stretch
The old red Grange Hall near Vashon’s north-end park-and-ride has held potlucks, memorials, plays and pumpkin-carving parties for…
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Incident at VHS prompts review of cell phone policy
A cellphone left recording in a restroom stall at Vashon High School has prompted a re-examination of district…
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Little Bird Gardens blooms in a new backyard home
Bright pink cherry blossoms fall like snow in the backyard garden, gathering across the nursery floor. Red umbrellas…