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    A hiring fair draws interested applicants for postal...
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • February 1, 2023 1:30 am

    A source with direct knowledge of current staffing at the Vashon Post Office recently told The Beachcomber that there are currently three regular postal carriers in place on Vashon, to fill eight regular routes and one auxiliary route.

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    Park district sets levy rate for vote on...
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • February 1, 2023 1:30 am

    The proposed levy will appear on the April 25 ballot and would require a 60 percent “yes” vote for approval.

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    A life of service: ‘Mother Steen’ made her...
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • January 25, 2023 1:30 am

    Throughout the purpose-driven decades of her life, Barbara Steen became a pillar of the community — leading and contributing to worthy causes that beautified and enhanced life on Vashon.

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    Islanders see some improvement in services by AmeriGas
    Islanders see some improvement in services by AmeriGas
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • January 25, 2023 1:30 am

    A team of islanders are leading a local response to serious and ongoing customer complaints against the propane provider.

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    Honoring Sam Yates, as a foundation in his...
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • January 25, 2023 1:30 am

    Family and friends have founded the Sam Yates Community Foundation both to honor Sam’s commitment to community, and to protect others on Vashon from the condition that took his life

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    Portage Fill celebrates 50 years of making music...
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • January 25, 2023 1:30 am

    For generations, Portage Fill has entertained and inspired islanders to get up and dance to tunes from the great American songbook.

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    Scene & Heard: Rotary Club members take on...
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • January 25, 2023 1:30 am

    Club members gathered on a blue-sky morning, armed with goodwill, grabbers, gloves, buckets and gloves to clean up plastics.

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    USPS to host hiring fair to fill staffing...
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • January 24, 2023 3:29 pm

    After months of severe staffing shortages, the United States Postal Service will hold a job fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, in Vashon Library’s meeting room.

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    Harbor School aims to join a prestigious global...
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • January 18, 2023 1:30 am

    In International Baccalaureate schools, students gain “cultural awareness and progress in a second language, preparing them to engage with people all over the world.”

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    School district makes new hires, appoints new board...
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • January 18, 2023 1:30 am

    There are new faces of leadership at Vashon Island School District (VISD), with the recent appointment of a new school board member, and the hires of a new director of business and finance, and a new assistant principal at Vashon High School (VHS).

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    Vashon Park District moves forward to plan $2.7...
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • January 18, 2023 1:30 am

    If grant and community funding is successful, then potential permits, demolition and replacement construction could proceed in 2025.

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    Islander sentenced in connection with hit-and-run death
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • January 11, 2023 1:30 am

    A Vashon man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison in connection with the death of islander Nathan Dorn, Jr.

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    Islander Trish Millines Dziko to present MLK Day...
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • January 11, 2023 1:30 am

    In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of January, islander Trish…

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