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Vashon HouseHold seeks islanders’ input on new program

The new home-sharing program will augment those efforts and is aimed at providing affordable housing for workers and…

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Scene & Heard: Pinewood Derby offers fun for scouts

Scouts and family members cheered on 27 homemade cars that competed in the Derby

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New book and play explore themes of love and loss on Vashon

The play reading, staged by Drama Dock and directed by Chaim Rosemarin, will take place at 1 p.m.…

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Local newspaper coverage left behind damaging legacy

While we cannot change the past, we can acknowledge the harm the island’s newspaper coverage helped cause, that…

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A local wunderkind will join jazz veterans at Talk on the Rock

The music of Bill Evans will be celebrated on May 15, when bassist Bruce Phares and pianist Jeremy…

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Facing $1.3 million deficit, school district plans staff cuts

VISD administrators began to lay out a plan to implement a reduction in force (RIF) in the district.

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Local firefighter, arts leader relocates to otherwordly spot

Everett is now the fire chief of the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, located in central New…

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Michael Whitmore returns to the Black Cat stage

His career highlights include an NEA Composers Grant, composing music for Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Franz Wright, and more.

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Scene & Heard: Protesters take to Vashon’s town center

The crowd, at its height, numbered more than 30 people of all ages.

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Vashon’s very own opera company offers up an effervescent ‘The Merry Widow’

The opera tells the story of Hanna Glawari, a fabulously wealthy widow, and the attempts of an ambassador…

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A Trilogy of Tributes to Akio Takamori and Clay on Vashon

Celebrate pottery throughout the month of May at VCA, Vashon Heritage Museum and Mukai Farm & Garden.

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Commissioners hold re-vote for empty seat, discuss more hires

This was the second time in two weeks that the board had voted to approve Schran Brown’s application…

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Vashon’s only laundromat likely to close soon

The laundromat — Vashon’s only such business — is located in the center of Vashon.