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Firefighters battle a fire in an RV in the late afternoon of July 10. (Vashon Island Fire Rescue photo.)

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Fire destroys an RV parked near Island Center Forest

The fire on July 10 followed four days of temperatures topping 90 degrees on Vashon.

Fireworks light up the sky on July Fourth as paddlers watch from inner Quartermaster Harbor. (Corinne Sherry photo.)

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Islanders celebrate July Fourth and keep the party going

Fireworks, a reopened museum and the hydro race were just some of the highlights.

Vashon Center for the Arts. (Tom Hughes photo.)

Arts

VCA blooms with a full season of shows coming up

Vashon Center for the Arts has prepared a complete season of events for the next year.

Elsa Croonquist has overseen the renovation of Vashon Heritage Museum’s permanent exhibit that will have its grand opening on Friday. (Courtesy photo.)

Arts

Friday boasts museum reopening, arts fest launch and more

Plus, other exhibits opening on Vashon.

The pianists of PianoFête are (top row, left to right) Rexa Han, Vyacheslav Grayaznow, (bottom) Konstantin Soukhovetski, and Kevin Kenner. (Courtesy photos.)

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PianoFête boasts virtuoso artists

Four acclaimed pianists will bring exquisite music to VCA

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Islanders help first responders push a new ambulance into Station 55, on Bank Road, during a firehouse ceremony that dates back to the 1800s.

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VIFR upgrades fleet, starts renovation

As aid cars and engine arrive, VIFR begins big renovation

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Children’s librarian Amelia Lincoln Ecevedo, leading a lively outdoor story hour at Ober Park in 2023.

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Vashon Library beckons youth and parents to summer programs

Make gnomes, blow bubbles and more.

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Fireworks return to Quartermaster Harbor on July 4

Planning for the Fourth? Here’s what you need to know

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Vashon Heritage Museum’s new permanent exhibit to be unveiled

The entry is filled by artist Andy Eccleshall’s rendition of a towering and peaceful Colombian Mammoth.

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Videos spark fear and response by islanders

Recent YouTube videos by well-known island cleric Father Tryphon have led to controversy, a coffee boycott, and pain…

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Arts

A night of Bach with renowned harpsichordist Irene Roldàn

The concert will be the eighth and final performance in the 2024 Salish Sea Early Music Festival calendar.

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Performing artists beckon islanders to Black Cat Cabaret

The line-up for the show includes burlesque, dance, and cabaret.

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Arts

Mukai’s Studio Ghibli Festival unspools

The first film in the series, “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind,” will be shown at 7…