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Islanders create a new foundation to support public schools
After months of work, several Islanders are about to create a foundation to support Vashon’s public schools, an…
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Whispering Firs project receives critical funding endorsement
An effort to protect nearly 10 acres adjacent to Whispering Firs Bog gained a boost last week, when…
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Vashon’s community council searches for a new path
In a discussion that was at times surreal, at other times charged, 20 Islanders and three King County…
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VAA hires firm to manage its new project
Vashon Allied Arts has hired a project manager to oversee the development of a new performing arts center,…
Arts
Artists gather weekly to draw the human figure
For the last two years, a group of Islanders has gathered nearly every week to take on one…
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4Culture asks AG to intervene to protect Mukai farmhouse
King County’s cultural arts agency has asked the state attorney general to dissolve the nonprofit that owns the…
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Vashon-Maury Community Council board resigns in wake of legal analysis
All nine members of the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council’s board resigned last week in the wake of a…
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School district launches a new food program, offering up only healthy foods
Gone are the days of tater tots and chicken nuggets as the entree du jour at Vashon’s public…
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Rotary completes yearlong service project at Vashon Senior Center
Those who enter the Vashon Senior Center can do so more easily, now that the Vashon Island Rotary…
Arts
Arts and humanities lecture series takes off at Vashon Allied Arts
Gerry Feinstein said she felt a tad nervous last year, when an arts and humanities lecture series she…
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Vashon’s community council in crisis: Majority of the board resigns after county legal analysis
Eight of the nine members of the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council's board resigned this week in the wake…
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Islanders’ property valuations drop 12 percent
The value of Vashon’s residential and commercial properties is 12 percent lower this year compared to last, according…