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Removing a bulkhead at Piner Point may help fish
Piner Point, the southern-most tip of Maury Island, is a quiet stretch of shoreline — a long ribbon…
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Vashon Health Center to require payment from those without insurance
Highline Medical Group, which oversees the Vashon Health Center at Sunrise Ridge, is asking all of its non-insured…
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‘Caulk the Rock’ spreads a message: It’s good to save
Despite Vashon’s green credentials, the Island is not considered particularly strong when it comes to energy conservation. Chalk…
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Vashon Land Trust, Singer Farm work together to fence off land, preserve water quality
To walk the land with George Singer is to find that nearly everything on his undulating expanse of…
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McDermott says health care reform is only the first step
U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, calling the nation’s new health care law “the biggest change in social policy since…
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Vashon school district fundraising effort passes halfway mark
The Vashon Island School District has raised $305,000, more than halfway to its ambitious goal of $500,000 by…
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Cash box at Maury farm stand is stolen
A cash box containing an estimated $600 in cash and checks was stolen from a popular farm stand…
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Two Island women honored for decades of work on health care issues
Those who know the two women well say that Opal Montague was the gracious one, able to smooth…
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Vashon School Board makes final round of cuts
The Vashon Island school board approved a final suite of cuts to its 2010-11 budget Thursday night, agreeing…
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Vashon man charged with raping two teenagers, including an assault in 2003
A longtime Islander has been charged with two counts of first-degree rape for assaulting two teen girls —…
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As county rethinks Vashon’s recycling, Islanders hatch an innovative plan
In a week or two, Islanders will receive a survey from King County, asking Vashon residents if they’d…
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Longboard crash leaves Vashon man in critical condition
An Islander who was often seen longboarding down Vashon’s streets, his black dreadlocks flying behind him, was seriously…
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Vashon human services agency selects a new director
Ken Maaz, a former Vashon resident with several years of experience running human service agencies in Tacoma and…