As Vashon School District officials make decisions about the energy efficiency and sustainability of the new high school building, the youngest students in the district are being faced with some “green” choices of their own.
A team of eight young adults from around the country has made a temporary home at Vashon’s Camp Sealth.
Vashon Island School District’s Technology and Capital Projects Levy passed last week, with 70 percent of those who cast ballots approving the measure.
The King County Water Taxi may be forced to find a new place to dock in Seattle, should the state follow through with its plan to demolish Pier 50, where the boat currently pulls up.
Last week the Vashon School Board’s five members showed sustainability was a priority for the new Vashon High School when they approved several green additions for the $47.7 million project.
A ferry fare study completed for the state last month recommended sweeping changes to Vashon’s three ferry routes.
The Vashon Island School District hopes to accomplish two goals at once, as it thins the forest around the district’s campus and uses some of the wood collected in the new high school building.
Burglars, it appears, used a boat to haul off television sets, a computer and other goods from three waterfront homes on the north end of Vashon last month, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office.
This weekend Washington State Ferries will make the Rhododendron, which is currently docked in Eagle Harbor, available for visitors to tour one last time.
The Vashon Island Rowing Club, which has seen increased participation and success in recent years, has hired an accomplished international coach to head its youth and adult programs.
Vashon will see a reduced police presence — including the possible loss of nighttime patrols — as soon as April as part of a cost-saving overhaul at the King County Sheriff’s Office.
A Vashon man pled not guilty on Wednesday to charges that he forced a teen girl to touch his genitals and offered to pay her for sex while the two were in his vehicle delivering newspapers on the Island.
When Islander Tina Parrish signed up her youngest son for kindergarten last spring, she decided she would pay the tuition required for him to attend class all day.