Zoomies Burgers & Ice Cream is on the market, and the owners, Valerie and Clyde Howe, say they are offering the business for half of what they sold it for five years ago.
Islander Roger Hammett has spent his career on the water. For decades Hammett, 84, worked as a deckhand aboard naval boats, commercial ships and ferries throughout the Puget Sound. He even met his wife as a deckhand on the north end ferry.
In just a few weeks Vashon will get one of the state’s newest ferries, replacing the aging Rhododendron on the Point Defiance-Tahlequah route.
Preserve Our Islands, a Vashon nonprofit that was instrumental in preventing Glacier Northwest from expanding its mining operation on Maury Island, wants to help Vashon residents see what they and others work to protect. The organization recently announced the launch of its “Pod Blasts.”
Beginning this weekend, Vashon baseball and softball players will be able to practice hitting and pitching no matter what the weather. On Saturday Vashon Youth Baseball & Softball (VYBS) will unveil its new indoor training facility.
A new dining option is turning heads and drawing small crowds south of Vashon town.
There’s a new face at the Vashon Park District. This fall Jan Milligan, the former head of Camp Sealth, became the new director of the district. And as those who are close to the agency note, taking over the bustling organization is no small task.
After collecting donations at the main intersection in town for four winters, the Island Elves have gotten the boot: They’ve been told by law enforcement they can no longer conduct their fundraiser in the road.
Vashon’s fire commissioners passed a $4.5 million spending plan last week that reflects a slight increase in revenue and includes no cuts in department services.
At least two dozen Islanders went to downtown Seattle on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, not to shop but to run the Seattle Marathon and Half Marathon.
The Pirate boys basketball team opened their season with a victory, beating Rainier Christian at home last Wednesday, 52-34.
Vashon Park District’s board of commissioners is poised to pass a 2012 budget that includes some small cuts but maintains all programs and park maintenance despite a reduction in revenue.
This weekend Islanders who drive through Vashon’s main intersection will notice some familiar faces: volunteers in elf outfits, complete with striped socks and pointy ears, collecting money from drivers who pass by.