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Holiday toy drive kicks off with new sponsor

For years, Vashon’s Kiwanis club held a toy drive each Christmas, but with the local chapter closed, John…

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New county budget eliminates need for cuts to Metro bus service

Last week the King County Council voted unanimously to approve the county’s first biennial (two-year) budget, a $9…

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Granny’s Attic signs lease, finalizing decision to move to town

Seven months after Granny’s Attic members voted to move the store into town, a lease has been signed…

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Free assistance is available for health insurance enrollment

Free assistance is available for health insurance enrollment

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Group seeks innovative solution to local health care challenges

With the island facing health care changes and challenges, a group of islanders is working to develop creative…

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Parents hope to make changes for Vashon’s Millennials

Following the death of their son Rj Ontiveros, Judith Neary and Ramon Ontiveros have launched a nonprofit and…

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Affordability, fairness top list of public concerns over park user fees

After last week’s meeting about Vashon Park District’s user fees, the commissioner who led the meeting says any…

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Vouchers available for teens seeking confidential health care

Vashon’s medical voucher program, which covers the cost of some medical care for people who cannot afford it,…

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Nonprofit continues to send quilts overseas

The war in Afghanistan made headlines last month when the remaining Marines left Helmand Province, where some of…

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Park district looks for public feedback on raising fees

The Vashon Park District will take on the issue of user fees tonight at a special meeting, where…

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President of Me moves to downtown Vashon

After more than a year selling her line of clothes at the Old Fuller Store, Rebecca Wittman is…

The planned skate bowl will connect via a walkway with the current indoor skatepark.

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Long-awaited skate bowl to be built in Burton

Almost four years after the Vashon Park District received a King County grant to build an outdoor skatepark,…

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Open-water swimmer Lynne Cox featured in swim club benefit

Famed open-water swimmer and writer Lynne Cox will speak on Vashon this Sunday at a benefit for the…