A grassy patch of ground behind Vashon Methodist Church has been transformed into a plot of dark, loamy soil. Rocks have been removed, a deer-proof fence built.
Vashon Community Care Center will face a significant reduction in state funds — and possibly deep and painful cuts in its programs — if Gov. Christine Gregoire’s proposed budget is passed by the Legislature this spring, care center officials say.
Bargain-hunting Islanders may hit the jackpot in March, when Vashon will be home to a flea market each weekend, rain or shine, indoors and out.
Thanks to a grant from Puget Sound Energy, solar power will come to downtown Vashon this spring when solar arrays — the term for complete solar energy systems — are installed at the Land Trust Building and Vashon HouseHold’s Charter House apartments.
Several of the Island’s best known storytellers will join together next Saturday for an evening of tall tales to benefit the Vashon Wilderness Program.
After nearly two years serving area quilters from a home nestled in the woods off Thorsen Road, Anja Shive Moritz, the owner of Island Quilter, plans to open the store next week in downtown Vashon, bringing with her roughly 4,500 bolts of fabric — and plenty of color.
While Islanders are known for lending a hand to their neighbors in times of trouble, several people on Vashon say one Islander — Barrett Fox — stood head and shoulders above everyone else for the efforts he took to help people during the recent snows.
A wet snow began falling on Vashon and its weather-weary residents Sunday afternoon and kept up well into the night, knocking out power to a third of the Island and creating innumerable problems for drivers on Sunday and Monday.
Islander Mel Michaels is opening Stranger Than Fiction on Friday, where he will sell quality new and used books, including a large poetry section, literary magazines, rare books and books for young kids and teens — replete, he said, with the best graphic novels out there.
Visitors to Chautauqua Elementary School who walk past room 307 might hear the voices of one or two children reading — a common occurrence at an elementary school — but on venturing in, they may find an unexpected scene: soft blankets spread on the floor, an adult on each one resting against the wall and a child sitting on each blanket, too, reading to a dog.
Seven Pirates chosen for competitive bands.
At Island Yoga Center, owners Kathryn Payne and Elizabeth Freeman are facing a conundrum at the small studio they’ve owned for nearly six years.
The ancient art offers much more than pain relief.
