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Senior Operator Lizzy Corliss, at the Vashon Wastewater Treatment Plant.

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News Briefs | Aug. 28 edition

Wastewater Award, Granny’s Grants, Home & Garden Fair, Pets on Ferries and Shellfishing Closure

The Great Divide will close out Vashon Park District’s free Concerts in the Park series on August 28. (Pete Welch Photo)

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Arts Briefs | Aug. 28 edition

Concerts, book events, an art walk and much more

Harris Levinson

Obituaries

Harris Levinson

A celebration of the life of Harris Levinson will take place on September 6.

The county will remove 400 feet of bulkhead from a stretch of beach just north of Lost Lake on the southern end of Vashon. (King County Photo)

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County gets funds to restore shoreline

King County’s decades-long effort to safeguard critical stretches of Vashon’s shoreline got a boost last week, when the…

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Cedar Louis and Nate Wilson motion to the crowd while rolling through town on “Grill Force One,” built by the Stupid Bike Club for its 2024 ride through Vashon.

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Happenings | Aug. 28 edition

Read about upcoming events, meetings and more.

(Clockwise from bottom left) Nita Dickerson, Cody Allen, Daisy Jones and Mary Sue Houser (Phil Clapham Photos)

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Desert Island Bookworm spends Sunday at Vashon Library

Last Sunday marked the first day that the Vashon public library was open seven days a week.

On March 29, Pacific Sea Farm co-owner Mike Spranger learned that a section of his kelp-growing array had broken free and was floating in Dalco Passage (pictured above) or Commencement Bay. (Wikipedia Commons Photo)

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State terminates Vashon kelp farm’s aquatic lease

State officials terminated Pacific Sea Farms’ lease on Monday due to the company’s inability to retrieve portions of…

Melanie Beth Curran (Courtesy Photo)

Arts

An artist tends deep and tangled roots of musical tradition

Mary Beth Curran breathes new life into Irish American music that slipped from public memory.

Gov. Bob Ferguson makes remarks during a press conference at the state Capitol in Olympia, on Aug. 19, responding to a letter he received the previous week from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, threatening to withhold federal funding if the state does not change its approach cooperating on federal immigration enforcement. (Photo by Bill Lucia/Washington State Standard)

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WA ‘will not be bullied or intimidated,’ Ferguson tells Bondi

Governor responds to a letter from U.S. attorney general warning the state over its ‘sanctuary’ immigration policies.

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Happenings | August 21, 2025

Vashon Eagles hosts their second outdoor flea market from noon to 5 p.m. this Saturday, August 23.

The Cumbieros will perform on Thursday evening in Vashon Park District’s series of free concerts in Ober Park. (Courtesy photo)

Arts

Arts Briefs | August 21, 2025

Taylor Made brings the music of James Taylor to Vashon Theater this weekend.

Dalco Passage, pictured from Point Defiance in Tacoma; Vashon is on the left side. (Crash Dalco, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

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Kelp farmer says structural failure led to 100 pounds of equipment sinking

No farming is currently taking place at the 10-acre site 300 feet off of Vashon.

At Sunday’s car show, (left to right) Connie Engels, Lou Engels and Paul Engels held court in matching t-shirts on the ground’s of their family’s longtime and beloved business, Engels Towing and Repair. The definition of a small family business, Engels Repair & Towing was established in 1951 and is still going strong. (Elizabeth Shepherd photo)

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Scene & Heard: Auto aficionados flock to Engels Car Show

Connoisseurs of fine machinery showed up in droves to enjoy the annual show.