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This table summarizes the options for no-ferry-required island medical care. Learn more at <a href="http://www.vashonhealthcare.org/resources" target="_blank">vashonhealthcare.org/resources</a>.

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VashonBePrepared: Your guide to on-island medical care

Vashon has many new options for on-island health care.

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Arts

As haikus bloom at Mukai, awards are handed out

The haiku contest winners hail from Vashon, Romania, Germany, Nepal, Poland and Switzerland.

Islander Joe Okimoto, one of the Americans who was unconstitutionally uprooted and forced away from home in 1942, speaks at Ober Park during the 2024 Day of Exile commemoration. (Alex Bruell photo)

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Ceremony will commemorate Day of Exile at Ober Park

Mukai Farm Garden will mark the 83rd anniversary of the Day of Exile.

Nancy Radford

Obituaries

Nancy L Radford

Nancy was known for her easy laugh, kind heart, and quick sense of humor

News

News Briefs | May 15 edition

Local candidates file, VISD recognized.

Coach Paul Wahlen and players Will Zuvela, Marshall Wade, Avery Grace and Molly Wing at Hawks Prairie Golf Club on May 7. (Brian Wade photo)

Sports

VHS golf sends three to district tournament

The team competed in the Nisqually League tournament at Hawks Prairie Golf Club in Lacey.

Pirate forward Mason Haynes takes on Cougar defender Maddox Miller. (Dawn Stief photo

Sports

Pirates seek revenge in district tournament

Barring a significant upset, the districts final will be Vashon versus Cascade Christian.

“Spring ‘25” — a dance concert performed by the Seattle-based contemporary dance company, Whim W’Him — will take place on May 15 at Vashon Center for the Arts. (Courtesy photo)

Arts

Arts Briefs | May 15 edition

Whim W’Him, original romance plays and more.

News

Happenings | May 15 edition

Memorial Day events, a bird walk and more.

Pam Pedersen

Obituaries

Pamela Eve Pederson

She was a world traveler, a voracious reader, lover of theatre and the arts

Terry Donnelly photo Vashon HouseHold’s Roseballen Community Land Trust, a neighborhood near Vashon town.

News

Time & Again: 1989, a year that shaped Vashon

Will future islanders look back on 2025 as a watershed year for Vashon? Only time will tell.

Tim Stapleton, seen here at Ober Park, is swinging into a new role as the executive director of the Vashon Park District. (Mari Kanagy photo)

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New director swings into the Vashon Park District

“It was an easy place to make home,” Stapleton said. “Folks are really opening their arms to me.”

Michelle Lassaline cartoon Gardening on Vashon means dealing with the never-ending visits of black-tailed deer, notorious for chowing down on island vegetable gardens. Fencing, plastic mesh and chicken wire are all common measures taken to keep out these unceasing ungulates, which have no natural predators on Vashon.

Opinion

Survival of The Fenced

A cartoon by Michelle Lassaline.