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Amanda Knox during recording of the audiobook version of “FREE: My Search for Meaning.” (Courtesy photo)

Arts

Amanda Knox will stage island reading of her new memoir

Knox will read excerpts and answer questions about the book April 19 at the Puget Sound Zen Center.

From left to right: Vashon pirates Evanan Shrestha, Ryland Knodt and Mason Haynes. (Courtesy photo)

Sports

Pirates kick off their Nisqually campaign strong

But tougher matches are on the horizon.

UMO Ensemble’s “Squeeze” runs through April 13 in Seattle. (Courtesy photo)

Arts

Arts Briefs | April 10 edition

UMO’s Squeeze, Havurah concerts and poetry reading.

Obituaries

Guy Stricherz

Funeral mass will be held at St. John Vianney Catholic Church on April 26.

Kip Marks

Obituaries

Kip Marks

All are welcome to share a memory or a fun Kip story at his Celebration of Life.

Sharron Mae Palmer

Obituaries

Sharron Mae Palmer

Sharron loved reading, hummingbirds and anything in the garden.

Jan Milligan (Beachcomber file photo)

News

News Briefs | April 10 edition

Updates on various island projects, and an upcoming water district meeting.

News

Happenings | April 10 edition

Daughters Dance, Tool Sale and an electronics recycling event

Opinion

Editorial: Transparency benefits us all

The Beachcomber calls on local government districts to record and share their meetings.

John Osborn

Opinion

Commentary: Rise to the challenge of infectious disease

Have you ever watched a child die from measles? I have.

Photo courtesy StudentLink
Kiran Kingmann, StudentLink high school senior, pauses in front of numbered parts of a gray whale skeleton currently undergoing articulation under the supervision of the Vashon Nature Center.

News

No bones about it: Students learn in hands-on experiments

Vashon Partners in Education funded the provision of a real skeleton model for StudentLink.

Alice Bloch, Author. Photographed at her home on Maury Island, WA. 7/3/18.

Opinion

Commentary: Dorming with Gilda

Like Gilda, we just want to love and be loved, to accept our selves, to laugh with our…

Courtey photo
Willa Lee and her dog.

News

Puppies sit, stand and learn at Guide Dog Club event

Vashon High School was recently converted into a puppy training center.