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LETTER: Don’t let development sprawl south of town

At the Oct. 20 public meeting, King County asked whether the land between town and Center should be…

Sports

Pirates’s season ends with 49-8 blowout by Bellevue Christian

The Vashon Pirates football team played its final game of the 2016 football season against the Vikings of…

Courtey Photo                                Jeff Hoyt stands in front of Wrigley Field this summer as the marquee foreshadows the Cubs victory (*full disclosure: this photo has been edited by a good friend of Hoyt’s).

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COMMENTARY: The night that ‘next year’ finally came

Game Seven. Bottom of the 10th. If my married life were a drinking game where my wife, Cindy,…

Poetry Well for November features poet and bookseller

Arts

Poetry Well for November features poet and bookseller

The Poetry Well is a monthly column that showcases island poetry. This month includes a poem by Randy…

Jordan Petram Photos                                Top: The junior men’s eight — Rohin Petram and Connor van Egmond — makes its way to a gold-medal finish during Sunday’s Head of the Lake regatta at the University of Washington. Petram and van Egmond took first place, 30 seconds ahead of their closest competitor.                                Bottom: The masters women’s eight deals with cold and rainy conditions on its way to a gold medal during Saturday’s Frostbite Regatta at Green Lake.

Sports

Rowing club wraps up season with double-regatta weekend

The final weekend of the fall rowing season turned out to be a showcase for the Pacific Northwest’s…

Opinion

EDITORIAL: The facts about Vashon’s off-island students

More than 250 of Vashon Island School District’s 1,536 students take a ferry from off-island to come to…

Arts

Shook Twins shake it up at Open Space

Following a popular show on Vashon last year, the Shook Twins will return to Open Space for Arts…

Sports

Vashon rowers bring home nine medals at Portland regatta

A log in the water can be a hazard, but a whole floating tree is what rowers in…

Sports

Girls’ soccer: Team moves ahead in postseason tournament

On Monday, Oct. 24, the Vashon Island High School girls' soccer team took on Bellevue Christian in its…

Sports

Pirate harriers close out season at district tournament

Pirate cross country teams took advantage of a beautiful, sunny Saturday to race at American Lake against the…

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Sports

Football: Homecoming game spoiled by Charles Wright, 47-13

The penultimate game of the VHS 2016 football season resulted in another loss, with the Tarriers of Tacoma’s…

Opinion

COMMENTARY: VashonBePrepared rigged recent windstorm predictions to get islanders prepared

Okay, confession time. It’s actually true what The Donald has been saying; The weather on Vashon is rigged.…

Opinion

Parents must discuss tough, dangerous topics with teens

An email last week from Vashon High School principal Danny Rock addressed drug and alcohol use by students…