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Letter Carrier’s Food Drive this Saturday

The Vashon Maury Community Food Bank is asking islanders to load up donation bags with non-perishable foods and…

José Rubio

Arts

Vashon Opera: Two shows in one performance

It's been a year in the works, but when tickets for "Pagliacci Palooza" went on sale, the two…

Lily Robinthal

Arts

Poetry Well for May presents teen poet laureate

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

Opinion

EDITORIAL: As clinic closes, island needs to do what it does best

Friday's announcement that Vashon's primary health care clinic will close its doors in August sent shockwaves through the…

Valerie Harrington

Opinion

COMMENTARY: Bringing Postpartum Depression Out of the Shadows

Throughout the month of May, parents, professionals, politicians and others are joining together to celebrate Maternal Mental Health…

Opinion

School faculty, staff need community’s support

We would like to express our support for the administrators and staff of our school district that have…

Opinion

Lawsuit shows examples of community-level bullying

What does bullying look like on the community level? We get it on the individual level. Bully (person…

Opinion

Closure of clinic is symptom of health care system

The unfortunate closing of the health center should not be blamed on Franciscan, its practitioners or staff. The…

Sports

Boys lacrosse begins playoffs

The Vashon Vultures high school-age lacrosse team is into the playoffs. The team has one regular season game…

Sports

Boys’ soccer beats Bellevue Christian, advances in post-season

The Vashon High School's boys' soccer team has been guaranteed a playoff spot, but the team had one…

Sports

Baseball: Pirates bag two huge victories, team begins playoffs this week

The Vashon Pirates baseball team continued their winning ways, putting in two stellar performances last week. On Tuesday,…

Obituaries

Mark Earl Dinsmore

Mark Earl Dinsmore peacefully reached his final destination on May 10, 2016. He was born July 27, 1956…

Obituaries

John (Jack) Rabourn

John “Jack” Rabourn On May 8th, 2016, Jack Rabourn was relieved from a long battle with brain cancer.…