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Roads plan doesn’t protect the beauty of Vashon | Letter to the Editor

Vashon Highway is a beautiful road. With any mode of transport, as we experience the curves, angles, cambers,…

Arts

Tunes around town | Arts & Entertainment Briefs

Island Jazz Quintet, a homegrown local group that has played widely throughout the Northwest, will perform a free,…

Arts

Ober Park to transform into a dance club for one night

Islanders can close out the summer with a free deejayed night of music and dancing, set for 8…

Arts

Ober Park to transform into a dance club for one night

Islanders can close out the summer with a free deejayed night of music and dancing, set for 8…

News

Small plane crashes near airport

A Vashon resident was transported to Harborview Medical Center after crashing his small, ultralight airplane in a field…

Obituaries

Mary Ann Mack

Mary Ann Mack Born July 27, 1925 North Topeka, Kansas Fell asleep August 25, 2012 Manchester, Washington Memorial…

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News

A grand month for play at the pool

The Vashon Pool has been a busy place this summer, and especially this month. A recent spate of…

Opinion

Whither our (faux) church? | Editorial

News that the Church of Great Rain may remake itself — or even go away altogether — is…

Letters to the Editor

Life jackets are essential, even for paddlers | Letter to the Editor

I enjoyed the article on stand-up paddleboards. (“A new sport begins to take hold on Vashon,” July 25.)…

Letters to the Editor

What are the facts about drug use on Vashon? | Letter to the Editor

In the Aug. 1 editorial accompanying the important front-page article, “After a raft of drug activity, a neighborhood…

Letters to the Editor

Vashon is tolerant, but hatred is not acceptable | Letter to the Editor

I agree with Wilson Hu that tolerance combined with compassion and mindfulness practiced daily is the heart of…

Letters to the Editor

Rumble strips are a misuse of funds | Letter to the Editor

In portraying their decision to continue installing rumble strips that defy Federal Highway Administration and Washington State DOT…

Letters to the Editor

Road manners will decline with rumble strips | Letter to the Editor

Every time a motorist on Vashon encounters an obstacle on his side of the road the natural and…