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The highway is safer with rumble strips | Letter to the Editor

First let me admit that I’m not a cyclist and I have an extra 30 pounds under my…

Letters to the Editor

Rumble strips not welcome for bikers | Letter to the Editor

I was glad to get home tonight to read that rumble strips are a major topic in The…

Opinion

Some over-simplify the Pertussis | Letter to the Editor

The state Department of Health says that in 1976, the U.S. hit a national low with 1,010 pertussis…

Israel Shotridge works on a totem pole for the Quileute Tribe on the Olympic Peninsula.

Arts

A master carver’s masterpiece will be unveiled this weekend

For the past eight months, Tlinglet master carver Israel Shotridge has been shaping a 40-foot red cedar into…

A detail from a sculpture by Gunter Reimnitz

Arts

Art Studio Tour: Follow the trail to 20 Vashon studios

Residents and tourists will once again get a chance to step inside those hallowed places where art is…

Maurice Dickson

Arts

A troubadour will bring a bit of Ireland to Vashon

Maurice Dickson, a well-traveled and internationally celebrated minstrel from Northern Ireland, will play a gig at the Grange…

Arts

Theater, music and dance on Vashon | Entertainment Briefs

Vashon Allied Arts’ youth theater production, “Fiddler on the Roof, Jr.,” will open tomorrow.

From left

Arts

Two new galleries join the scene

Not one, but two new galleries in Vashon town will debut during the First Friday gallery cruise.

Sports

Vashon grapplers compete in national tournament

Three of Vashon’s best wrestlers recently competed in a national-level tournament in Reno: eighth-graders Logan Nelson and Chase…

Vashon's senior track and field athletes were honored at Thursday's meet hosted by Life Christian. From left are Julie Wilson

Sports

Track and field team honors seniors, sees several victories

Last Thursday was senior recognition day for the VHS track and field team. Prior to the start of…

Obituaries

Stuart Highet

STUART HIGHET Stu passed away at home in Seattle on Friday, April 27, 2012. Friend, father, grandfather, uncle,…

Obituaries

Aaron Carl Stoltz

Aaron Carl Stoltz, born February 1, 1971 in Seattle, raised on Vashon, passed away peacefully April 26, 2012…

Opinion

A rumble over rumble strips: Let’s learn from this mistake | Editorial

For a moment last week, it looked like some of Vashon’s best and brightest were going to place…