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Barbara Cain

Barbara Cain passed away peacefully at home on July 11, 2011. Service Friday July 15, 2011 at 11am…

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Phyllis Hubbard

Phyllis M. Hubbard born December 9, 1918 passed in the grace of God July 11, 2011. She is…

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Dolores (Dee) Friedhoff

Dolores (Dee) Friedhoff March 25, 1920 – July 10, 2011  Dee met Bill, the love of her life,…

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Bill Posh Sr.

Bill Posh Sr. January 11, 1949 ~ July 10, 2011 Born to Rhoda May (Stewart) and Frank J.…

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Earl B Seaman

Earl B. Seaman was born July 14, 1928, the second child of Hazel (Booream) Seaman and Earl Seaman,…

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H. Leigh Hill

In the early hours of July 7, 2011, H. Leigh Hill passed quietly away in the Health Care…

News

Clogged pipe results in sewage spill near treatment plant

An estimated 40,000 gallons of sewage spilled from the Vashon Wastewater Treatment Plant on Tuesday due to a…

Opinion

VAA’s project: It’s right that the public take a close look | Editorial

Vashon’s arts community has been clamoring for a state-of-the-art performance center for more than a decade. Now, thanks…

Letters to the Editor

Let’s tighten our borders, for Mexico’s sake | Letter to the Editor

Preface: My father-in-law had a Mexican-American mother, a Mexican father and spent much of his childhood in Mexico…

News

New town plan nears completion

This Sunday a panel of Islanders will present its proposed updates to the Vashon Town Plan and provide…

Letters to the Editor

Research shows youth should abstain from drugs and alcohol | Letter to the Editor

Thanks to Kirsten Frandsen for her column in the June 22 issue of The Beachcomber (“Drug and alcohol…

Letters to the Editor

School district wanted a new high school building all along | Letter to the Editor

I note with some interest that there was no room in the June 22 issue of The Beachcomber…

Arts

Summertime entertainment on Vashon | Arts Briefs

Drama Dock’s long-awaited production of “The Rocky Horror Show” opens this week at Vashon High School, and organizers…