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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the editor: Banning grinding has sent teens to other events (June 2, 2010)

I was surprised and disappointed to see so few people interested in the safety of our Island teens,…

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: High school musicians gave stellar performance (June 2, 2010)

Magic happened at Vashon High School Tuesday night. The high school’s percussion ensemble gave a concert filled with…

Sienna Stromberg

Sports

Youth fastpitch softball takes off on Vashon

By REMONY HENRY For The Beachcomber This year, for the first time in Vashon Youth Baseball & Softball…

Sports

Vashon competes at state track meet

The Pirate track team sent three athletes to compete in the state championship track and field meet, held…

Arts

There’s no shortage of good music on Island stages

Array

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Newspaper’s editorial was impulsive and theory-ridden (May 26, 2010)

Array

Odin Lonning and Ann Stateler — aka “Orca Annie” — stroll the beach near their home.

Arts

Vashon Islanders give their all to save Puget Sound orcas

When a lost orphan killer whale found Vashon’s north end in 2002, Ann Stateler and Odin Lonning became…

Scott Smith sends his golf ball sailing towards the green.

Sports

Two Vashon golfers head to state tourney

The Vashon High School golf team sent three players to the sub-district tournament held at the Fort Lewis…

Patricia Kelly will appear as Louisa May Alcott at ReadOn

Arts

A festival offers a full plate of literary thrills

Islanders will be able to slip into a world of imagination when a brand new festival of books,…

Arts

Arts briefs

Play in ‘Oklahoma’ Drama Dock is looking for musicians to play in its upcoming production of “Oklahoma.” A…

Arts

Rita Golden Gelman to read from latest book

Rita Golden Gelman will read from her latest book, “Female Nomad and Friends: Tales of Breaking Free and…

The top photo of the Vashon Library was taken in 1947.

Arts

Time&Again: First a library, a 1946 building houses senior center today

After King County taxpayers passed a levy in 1942 that formed the King County Rural Library District to…

Opinion

Editorial: The county should embrace bio-cycling on Vashon

King County should do all it can to facilitate what appears to be a creative, smart and environmentally…