News
Back from national tour, Backbone seeks support for summer endeavor
Backbone Campaign’s “Procession for the Future” tour concluded last week, when a biodiesel truck stuffed with 25 parade…
Opinion
Letters to the Editor: May 13
K2 Shared facilities already exist Steve Abel, in his column in last week’s Beachcomber (“K2: Let’s think in…
Opinion
Editorial: A sad day for schools
Vashon Island School District is facing one of its toughest budget crises in years. Due in part to…
Obituaries
Mary Ellen Isakson
Nancy Ellen Isakson died suddenly on May 11th 2009. She was born August 7th 1945 in Breckenridge, Minnesota…
Obituaries
Catharine Marie Alspach Carr
Catharine Marie Alspach Carr died peacefully on the evening of Wednesday, May 6, 2009, at her home on…
News
Dockton Road project raises tough issues
The nearly one-mile stretch of King County roadway that hugs Tramp Harbor is a vexing dilemma to those…
News
Fire board hears Islanders’ opinions on court ruling
The Vashon Island Fire & Rescue board, weighing an appeal on a court decision that could leave the…
Arts
To Africa, with love: A retired Islander heads to Ghana to teach
Like anyone about to join the Peace Corps, Rhoda Karusaitis is immersed in preparations for her journey. She’s…
News
Food bank wins award, receives donation
The Vashon Maury Community Food Bank won a $5,000 award from Food Lifeline for creating a way for…
News
Island high schoolers can take criminal justice class on Vashon
Vashon High School students interested in crime scene investigation, law enforcement or security can get a jump start…
Opinion
Editorial: Closing Dockton Road is a notion worth considering
In some ways, it’s a radical notion to suggest abandoning the stretch of Dockton Road that runs along…
Opinion
Beloved greenhouse is the glass heart of our farm
I was starting to give up on that old greenhouse; a 25-by-50 foot patchwork of old windows and…