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Cosmic Charlie, celebrating 25 years of covering the Grateful Dead, will play a show at Open Space on July 6.

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Arts Briefs | June 20 edition

Mary Poppins, Mariee Siou, Poetry reading, Troll talk, Garden Tour, and more.

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Team Salish Selkies finishes their English Channel swim on June 11. From left to right are: Mary Singer, Chelsea Lee, Mary Robinson, Heidi Skrzypek, MarySue Balazic, and Erin O‘Regan. Singer, Robinson and Skrzypek are from Vashon.

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Vashon swimmers take on the English Channel

Mary Singer, Heidi Skrzypek and Mary Robinson joined three off-island swimmers to form an English Channel Relay swim…

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This is a geologist’s stylized cross-section view of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, with the undersea Juan de Fuca plate on the left (west) and the North American mainland plate on the right (east). The image shows how the Juan de Fuca plate is dipping beneath the mainland plate. It also shows some of the historic strong earthquakes in our active seismic region, including the quake in 1700.

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A breakthrough study for local earthquake understanding

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Happenings | June 20 edition

Lavender Hill Farm, Senior Center events, Scavenger Hunt, Low Tide Celebration, and more.

David Warren

Opinion

Island forests and local lumber

Come out, walk in the woods and breathe some forest air. The Japanese call it forest bathing.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor | June 20 edition

Readers write in about Thunderbird Treatment Center and forest thinning.

Opinion

Congrats, grads!

Bravo, Class of 2024, and Bon Voyage. You got this.

Clockwise, starting from the left: State Rep. Emily Alvarado, Vashon Island Fire & Rescue Chief Matt Vinci, Vashon Healthcare District (VHCD) Secretary Wendy Noble, VHCD Superintendent Tim Johnson, Vashon Island School District Superintendent Slade McSheehy, State Sen. Joe Nguyen, WSF Director of Planning John Vezina, WSF Deputy Director of Planning Hadley Rodero, Islanders for Ferry Action (IFA) Director Amy Drayer, IFA leader and Vashon Ferry Advisory Committee member Wendy Aman and Vashon-Maury Island Community Council board member Jessica Anakar sat down June 12 for a discussion about the island’s ferry needs (Alex Bruell).

News

Ahoy! ‘Ghost boat’ will sail the Triangle Route this summer

The news was just one takeaway from a roundtable discussion of island and ferry leaders.

Selene Dalinis

Opinion

What rowing brings to youth athletes

Role models are a huge part of athletics, specifically for women, as female athletes aren’t highlighted as often…

Opinion

Taking pride in our ‘gay little rock’

Just what does it mean to be proud? And why celebrate it?

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor | June 13 edition

Readers write in about the Vashon Island School District, and Palestine and Israel.

Ben Steele photo
Rose Ely, Gwen Tomlinson, Ren Colvos, Emily Rock, and Alekos Dalinis sit with rows at the ready. Coach Delany Steele crouches on the pier nearby.

Sports

VIRC youth give it their all in humid Florida

100% humidity and temperatures in the upper 90s are not for the faint of heart.

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Arts

Arts Briefs | June 13 edition

Marshall Law Band, Dance with Eagles, Mariee Siou, Black Cat Cabaret, and more.