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Letters to the Editor

Debate teaches many skills

Seeing accomplished debater Callan Foster acknowledged as team captain in the paper this morning, alongside news of our…

Letters to the Editor

Valued items were stolen from cemetery

Sadly, the Vashon Island Cemetery gravesite of Ryan Krug was vandalized sometime between late afternoon March 13 and…

Opinion

Schools set to take a holistic approach to sex ed | Editorial

When Vashon’s school district applied for and received a CDC grant to redo its sex education program, it…

Sports

Wrestlers take medals at freestyle competition

Eight wrestlers from Vashon competed in the South Sound Scuffle, a freestyle and Greco Roman wrestling tournament at…

Arts

What’s Happening

Seattle comedian Derek Sheen will headline the next Comedy Night at the Red Bike beginning at 8 p.m.…

Junior and master rowers row together in a Saturday race; from left to right they are Connor van Egmond

Sports

Spring crew season kicks off in high style with two scrimmages

The opening event on the calendar for each spring crew season is the masters-juniors scrimmage, and Saturday’s beautiful…

Letters to the Editor

Shop’s move is a loss for the island

Like so many islanders, I’m shocked and saddened at the impending loss of the quilt shop. Walking into…

Letters to the Editor

Article did not represent buyers well

I’m writing in regard to the article about the portended sale of the Robinson building that now houses…

Letters to the Editor

Quilt store is a special place

I decided Christmas this year would be lessons for all the grandkids instead of our usual “play-for-three-day toys.”

Letters to the Editor

Medical professionals should be trusted

I would not presume to speculate on the status of Mr. Spock’s eyebrows, but mine were elevated while…

Letters to the Editor

Personal stories make sense of proven science

Because March Twisdale has been so active in her efforts to spread doubt about the safety of vaccines,…

Letters to the Editor

Suffering from a preventable disease is one slice of the pie

Thank you, March Twisdale, for your response to my memories of what it was like to have survived…

Opinion

Buoy plan is commendable, but complying could be spendy

The state is right to address the moorage situation in Quartermaster Harbor, where unregulated moorage has led to…