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Terry Sullivan

Opinion

Commentary: Negotiating on climate change

We have all the knowledge and capacity we need to solve these problems.

Phil Clapham photo
Yulia Ivashchenko is the Russian biologist responsible for revelations about illegal whaling by both Japan and the former USSR.

Arts

A whale of a deception

Editor’s note: This article is part of a series on whales by island whale biologist Phil Clapham.

Nell Bowen Miller

Obituaries

Nell Bowen Miller

Nell always looked forward to her next big adventure.

News

News Briefs | December 19 edition

DispatchHealth numbers up

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Arts

Arts Briefs | December 19 edition

Piano in the Kay, a Solstice concert and more.

Alex Bruell photo
Adjacent to the water district's treatment center building are its water recycling ponds, seen here in the foreground. Sludge from the ponds dries out in the leftmost basin. The recycling ponds on the right suffered a cyanobacterial bloom earlier this summer

News

Summer bacterial bloom prompts changes for island water district

Though the bloom never threatened the drinking water, it disrupted the district’s treatment process.

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News

Winter Solstice, Hanukkah and Christmas, oh my!

How to celebrate and commemorate the holidays on Vashon.

Murray Andrews

Obituaries

Murray Andrews

His life ended as he had lived it — cheerful, uncomplaining, hard-working, and grateful.

Courtesy photo
Don’t do this: It’s especially important to think twice about a visit if you will be seeing seniors or folks with compromised immunity. Of course, you don’t want the kids to miss a visit with family elders, but you can help keep loved ones safe by not exposing them to illness. Consider postponing a visit until everyone is healthy.

News

VashonBePrepared: Prepare for respiratory virus season

For many, these are the happiest months of the year: Thanksgiving feasts, ski trips, visits with grandma and…

News

Happenings | December 19 edition

Enjoy family day at the museum and celebrate News Year’s.

Alex Bruell photo
Cars pass through the busy core of Vashon's Rural Town area, much of which (including the properties visible in this photo) is zoned Community Business. The maximum residential density for Community Business properties has just increased in the King County Comprehensive Plan update. That's among many other changes that come with this month's passage of the plan update, most of which affect places in the Rural Town.

News

County Council approves update to Comprehensive Plan

The council adopted the updated plan Dec. 10, concluding an effort that began two years ago.

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Arts

Scrooge returns to Vashon for one night only

In his remarkable performance, Fitzpatrick plays all 26 characters from Dickens’ novella.

Paul Allen Katz

Obituaries

Paul Allen Katz

Paul believed in living life to the fullest and will be deeply missed by all who knew him.