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Letter to The Editor | November 7 edition

A reader responds to The Beachcomber’s election endorsements.

Leslie Brown photo
Morgan Brown, Pia Bloom and their dog Suki stand in front of the field on the south side of S.W. 178th.

News

Vashon developer envisions ambitious green housing project west of town

The preliminary proposal includes apartments behind IGA and townhomes in the fields nearby.

News

News Briefs | November 7 edition

Island budget meetings, comprehensive plan and more.

John Decker photo
The Vashon Island boys cross country team earned the Pirates their first district title in over two decades.

Sports

Vashon boys win cross country district championship

The Pirates will compete at the state championships in Pasco this Saturday.

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Arts

Arts Briefs | November 7 edition

Check out the Portage Fill Band, Kristen Grainger and True North and more.

Alex Bruell photo
Kids rush to the Vashon Chamber of Commerce to collect candy on Halloween night.

News

PHOTOS: Vashon celebrates a dark and stormy Halloween

Check out our photo gallery from Halloween 2024 on Vashon.

Deirdre Petree

Obituaries

Deirdre Petree

Deirdre spent retirement in service and instilled in her son a passion for volunteering and animals.

Competing for the 8th Congressional District: Carmen Goers, left, and Kim Schrier. COURTESY PHOTOS

News

Adam Smith and Kim Schrier will retain Congress seats | Election 2024

Smith represents the 9th Congressional District and Schrier represents the 8th Congressional District.

Republican Dave Reichert, left, and Democrat Bob Ferguson, right, are competing in Washington’s 2024 governor’s race. (Photos courtesy of campaigns)

Northwest

Ferguson defeats Reichert in governor’s race | Election 2024

Democrats have won 10 straight gubernatorial contests.

Courtesy photo
This ham radio team set up to support a command post staffed by members of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). They are using one of the group’s portable communications caches (PCCs, in the yellow waterproof case) that has been packed with a range of radio communications capabilities, including email over ham radio using software called Winlink.

News

VashonBePrepared: When all else fails, ham radio is there

And Vashon’s emergency response team is ready to use it, if need be.

Election workers open mail in a new secure room at Thurston County’s elections office. The county invested in a separate room to open mail after it was sent an envelope containing fentanyl last year. (Laurel Demkovich/Washington State Standard)

Northwest

How one WA county upped security ahead of the election

Thurston County, like others, made changes in response to evolving threats and other concerns around ballot processing.

Debra Twersky surveys the backyard of their Airbnb, taking in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. (Jeff Twersky photo)

News

Vashon family returns from Hurricane Helene stranding in North Carolina

“All things considered, we were incredibly lucky.”

Charlotte Tiencken and Susan McCabe

Opinion

Commentary: Embrace the value of live theater right here

Theater is helping to keep Vashon a thriving community.