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School board to decide open/closed Vashon campus June 26 | Community Briefs

School board to meet tomorrow

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Vashon High track team honored | Vashon-Maury Sports Briefs

A quick look at what's going on in sports on Vashon and Maury islands.

Bill Burby 10k runners take off under sunny blue skies last year. Bryant Jensen and Nancy Ellis were the male and female 10k winners in 2007.  Organizers say

Sports

Burby Fun Run supports Vashon High students, athletes

The Bill Burby Inspirational Fun Run and Walk is a family affair. Burby was a beloved coach, teacher…

Sports

Three Vashon High School seniors recognized with athletic awards

Three Vashon High School students, less than a week from graduation, were honored with awards for their outstanding…

Carolyn Candy leads a second-grade class in a call-and-response exercise on the conga drums.

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Chautauqua music teacher prepares for retirement

The line of second-graders slithered its way out of Carolyn Candy’s classroom door one recent afternoon, dancing the…

Arts

Dance!Vashon brings Pinocchio to island

Pinocchio promises to be a delightful showcase of talent A wide smile comes over my face this time…

Opinion

Buy local, Vashon — and do it for the flavor

If you believe that buying locally is the same thing as shopping at Thriftway, then please read on.

Opinion

Buy locally — and do it for the flavor

If you believe that buying locally is the same thing as shopping at Thriftway, then please read on.

A student in a freshman English course uses a chair for a desk in the band room

Letters to the Editor

Vashon residents should turn out for WSF’s pricing meeting

On Wednesday, June 25 at 6:30 p.m., Washington State Ferries (WSF) will host a public meeting at McMurray…

Letters to the Editor

Parents of t-baller impressed with league | Vashon Letters to the Editor

Letters from Vashon-Maury residents on a host of issues.

Making jam in June: It is a metaphor for living life

Opinion

Making jam in June: It is a metaphor for living life

June, with graduations and weddings and the garden’s demand for attention, is the calendar’s metaphor for a homemade…

Generation after generation of young adults

Opinion

Opportunities for Vashon teens could help prevent delinquency

Freshly graduated seniors have already heard their last high school bell and are steeling themselves for the next…

Opinion

Vashon Pet Protectors give homes to lonely pets

I’ve always gravitated toward animals; as a kid I was the one who brought home skinny stray cats…