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    Business
    Jackie Merrill is trying to find a way to compete in the era of Netflix.
    With the advent of Netflix, Vashon’s Movie Magic...
    January 26, 2010 4:25 pm

    For more than 20 years, one Vashon business has enlivened Islanders’ rainy afternoons, weekends and sick days with the magic of home film viewing. But Movie Magic has struggled in the last few years to compete with mail-in DVD service Netflix and cable TV movie offerings, so much so that co-owner Jackie Merrill said the business is shaking things up to stay viable on Vashon.

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    After a successful year, Vashon Bookshop begins expansion
    After a successful year, Vashon Bookshop begins expansion
    January 20, 2010 3:21 pm

    Vashon Bookshop, which has been in business for nine years, is expanding — adding enough space to increase its inventory by 10 to 15 percent, owner Karen Barringer said.

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    Hilary Emmer offers tax help Feb. 1
    Hilary Emmer offers tax help Feb. 1
    January 19, 2010 3:03 pm

    The Washington State Combined Excise Tax Return is due Feb. 1 for small businesses.

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    Wendy-jo Weston and Joleen Flint
    Vashon Island Day Spa opens in town
    January 5, 2010 3:26 pm

    Vashon Island Day Spa opened its new location in town last month with little fanfare but has already begun serving customers in the shop where Island Thyme was formerly housed.

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    Vashon’s Dig-In to close on New Year’s Eve
    Vashon’s Dig-In to close on New Year’s Eve
    By Leslie Brown • December 28, 2009 6:39 pm

    Citing slow sales and a lingering recession, Dig Floral & Garden owners Sylvia Matlock and Ross Johnson are closing Dig-In, their artful, eclectic home furnishings store adjacent to their nursery.
    The store’s last day is New Year’s Eve. They opened the shop about four years ago.

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    Terrence McBride will close his jewelry shop’s doors on Dec. 24.
    Longtime jeweler to close shop
    By Susan Riemer • December 1, 2009 4:34 pm

    Terrence McBride of Terrence McBride Design will soon be closing his doors. From a shop now tucked between The Hardware…

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    Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie's beans can now be ordered and delivered through the Smith Brothers.
    Smith Brothers to deliver Roasterie coffee beans
    November 23, 2009 5:10 pm

    Coffee from Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie will soon be among the products sold by Smith Brothers Farms, a thriving dairy…

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    Shelley Davis and Tami Renno own Island Thyme.
    Gift shop Island Thyme to close its doors...
    November 3, 2009 2:48 pm

    Island Thyme, which has sold specialty gifts and tea for the past five years near the heart of town, will close Nov. 30.

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    AnnaLisa LaFayette is hard at work these days
    New store puts forward local goods
    By Susan Riemer • October 27, 2009 2:58 pm

    Tucked into a tiny shop space behind Island Quilter is Vashon’s newest retail establishment — and it is dedicated entirely…

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    Vashon and Friday Harbor CPA firms merge
    Vashon and Friday Harbor CPA firms merge
    September 15, 2009 7:11 pm

    R. Peter Lake, a CPA with a firm on Vashon, and Kennedy McCulloch, a CPA firm in Friday Harbor, have merged operations and formed a new company, Lake Kennedy McCulloch, CPAs, Lake announced Monday.

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    Wendy’s Weather’d Wear moves a block south in town
    Wendy’s Weather’d Wear moves a block south in...
    By Susan Riemer • September 1, 2009 12:18 pm

    Wendy Rogers, owner of Wendy’s Weather’d Wear, will move her consignment clothing store downtown to the former Beachcomber office space this month.

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    Douglas Mesney
    Vashon Island Imaging specializes in new art print...
    July 28, 2009 4:36 pm

    A new Island business opened this spring with a goal — to bring out the best in every picture and preserve it for display as a work of art.

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    Vashon Island Travel reinvents itself to fit the changing times
    Vashon Island Travel reinvents itself to fit the...
    By Susan Riemer • July 21, 2009 3:59 pm

    After serving Vashon travelers in the same location since 1994, Vashon Island Travel has moved as well as changed the way it does business.

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