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Vashon restaurants use creativity to bring in patrons
As the economic doldrums have lingered and consumers have cut back on spending, several businesses have retooled and…
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Sound Food revamps to make ends meet
At Sound Food, where Mardi Ljubich of Shefidgets Catering has been serving dinner four times a week for…
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With the advent of Netflix, Vashon’s Movie Magic finds a new path
For more than 20 years, one Vashon business has enlivened Islanders’ rainy afternoons, weekends and sick days with…
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After a successful year, Vashon Bookshop begins expansion
Vashon Bookshop, which has been in business for nine years, is expanding — adding enough space to increase…
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Hilary Emmer offers tax help Feb. 1
The Washington State Combined Excise Tax Return is due Feb. 1 for small businesses.
Business
Vashon Island Day Spa opens in town
Vashon Island Day Spa opened its new location in town last month with little fanfare but has already…
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Vashon’s Dig-In to close on New Year’s Eve
Citing slow sales and a lingering recession, Dig Floral & Garden owners Sylvia Matlock and Ross Johnson are…
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Longtime jeweler to close shop
Terrence McBride of Terrence McBride Design will soon be closing his doors. From a shop now tucked between…
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Smith Brothers to deliver Roasterie coffee beans
Coffee from Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie will soon be among the products sold by Smith Brothers Farms, a…
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Gift shop Island Thyme to close its doors at the end of November
Island Thyme, which has sold specialty gifts and tea for the past five years near the heart of…
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New store puts forward local goods
Tucked into a tiny shop space behind Island Quilter is Vashon’s newest retail establishment — and it is…
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Vashon and Friday Harbor CPA firms merge
R. Peter Lake, a CPA with a firm on Vashon, and Kennedy McCulloch, a CPA firm in Friday…
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Wendy’s Weather’d Wear moves a block south in town
Wendy Rogers, owner of Wendy’s Weather’d Wear, will move her consignment clothing store downtown to the former Beachcomber…