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Courtesy photo Hostess and chanteuse Louvel returns this year to host the Vashon Senior Center’s Rainbow BLINGO Spring Fling.

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Happenings | March 27 edition

Rainbow Blingo is back

What a find! This photo, snapped in Morro, California (on the coast between the Bay Area and Los Angeles) by islander Madeline Yarkin while on a triathlon training ride, shows the intersection of Beachcomber Drive and Vashon Street.

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News Briefs | March 20 edition

Update on a Chamber of Commerce event, and a familiar-sounding intersection

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police photo The Fish and Wildlife department shared this photo of a truck with clams in its bed in a news release about a group of clamdiggers cited for multiple clamming violations. A total of 1,255 clams, weighing 108 pounds, were seized from the group.

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Fish and wildlife police bust Raab’s Lagoon clamdiggers with 108 pounds of clams

Police say the group had collected more than triple their legal limit.

College of Idaho Photo In 2022, Marie Osborn was joined by her son, John, as she received an honorary doctorate from the College of Idaho for her contributions to rural healthcare, emergency medicine, and medical education.

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With his mother, islander pens a gripping memoir

John Osborn will read from his new book on Friday at the Land Trust Building.

Courtesy photo Jeremy Su stands next to the shea nut roaster BDL recently designed. On the shelves behind him are many many of BDL's household stoves.

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Burn Design Lab faces a new world with new leadership

At age 27, Jeremy Su takes on the executive director job at an auspicious, if challenging, time.

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Haiku Festival will return to Mukai Farm Garden

Calling all island poets for the beloved contest and event.

Alex Bruell photo Jacob Plihal shares his thoughts during his final race at the Paris Olympics during an event last fall.

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News Briefs | March 13 edition

Local rowers recognized

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Happenings | March 13 edition

Celebrate Pi Day, attend a home and garden fair, and hear from local legislators.

Photo courtesy of Katherine Haman Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife staff clean up Caspian tern carcasses during the bird flu outbreak on Rat Island in Jefferson County, 2023.

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How to navigate the bird flu in Washington state

“This looks like it might be the new normal,” said Chris Anderson, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Agnes Smock

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Time and Again: Vashon’s women editors

From Agnes Smock to Liz Shepherd, women have led the way at island newspapers.

Alex Bruell photo A ferry lands on the north end of Vashon, one stop on the so-called "triangle route," which serves Vashon, Southworth and West Seattle. The route has been reduced to two-boat service for years, but will be restored to three-boat service this summer, according to a recent state announcement. However, maintaining that three-boat service will require actually having all the necessary boats in service.

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Governor announces full domestic ferry service by this summer

WSF aims to restore three-boat service by this summer.

Puget Sound Energy courtesy photo This repair crew in Kitsap County arrived to face a tangle of downed wires, broken utility poles, and fallen transformers. Damage from the February storm was extreme on the Kitsap Peninsula, requiring many repair resources and thus limiting repair crew availability for Vashon.

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VashonBePrepared: Preparing for measles and handling power outages

Measles is one of the world’s most contagious diseases — more contagious than the flu, COVID, and polio.…

Photo courtesy MaryMargaret Welch Mercer Island High School and Vashon High School students gather to review scholarship applications and select scholarship recipients.

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Island students foster friendships, education in Kenya

Students in rural Kenya received scholarships with the help of Vashon and Mercer Island students.