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News Briefs | November 7 edition

Island budget meetings, comprehensive plan and more.

File photo Elaine Ott-Rocheford shakes John Hopkins' hand after she accepts the park district board's offer to become the new director of the agency in early 2013.

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Elaine Ott-Rocheford to retire from Vashon Park District

She will leave the district in May of next year.

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Rebekah Bevilacqua Kuzma, a beloved island singer, dies at 51

Islanders mourn Rebekah’s death, even as they remember her vibrant gifts.

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

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PHOTOS: Vashon celebrates a dark and stormy Halloween

Check out our photo gallery from Halloween 2024 on Vashon.

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

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

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

From left to right: Emily Alvarado, Kimberly Cloud, Jolie Lansdowne and Joe Fitzgibbon are running to represent the state’s 34th Legislative District, which includes Vashon-Maury Island. (Photos obtained from the candidates or their campaign websites.)

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Islanders react to Trump win, Washington’s blue shift

Worry, hope, determination; Vashon residents and leaders expressed a mixed bag of emotions last week in the aftermath…

Larry Best, a customer coordinator for quality assurance who has worked at Boeing for 38 years, stands outside of Angel of the Winds Arena with a “vote no” sign on Monday in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Boeing Machinists approve contract, ending 52-day strike

After voting no twice, 59% of union members approved the latest contract.

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.

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VashonBePrepared: When all else fails, ham radio is there

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

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

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Vashon family returns from Hurricane Helene stranding in North Carolina

“All things considered, we were incredibly lucky.”

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As Burton station celebrates milestone, VIFR looks forward

Vashon Island Fire Rescue celebrated the first anniversary of opening Station 56 in Burton.

King County Roads image This image shows, in red, where Cemetery Road will be closed for much of November for drainage improvement work.

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News Briefs | October 31 edition

Prepare for road work on Cemetery Road

Aspen Anderson photo. Jensen Point transforms into a spectacle of pointed hats and flowing capes as Vashon’s witches take to the water for their annual paddle.

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Witches haunt Jensen Point in annual paddle

This year, proceeds will benefit ORBIT and the Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness.

Grigori Rasputin, the Baba Yaga and a little one pose for a photo during Halloween 2023. (Alex Bruell photo)

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Happenings | Oct. 31 edition

Halloween and Indigenous art and film