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VAA’s new performing arts center: Some love it, some don’t
Vashon Allied Arts recently held three open houses at the Blue Heron to show off preliminary designs for…
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Grappling with size: Is arts center too big, too small or just right?
If Vashon Allied Arts were to build a 20,000-square-foot structure with a 300-seat theater and small orchestra pit,…
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School board votes to demolish Vashon High School’s Building A
Vashon’s school board voted unanimously last week to demolish Building A, the high school’s main classroom and administrative…
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Community councils lose official status as county ushers in new model for outreach
The King County Council voted unanimously last week to alter the way it engages citizens in its unincorporated…
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Officers will no longer direct traffic at Fauntleroy ferry terminal
In a move that caught many commuters by surprise, the financially strapped Washington State Patrol last week stopped…
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Ferry rates will likely climb higher than lawmakers had projected
Ferry riders may see ticket prices go up more than 5 percent in the coming year — twice…
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Annual community quilt will make a splash at this year’s Strawberry Festival
The 26th Annual Vashon Allied Arts Community Quilt deals with water in a whimsical way. The colorful quilt…
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One woman’s vision shapes an arts center
For the past three decades, Kay White — a woman known and admired by a select group of…
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Parks commissioner calls for ‘timeout’ before school board decides fate of VHS structure
A Vashon Park District commissioner urged members of the Vashon School Board last week to delay their decision…
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‘Rocky Horror’ musical includes the audience in its wicked fun | Theater Review
Decades ago, the drummer in a band I sang with announced one night before the show that he…
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The Harbor School brings on several new teachers
Students returning to The Harbor School, a private academy for fourth- through eighth-graders, will notice a number of…
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A festival becomes a more home-grown affair | 2011 Strawberry Festival
When Debi Richards joined the Vashon Island Chamber of Commerce staff half a dozen years ago, almost all…
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Metro plans service cuts, threatening some Vashon runs
Unless the county implements a $20 fee on vehicle licensing, King County Metro is poised to cut a…