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Vashon residents seek bigger role in library plan
Administrators with the King County Library System, gearing up for an ambitious remodel of Vashon’s small branch library,…
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Vashon schools want to make it safer to bike and walk
First-grader Zach Van Dusen strapped on his helmet Monday morning, hopped on his bicycle and began a half-mile…
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Vashon-Maury Island Community Council elects three new members
John Staczek, a semi-retired professor who joined the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council executive board eight months ago, announced…
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Vashon’s Community Emergency Response Team training offers valuable skills
Two years ago, Islander Jenna Riggs was relaxing in her dad’s garden in rural Oregon when she watched…
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Ride planned to pay tribute to Tom Stewart, his family and his pilot
Members of Vashon’s horse community are organizing a ride to pay tribute to Tom Stewart, an avid horseman…
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Vashon Pirates head to State
The Pirate boys basketball team beat the Kings 54-46 in a game at Mountlake Terrace Friday night, sending…
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Stretch of Vashon Highway to close for a month
A stretch of Vashon Highway just south of Burton will be closed for a month starting next week…
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Vashon Fire & Rescue revamps volunteer response
Flames engulfed a small Vashon cottage in the early hours of Feb. 7. Firefighters rolled hose down the…
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Vashon food summit aims to change the way people buy and make their food
Cathy Fulton’s kitchen table looks out over a front yard that’s been given over to food raising. Chickens…
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Beloved pet sheep at Dilworth Loop farm is put down after a vicious dog attack
One of Annie Miksch’s sheep at her Dilworth Loop farm was euthanized after a dog slipped into her…
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Vashon homeowners see a 14 percent jump in their property tax bills
Vashon's homeowners saw a nearly 14 percent increase in their 2010 tax bills, even as property values dropped…
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Arizona service planned for Stewart family, pilot killed in helicopter crash
The Feb. 14 Arizona helicopter crash that claimed the life of food service mogul and former Islander Thomas…
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King County still wrestling with Dockton Road’s future
No decisions have been made about the future of a stretch of Dockton Road that hugs Tramp Harbor,…