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Nidia Sahagun (right), the school district’s 2025 Doors of Opportunity receipient this year, was presented with flowers and a framed certificate for the prize last week by (left) India Alarcorn, from Vashon Schools Foundation, and (center) Interim Superintendent Jo Moccia. (Courtesy Photo)

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Nidia Sahagun recognized for family engagement work

“Nidia is visible in our schools and the community, building trusting, productive relationships with families,” said VISD Director…

Sue Trevathan and Steve Hunter stand next to a newly designed sign at Dockton Park urging action to protect Quartermaster Harbor. (Leslie Brown Photo)

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New signs urge islanders to protect Quartermaster’s ecology

Artful and dramatic, the signs show the western grebe as a presence in the winter, then becoming a…

Seth Zuckerman (shown here) and co-author Kirk Hanson are finalists in the 2025 Washington State Book Awards for their book “A Forest of Your Own: The Pacific Northwest Handbook of Ecological Forestry.” (Courtesy Photo)

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News Briefs | Sept. 4

Local author honored, Passport2Pain, wildfire survey, historic barn grants, home and garden fair, pets on ferries and shellfishing…

Carrie Van Buren and Nancy Katica, at Vashon Bookshop. (Phil Clapham Photo)

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New owner of bookshop is familiar face there

Ownership of the Vashon Bookshop has passed from long-time owner Nancy Katica to long-term employee Carrie Van Buren.

Jennifer Potter at the Grange Hall. (Alex Bruell Photo)

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Time & Again: From gathering spot to grocery store

Celebrate the landmark status of the building — soon to be the site of Heights Grocery — from…

Dre Neeley and Pepa Brower, co-owners of Gravy, at a 2024 event at The Country Store & Garden that benefited Vashon Food Bank. The couple will again offer up a feast for the food bank at the same location from 1-6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7. (Tom Hughes Photo)

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Happenings — Sept. 4 edition

Events, meetings and upcoming celebrations include a community feast for Vashon Food Bank on Sunday, Sept. 7.

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Scene Heard: Virginia V sails around Vashon

Did you hear a steam whistle on Sunday and wonder? That was the sound of living history.

Phil Clapham Photo Staff members (from left to right) Nita Dickerson, Kate Van Houdt, Mary Sue Houser and Cody Allen welcomed islanders to Vashon Library on Sunday — the library’s first day of seven-day-a-week operations.

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Bookworms, rejoice: Vashon Library expands hours

Sunday marked a new era for patrons of the Vashon Library, as King County Library System expanded the…

Alison Hawkes Photo Senior Operator Lizzy Corliss, at the Vashon Wastewater Treatment Plant.

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News Briefs | Aug. 28 edition

Wastewater Award, Granny’s Grants, Home & Garden Fair, Pets on Ferries and Shellfishing Closure

The county will remove 400 feet of bulkhead from a stretch of beach just north of Lost Lake on the southern end of Vashon. (King County Photo)

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County gets funds to restore shoreline

King County’s decades-long effort to safeguard critical stretches of Vashon’s shoreline got a boost last week, when the…

Michelle Bates Photo Cedar Louis and Nate Wilson motion to the crowd while rolling through town on “Grill Force One,” built by the Stupid Bike Club for its 2024 ride through Vashon.

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Happenings | Aug. 28 edition

Read about upcoming events, meetings and more.

Dr. Jo Moccia, outside of Chautauqua Elementary School. (Elizabeth Shepherd Photo)

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Interim superintendent dives into work

Dr. Jo Moccia arrived in the district on July 1.

On March 29, Pacific Sea Farm co-owner Mike Spranger learned that a section of his kelp-growing array had broken free and was floating in Dalco Passage (pictured above) or Commencement Bay. (Wikipedia Commons Photo)

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State terminates Vashon kelp farm’s aquatic lease

State officials terminated Pacific Sea Farms’ lease on Monday due to the company’s inability to retrieve portions of…