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Alex Craighead holds up his new card game, Truth or Play.

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Where truth meets play, a game built for connection

Local youth mentor Alex Craighead calls his creation “the most wholesome game on Earth.”

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Happenings | Oct. 23 edition

Events, talks, walks and meetings coming up on Vashon

Kids rush to the Vashon Chamber of Commerce to collect candy on Halloween night, 2024. As is traditional on Vashon, Vashon Highway will once again close to traffic between Ober Park and Vashon Theatre from 5-8 p.m. on Halloween. (Alex Bruell Photo)

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News Briefs | Oct. 23 edition

Bite-sized news about voting, deer hunt, Halloween road closure, shellfishing restrictions and possible interruption to SNAP services.

Local firefighters will bring and install new smoke detectors and/or replace batteries in existing ones in your home. (Vashon Island Fire & Rescue Photo)

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Staying safe: Get smoke alarm help and learn flu shot facts

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David Henschman and his golden retriever, Bodhi, stand outside Vashon Print & Design, the longtime uptown print shop preparing to move to a new location. (Aspen Anderson Photo)

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New chapters for local businesses

Musical chairs for uptown Vashon: Gravy is expanding, and Vashon Print Design is moving into Northwest Sports, which…

Islanders drum and wave signs along Vashon Highway during Saturday’s “No Kings Day” protest. (Kent Phelan Photo)

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Islanders rally for ‘No Kings Day’

Hundreds filled Vashon’s highway for the nationwide “No Kings Day” protest.

King County Prosecuting Attorney Leesa Manion (Courtesy of KCPAO)

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King County Prosecutor implements 30-day case filing policy

Following an average of 100 days for case-filing decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic, the prosecutor’s office must now…

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News Briefs | Oct. 16 edition

International earthquake drill, Dockton marina closure extended, deer hunt and shellfishing closures

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Beachcomber delivery delayed one day

This week’s edition will arrive Friday instead of Thursday due to a press delay.

One-year-old Kash Freeman and his mother Selena Ligrano met Elvis Pigsley, a pig brought to VIGA’s 2024 Harvest Party by Emerald City Pet Rescue’s Amanda Bowser (right). This year’s party will take place Saturday, Oct. 18, at Farmstad. (Alex Bruell Photo)
One-year-old Kash Freeman and his mother Selena Ligrano met Elvis Pigsley, a pig brought to VIGA’s 2024 Harvest Party by Emerald City Pet Rescue’s Amanda Bowser (right). This year’s party will take place Saturday, Oct. 18, at Farmstad. (Alex Bruell Photo)

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Happenings | Oct. 16 edition

Meetings, talks, walks, opportunities to support island organizations and other happenings on Vashon.

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Yvonne Kuperbeg stands on her tree-framed porch on a hillside above Shinglemill Creek where she watches for salmon every fall.

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For Vashon’s 100-year-old salmon watcher, the creek still calls

Yvonne Kuperberg continues her decades-long tradition of counting salmon and finding peace along Shinglemill Creek.

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Grant helps islanders get vaxxed with no out-of-pocket costs

“We’ll get you in,” Vicky de Monterey Richoux, VashonBePrepared’s president, said.

Jill Andrews, front right, swims one morning with her island swim club. (Terry Donnelly Photo)

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‘Move it or lose it,’ say three active elders

From icy swims to dressage and golf, these islanders prove age is no limit.