Vashon Pharmacy owner Tyler Young looks on as Cece Reoux vaccinates Su DeWalt in 2024. (File Photo)

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State order removes COVID vaccine restrictions

“This is excellent news,” said Dr. Zach Miller, an infectious disease physician and volunteer with the Vashon Medical…

Mary Singer on the beach in France, grateful and triumphant. (Patrice Chassery Photo)

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Islander completes ‘triple crown’ with English Channel swim

Mary Singer is now one of fewer than 400 people, since 1987, who have completed the triple crown…

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Audit finds potential fraud in King County social services department

The department’s grant awards increased 95% in five years.

(Sitting, left to right) Edith Aspiri, Stephanie Smith Findley, Ray Aspiri and (standing) Karen Aspiri, Dave Mish, Craig Smith, Tressa Azpiri, Gary Aspiri and Dave Smith. (Elizabeth Shepherd Photo)

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Scene & Heard: VYFS honors its visionary founders

“They launched a movement of care, connection access that continues to thrive today,” said VYFS Executive Director Jeni…

Vashon Pharmacy now has two exam rooms for those receiving vaccinations and other clinical services. (VashonBePrepared Photo)

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Finding clarity on COVID and vaccination updates

The state vaccine advisory committee continues to recommend an annual COVID vaccine for everyone 6 months through 64…

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.

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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…