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Mardi Ledbetter, left, and Kim Cantrell stand at the shared entrance to Mind+set Apothecary + Restoreum and Little Bird Gardens on Vashon Highway.

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Little Bird Gardens blooms in a new backyard home

Bright pink cherry blossoms fall like snow in the backyard garden, gathering across the nursery floor. Red umbrellas…

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Vashon High School.

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Incident at VHS prompts review of cell phone policy

A cellphone left recording in a restroom stall at Vashon High School has prompted a re-examination of district…

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Foss Miller, a larger-than-life island leader, dies at 78

Foss Miller, a visionary businessman, devoted coach to Vashon youth and quiet but major benefactor to many island…

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Islanders gathered with signs outside the Hardware Store Restaurant during a May Day action at Vashon’s four-way stop on Friday, May 1.

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Vashon marks May Day with signs and song

About 50 islanders gathered at Vashon’s four-way stop Friday, May 1, for a May Day action organized by…

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Snapdragon Bakery & Cafe, 2025.

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Time & Again: Vashon third places

“Third places” are social spaces separate from the home, the “first place,” and work, the “second place,” where…

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Singer the whale’s sculpture takes shape with the help of local artist Ela Lamblin and volunteers. The sculpture, part of a partnership between Vashon Nature Center and Vashon Center for the Arts, will be suspended in VCA’s atrium in mid-June.

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Amidst a season of gray whale deaths, Singer is on the Rise

When Singer the gray whale washed ashore on Vashon Island in April 2024, his migration ended at Vashon’s…

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News Briefs | May 7 edition

Timmen case continues

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Happenings | May 7 edition

Happenings features community, cultural and nonprofit events; notices are free and printed as space permits. Due to the…

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Israel Shotridge with a carving in 2008.

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Remembering Israel Shotridge, a beloved Vashon artist

Israel Shotridge, a master Tlingit artist and beloved longtime islander, died on April 13 at his Vashon home,…

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Kathryn True, left, and Maria Dolan, with images from their new field guide, including a shadow darner dragonfly at Magnuson Park and a marsh wren at Union Bay Natural Area.

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Vashon naturalist’s new book explores Seattle’s wild side

Kathryn True has been learning and writing about nature her entire professional life. Little wonder, then, that this…

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A past Strawberry Festival.

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New chapter ahead for Strawberry Festival

For more than a century, Vashon has found reasons to celebrate in July.

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Tires removed from Vashon beaches by Vashon Rotary Club volunteers pile up at Jensen Point in 2026.

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One tire at a time, volunteers restore island beaches

They go out in the rain. They haul rubber. And they say they’re just getting started.

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News Briefs | April 30 edition

Ferry fare changes begin May 1