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Thunderstorm could lash Vashon over Wednesday afternoon and evening

NWS predicts heavy rain, possible hail, strong winds, thunderstorms a small chance of a tornado

Granny’s Attic Executive Director Brian Vescovi holds up a bracelet recently donated to the thrift store that carries names and dates of more than a dozen loved ones. (Alex Bruell photo)

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Can you solve this Granny’s Attic mystery?

The thrift store hopes to find the owner of this bracelet.

Dow Constantine. COURTESY PHOTO

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Board recommends Dow Constantine as new Sound Transit CEO

In his 16th year as King County executive and on the Sound Transit Board; pay could be $675,000…

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Timothy Stapleton

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Vashon Park District hires Tim Stapleton as new executive

New exec has experience in state agencies.

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EOC volunteer Michelle Bates showed off several home emergency water essentials to the EOC drill night participants. Useful items included storage containers and water purification filters.

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VashonBePrepared: Island’s strong COVID response informs plans for future

Five years later, what worked on Vashon?

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Island poet and translator gets rock star treatment in India

He was recently honored in India with the 2025 Ancient Tamil Literature Promotion Award.

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Happenings | March 20 edition

Marine property class, mammogram screenings and a care closet giveaway

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Amy Drayer

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Amy Drayer to head Vashon HouseHold

Drayer brings a wealth of experience in island nonprofits.

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Hostess and chanteuse Louvel returns this year to host the Vashon Senior Center’s Rainbow BLINGO Spring Fling.

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Happenings | March 27 edition

Rainbow Blingo is back

What a find! This photo, snapped in Morro, California (on the coast between the Bay Area and Los Angeles) by islander Madeline Yarkin while on a triathlon training ride, shows the intersection of Beachcomber Drive and Vashon Street.

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News Briefs | March 20 edition

Update on a Chamber of Commerce event, and a familiar-sounding intersection

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The Fish and Wildlife department shared this photo of a truck with clams in its bed in a news release about a group of clamdiggers cited for multiple clamming violations. A total of 1,255 clams, weighing 108 pounds, were seized from the group.

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Fish and wildlife police bust Raab’s Lagoon clamdiggers with 108 pounds of clams

Police say the group had collected more than triple their legal limit.

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In 2022, Marie Osborn was joined by her son, John, as she received an honorary doctorate from the College of
Idaho for her contributions to rural healthcare, emergency medicine, and medical education.

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With his mother, islander pens a gripping memoir

John Osborn will read from his new book on Friday at the Land Trust Building.

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Jeremy Su stands next to the shea nut roaster BDL recently designed. On the shelves behind him are many many of BDL's household stoves.

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Burn Design Lab faces a new world with new leadership

At age 27, Jeremy Su takes on the executive director job at an auspicious, if challenging, time.