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VYFS seeks to break world record with kayak fundraiser
Vashon Youth & Family Services hopes to draw 2,500 kayaks and canoes into Quartermaster Harbor this September for…
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Senior Services looking for volunteer drivers
Senior Services, a nonprofit organization that serves senior citizens throughout King County, is looking for volunteer drivers to…
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Man charged with possession of child porn placed in alternative program
A Vashon man has been sentenced to two months in a King County alternative program after being convicted…
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State agency plans to fix ferries’ slight list
Washington State Ferries plans to fix the slight list that has plagued the Chetzemoka and the other two…
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New Jersey-based fisheries company buys the Rhody
The Rhododendron, a 65-year-old ferry that was retired from the state fleet last year, has found a new…
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County reveals plan for developing former Glacier site
The former Glacier mining site on Maury Island will one day boast a maintained trail system, a parking…
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Users need to do more to complete fields project, some contend
Several islanders voiced concern on Saturday about the mounting costs of the Vashon Park District’s fields project and…
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When body washed ashore, a woman came back home, daughter says
Margaret Paterson, a Tacoma middle school math teacher, knows that it was tides and currents that carried her…
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Middle schoolers bring drug prosecutor to speak on Vashon
A group of McMurray students is bringing a former federal drug prosecutor from Idaho to Vashon next week…
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VIGA board hires new farmers market manager
Johanna Guevin, a Georgia native who recently moved to the area from Sitka, Alaska, has been named the…
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Island Lumber applies for a license to sell liquor
Island Home Center & Lumber has applied for a license to sell beer, wine and liquor in its…
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A ferry worker celebrates life’s daily joys
Four mornings a week, the fleet of daily commuters heading to the mainland from Vashon’s north-end ferry dock…
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Park district erred in its handling of finances, fields project, auditors say
The Vashon Park District failed to curb expenses when revenues fell, kept itself afloat by borrowing money and…