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Vashon Pharmacy closes driveway, takes down tree
Owners of the Vashon Pharmacy have taken down the towering eucalyptus tree next to their building and removed…
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Students make use of nature’s classroom
Kay Burrell’s fifth-grade class buzzed with excitement on Mon-day afternoon as the single-file line of kids approached a…
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Viaduct’s closure could hit Vashon hard, some predict
Glenda Pearson, a University of Washington librarian, already rises at an ungodly hour to feed her many animals…
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A new reality: Some school programs hang by a thread
Jackie Merrill remembers her Camp Waskowitz experience as a fifth-grader on Vashon Island — feeling at first scared…
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Fire board candidates to debate at upcoming public forum
Four candidates vying for two positions on the Vashon Island Fire & Rescue board will face off in…
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Purple light campaign to highlight domestic violence
Islanders concerned about domestic violence hope Vashon’s town core and many of its neighborhoods will soon be cast…
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Island Center Forest to close for hunting
Beginning this Saturday, Island Center Forest will close to everyone but hunters for 17 days.
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Beachcomber wins top statewide award
The Beachcomber garnered first place for general excellence, one of the top statewide awards for newspapers its size,…
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Land trust garners grants for work at Shinglemill preserve
The Vashon Maury Island Land trust recently received grants from REI and the Vashon Rotary to continue improvements…
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Park district sues property owner in an effort to end boundary dispute
A simmering property dispute between the Vashon Park District and Gay Rosser went to court Monday, where the…
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New garbage cans come to Vashon town — at long last, merchants say
Thanks to what Vashon business owners call a true community effort, it’s now a little easier to throw…
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Serial rapist’s conviction spotlights a decade of crime
The conviction of a man last week whom prosecutors call a serial rapist has underscored the need to…
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A church blesses its four-legged friends
On Sunday morning Rick Edwards got into his yellow truck and headed, as he does each week, to…