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Buses will make fewer stops, under school district plan
Vashon’s school buses could skip some neighborhoods next year, saving the cash-strapped Island school district nearly $100,000 but…
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Zanzibar Chocolates to close at the end of the month
After June 28, Islanders won’t be able to stop in town at an African-themed shop to purchase hand-dipped…
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Two Islanders enter race for Water District 19 seat
Two Islanders have jumped into the race for the open seat on the board that oversees King County…
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Vashon community works to retain teachers
Molly Dillon sat in front of Vashon Thriftway selling homemade cookies and friendship bracelets on Sunday — not…
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Few vie for open seats on boards
Two engineers, Jake Jacobovitch and Steve Ellison, will vie for an open seat on the Vashon school board…
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New group seeks energy independence for Vashon
Last summer, The New Yorker published a story about Samso, a remote Danish island whose 4,300 residents worked…
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Solar panels at Land Trust unveiled
Efforts to lighten the Island’s carbon footprint are well under way, with the installation earlier this month of…
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Liquor law violators face fines, temporary loss of licenses
Six Island establishments that sold alcohol to minors in a March sting operation have all learned their final…
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Vashon wind power firm gets federal grant
A wind energy consulting firm on Vashon Island has received a $200,000 federal grant to determine what kinds…
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A women’s center emerges as a new health care option for Islanders
Island women will have another choice for their health care when nurse practitioner Kimberly Scheer opens her new…
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Vashon’s country club struggles with changing times and a tough economy
The sky was cobalt blue and the thermometer approaching 70 as Neil Jungemann paused from his game and…
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Library board chooses Ober Park for new branch
In a unanimous vote last week, the King County Library System’s board of trustees endorsed a plan to…