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Margaret Heffelfinger

Opinion

What goes around comes around

So, we are sitting around the table, enjoying a holiday bowl of Eric’s constantly evolving chili, and she…

Tom Craighead

Opinion

Field notes from our culture’s divide

My liberal values have long been reinforced by the friends and groups I hang with on this environment…

Jenny Stamper

Opinion

Land Trust focuses on restoring island creeks

It’s the season for gratitude!

Kathleen Lawrence

Opinion

PIE empowers innovation in Vashon schools

In the heart of our island community, there is a quiet but powerful engine driving creativity and excellence…

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Eighth graders explore a New Orleans swamp during a bayou tour that highlighted local ecology and wildlife.

Opinion

Harbor School explores learning through experience

Students in grades 4-8 at Vashon’s Harbor School are continuing a long-standing tradition of grade-level trips that combine…

JC Graham

Opinion

Treasuring the common good

One of my favorite autumn pastimes is going to cider pressings. The way it usually works is that…

Rick Wallace

Opinion

Stay informed through winter storms

If you listen to Voice of Vashon, you know that VoV’s Old Man Winter year-end campaign has kicked…

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Wes Peterson installs and wires candy cane decorations Dec. 2024.

Opinion

How is it already Christmas?

How is it already Christmas? I keep thinking to myself.

Opinion

The Stars and Stripes insert

We encourage letters to the editor and continued dialogue with our readers on this topic. Send letters to…

Susan McCabe

Opinion

Tis the season to be scammed

This is the season when many of us like to give the gifts of experiences — plays, concerts,…

Joseph Bogaard

Opinion

A river restored: hope on the Klamath

Within minutes of reaching the banks of the Klamath River, we saw them — four or five large…

Elizabeth Shepherd, Reporter

Opinion

Leadership matters

Kudos for a good decision by Vashon’s school board last week to pause its search for a new…

Lindsey Gay

Opinion

SOS: Save Our Softball

If you’re a sports fan, perhaps you’re already looking forward to spring and the return of the Great…