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Climate change

Maggie Aspland’s letter to the editor on Dec. 5 had encouraging news on the climate front: a bipartisan…

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Affordable housing: There are no easy solutions to growing problem

I read with interest the letter from Saul Fortunoff and Wesley Rodgers in last week’s paper. (“Island might…

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Park district board voted for uncontrolled spending

Executive Director Elaine Ott-Rocheford was correct when she stated in the Dec. 6 Beachcomber the park district’s hands…

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Donations will support student trip to Costa Rica

I am a Spanish teacher at Vashon Island High School. I am looking to raise funds to help…

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New director has vision, steady hand

I would like to congratulate Heidi Jackson as the new executive director of the DOVE Project. Heidi has…

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Event brought a warm glow

I felt a warm glow all over when I got into the Access bus with Lao after my…

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Island might lose rural character

We read with interest the recent articles concerning the two proposed low-income developments at the edges of Vashon…

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Island helped make project possible

Thank you, Vashon. For almost 15 years Vashon Island has supported American Hero Quilts. People have worked on…

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Our government does not have clean hands

In addition to the First Amendment arguments that support Julian Assange’s innocence, there are two more:

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Climate change: It is time to act

In Washington D.C. on Tuesday, Nov. 27, bipartisan federal legislation was introduced to put a price on carbon,…

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School and park districts should provide more access to track and field

Scott Harvey’s letter hits the nail on the head about the highly restrictive rules governing islanders’ opportunity to…

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Access policy is not good for all

As a community member who campaigned for a new track for over 10 years, and an avid runner,…

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Board has made decisions carefully

Thank you, John Simonds, for your letters to The Beachcomber and to the Vashon Fire & Rescue (VIFR)…