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Vote Yes for Best Starts for Kids

Funding from this initiative has already resulted in direct benefits for Vashon youth.

Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He recently retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at thebrunells@msn.com.

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Silver lining from Washington’s brutal heat wave | Brunell

How about some good news coming out of our record-breaking (extreme) heat wave?

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Strawberry Festival 2021: For Vashon … By Vashon

It truly takes an island.

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Savor the sweetness of Strawberry Festival

This festival, in the most beautiful sense of the word, will be more homespun.

Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.

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Cities can help solve the homelessness challenge | Roegner

Each one of the cities outside Seattle faces the same problems Seattle has faced when it comes to…

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Green Brief: Recycling Stations Turn Waste To Resource

A group of islanders is working to make Vashon Island a model waste-to-resource community.

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Voice of Vashon Keeps Us Connected

Just one generation ago we had neither community radio nor an emergency alert service.

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Mukai Joins Mayoral Race, Hosts Day of Festival Fun

What says Strawberry Festival like the history of the strawberry on Vashon?

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Here’s to Friendlier Fourths in the Future

There are people to see, and places to go, and good clean fun to be had.

Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.

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Politics of homelessness have taken a nasty turn | Roegner

A common stereotype is that homeless people are all hooked on drugs — but sometimes a job loss,…

Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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Editorial: Lifting restrictions doen’t mean pandemic is over

We have work to do to increase the number of vaccinations.

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$50 Million of Help

As the pandemic subsides, here are some economic and unemployment updates.

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The Stage is Set For Drama Dock to Shine in 2021

We can’t wait to open the doors and raise the curtain for a great new season of live…