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Cars cross the Judd Creek Bridge on Vashon Highway SW.

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Judd Creek Bridge to close for six-week resurfacing project

The heavily traveled Judd Creek Bridge on Vashon Highway SW, just north of Burton, will soon close for…

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Christie True stands aboard a boat at Dockton Marina as Warren Jimenez, director of King County Parks, waits at the back of the line during Saturday’s celebration of the park and marina’s $6.5 million renovation.

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Islanders celebrate completion of Dockton park improvements

Families, boaters and long-time islanders celebrated the completion of a $6.5 million make-over of Dockton Park and Marina…

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Katelyn Norris at Landline in Burton.

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A new Burton shop sells beautiful things one day a week

The building is the color of a creamsicle, wedged into a short block across from the Burton Coffee…

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VCA’s 60th birthday bash will include celebrations in its performance hall, Heron’s Meadow (left, top and bottom) and Blue Heron Education Center (bottom left). The bash will include live music by Riverbend and Portage Fill-Harmonic (center, top and bottom) and the first look at a massive new sculpture by Ela Lamblin honoring the gray whale, Singer, in VCA’s atrium (center, shown in progress). Party-goers can also view “Deep Sea Dialogues,” now on view in VCA’s gallery (top right).

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60-year soiree at VCA to boast art, music and memories

Vashon Center for the Arts, now celebrating its sixth decade, will mark the milestone with a party from…

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Islanders gathered uptown on Friday, June 5, for DOVE’s fifth annual Pride Street Dance.

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Pride Street Dance fills Vashon Highway with color

DOVE’s fifth annual Pride Street Dance brought color, rainbows and celebration to the heart of Vashon on Friday,…

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Back Row: Conor Delcamp, Caeden Miller, Ryland Knodt, August Kampmeier, Felix Cobb-Maigetter, Wylder Dodson, Gavin Keenan, Jeff Nelson, Owen Coley, Colt Holloway.
Front Row: Isaac Newcomb, Pierce Fowler, Sevie Giller, Mason Haynes, Fynn Holloway, Quill Tegenfeldt-Pfohman, Evanan Shrestha, Avery Maclean, Lewis Thompson, Finn Kennan, Oskar Cobb-Maigetter.
The Vashon Pirates celebrate their state championship win with fans May 30 at Federal Way Memorial Stadium.

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PIRATES SOCCER BRINGS STATE TITLE HOME

There was no drama, no late heroics, and no need for a comeback. The Vashon Pirates simply showed…

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Construction crew work on the new solar pavillion outside Vashon Market/ IGA.

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Solar power rises at Vashon Market Plaza

Solar power rises at Vashon Market Plaza

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Jose Sahagún outside of Casa Bonita Restaurant.

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Casa Bonita celebrates 30 years as a Vashon institution

Pop quiz: Which of Vashon’s restaurants has been under continuous ownership by the same family the longest? If…

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About 150 community members attended Vashon’s Memorial Day ceremony at the cemetery.

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Islanders brave rain to honor, gather on Memorial Day

Hundreds of islanders marked Memorial Day on Monday, May 25, with a ceremony at Vashon Cemetery and a…

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From left: Marian Fitch in the 1950s; Emma Amiad wearing a Land Trust T-shirt in 1992; and Amy Drayer in 2026.

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Time & Again: Vashon Pride

Vashon-Maury Island has become a safe place to be safely out, but it was not always that way.

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The whitewashed Belle Baldwin house sits quietly between forest and beach at Fern Cove.

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Belle Baldwin house to reopen for short-term rentals

For more than 16 years, overnight guests rented the historic Belle Baldwin house at Vashon’s Fern Cove, waking…

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James Batey organizes inventory in the stock room of Flostate Running, his new shop in uptown Vashon.

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At Flostate Running, a coach builds a hub for island runners

James Batey places Brooks running shoes onto wooden shelves he milled from a fallen island cedar, paper still…

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Flood waters inundate Quartermaster Drive near Portage in 2022.

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A small tax hike could bring big road fixes

No one likes higher taxes. But here’s one proposed tax increase that could give back more to Vashon…