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    Microsoft employee and Seattle resident Marvin Xu, carrying two different kinds of seaweed, splashes through the water at Lisabuela park on a Memorial Day quest for more of the edible marine algae and plants. Don’t take the eelgrass, he pointed out. It’s protected and also home to many marine organisms. (Alex Bruell photo)
    News Briefs | June 5, 2025
    June 4, 2025 1:30 am

    Seaweed foraging: Marvin Xu, a Microsoft employee living in Seattle, asked the Vashon Park District last summer to allow limited…

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    Happenings | June 5, 2025
    Happenings | June 5, 2025
    June 4, 2025 8:30 am

    Pride Month events and more.

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    Vashon Food Bank co-manager Michael Whitmore and volunteer Eli unload food the morning of June 3. (Alex Bruell photo)
    Federal funding cuts cause financial unease for island...
    By Mari Kanagy For The Beachcomber • June 4, 2025 10:30 am

    But the direct effects are hard to track or predict.

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    Last week, land clearing changed the landscape of the future site of Creekside Village, an affordable housing development on Vashon. The mobile homes remaining on the property, seen at left in this photo, have now also been removed. (Elizabeth Shepherd photo)
    Permits, financing now in place for Creekside Village
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • June 4, 2025 12:30 pm

    Creekside Village on Vashon, an affordable workforce housing project first envisioned 10 years ago by local developer Christopher Bric, broke…

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Vashon Island High School.
    As VISD mulls budget, new state law means...
    By Alex Bruell • June 4, 2025 11:30 am

    A new bill signed by the governor has paved the way for the Vashon Island School District to collect much…

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    VIFR firefighters trained last week on wildfire weather and firefighting tactics. In this module, a chainsaw operator works with an assistant to cut and remove brush, followed by four firefighters with hand tools clearing remaining vegetation down to mineral soil to help stop a fire’s spread. This crew includes two members of the new VIFR Wildland Firefighting Team: Josh Hernandez in the foreground and AJ Avila in the background in black helmets. (Rick Wallace photo)
    VashonBePrepared: It’s the season to be wildfire ready
    May 29, 2025 2:30 pm

    Vashon Island Fire & Rescue (VIFR) invites everyone to a community wildfire prevention training this Saturday, May 30. As May…

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    Vashon’s dish lending library provides free use of dishware to reduce waste on the island. (Courtesy photo)
    Dish Library finds a new home for waste-reducing...
    By Celia Congdon For The Beachcomber • May 28, 2025 5:30 pm

    It has a new name, a new home and a new sponsor, but the spirit and mission remain the same.

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    The Bacchus brothers, (from left to right) Randy, Ladd and Brett, present a wreath in remembrance of Thomas and Douglas “Ladd” Bacchus at the newly rededicated Senior Center memorial. (Alex Bruell photo)
    Islanders commemorate Memorial Day
    By Alex Bruell • May 28, 2025 2:30 pm

    Both events saw stirring performances from Utisah Durahim, who delivered the national anthem.

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    U.S. Rep Pramila Jayapal toured the Vashon Food Bank in 2023 with director Emily Scott. (Alex Bruell photo)
    Permits, state funding greenlit for Food Bank relocation
    By Mari Kanagy For The Beachcomber • May 28, 2025 2:00 pm

    “It makes the whole project a lot more tangible,” said Food Bank Executive Director Emily Scott.

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    This male elephant seal was spotted hanging out in Tramp Harbor on Sunday. (Laura Bienen photo)
    News Briefs | May 29, 2025
    May 28, 2025 12:30 pm

    NEA funding update, and news on an elephant seal visiting Vashon.

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    School staff and volunteers screened 38 Vashon High School students as part of an inaugural student cardiac screening by the Sam Yates Community Foundation on May 20. (Courtesy photo)
    Inaugural heart screening helps VHS athletes
    By Alex Bruell • May 28, 2025 9:30 am

    Vashon High School students were alerted to cardiac anomalies or high blood pressure.

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    Happenings | May 29 edition
    Happenings | May 29 edition
    May 28, 2025 8:30 am

    Pride, wildfire preparedness, and more events.

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    John Kaiser
    Island grieves cyclist who died after being struck...
    By Alex Bruell • May 25, 2025 9:55 am

    John Kaiser died earlier this month.

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