Just a couple weeks before Vashon’s new unofficial mayor will be chosen, a sixth candidate has joined the race and is seeking votes and dona tions in support of the Vashon Alliance to Reduce Substance Abuse.
My mobile phone buzzes and a cryptic message appears, thanks to Sound Action’s podblast service: “orcas at dolphin pt headed south.” I know to bundle up, grab my camera and head to Point Robinson, where I will be joined by dozens of other islanders anticipating a glimpse of Southern Resident Killer Whales or transients passing the point as they head south in their search for salmon or seals. If we are lucky, perhaps we will all be privileged to watch a spectacular display of them breeching and spy hopping.
Vashon Household will host an open house celebration for its new affordable home ownership project this weekend.
With the August closure of the longtime clinic at Sunrise Ridge growing closer, several island agencies that are part of the island’s extended health care community are taking concrete steps to prepare for the change, while the group working to stabilize island medical care says it is continuing its efforts to develop sustainable health care on the island.
Board members overseeing the Vashon school district are expected to pass a $26.2 million budget, a roughly $873,000 increase over its current spending plan.
Vashon school district teachers will see a 2 percent increase in their pay in 2017.
A garden 42 years in the making will finally be open for public viewing this weekend, fulfilling the longtime dream of its creator.
For the fifth and, this year, final time for a while, Vashon Nature Center staff, scientists and volunteers will spend the better part of 24 hours this weekend cataloging as many of the island’s wildlife and plant species as possible within a specific island ecosystem during BioBlitz 2016.
With the fire department facing a leadership transition, district commissioners have appointed Bob Larsen to the interim assistant chief of operations position.
Service on the Point Defiance-Tahlequah route has resumed and is on schedule after divers conducted an underwater inspection on the Chetzemoka this morning.
The community group that has been working to bring a new health care provider to the island announced on Monday that the health care systems it has been in talks with would need substantial financial support from the island to establish a Vashon clinic.
After participating in last week’s regional earthquake exercise, leaders in the island’s emergency preparedness community say it is clear just how cut off from help Vashon would be in such an emergency, that personal preparedness is essential and that more volunteers are needed to improve the island’s ability to respond.
Nearly three weeks after Washington State Ferries officials implemented new loading procedures at the Fauntleroy dock in an attempt to help boats leave on time and filled, the procedures have been abandoned.