In the latest development in Vashon’s recent business shuffle, the owners of Hinge Gallery have bought the red house that has been home to Giraffe at the north end of town. The gallery, gift shop and frame shop will move in next month.
The third and final phase of the construction project to seismically upgrade Vashon’s north-end dock will begin Monday, and ferry system officials say it could cause delays.
It’s been an all-out race to the finish line, and despite being the wettest winter on record, construction on the new Vashon Center for the Arts is wrapping up on budget and mostly on time. Last Friday, Sellen Construction, the general contractor for the project, turned over the keys to Vashon Center for the Arts (VCA) Executive Director Molly Reed, one week before the promised opening of the building to the community at large at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The company proposing to build a $3.4 billion methanol production plant at the Port of Tacoma announced Tuesday morning that it was “ending development options” and terminating its lease at the port, effectively cancelling the project.
The weather is warming up, and coming with it are preparations for Vashon’s summer festivities. The Vashon-Maury Island Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for the Strawberry Festival’s Grand Parade Grand Marshal and for unofficial mayor candidates.
Students at McMurray Middle School are learning about ocean garbage through a project that will include a visit from an adventurer and filmmaker, who will show some of her films on Vashon next week.
Two island schools recently held auctions to raise money for the continued education of young islanders and together raised nearly $200,000.
Vashon’s school board last Wednesday met to discuss plans for a second bond attempt and decided to meet with a consultant in an effort to price out a variety of bond options.
The latest round of Granny’s Attic grants have gone to eight Vashon nonprofits offering health-related programs and services to islanders across the age spectrum.
Cherry blossoms are symbols of the spring, a time of renewal and new beginnings. Just as the pink and white blossoms began to burst forth this year, a new beginning was in store for the island’s historic Mukai property and the local group that has been fighting to take control of it.
Clubs and organizations have always played an important role in developing Vashon-Maury Island’s social network. As the island was settled in the 1880s, churches, fraternal organizations, social groups and community clubs all helped to provide the social glue that held together a diverse island of separate water-based communities.
The King County Medical Examiner’s Office on Thursday identified the 59-year-old Vashon man pulled from the water off Luana Beach last Wednesday morning, April 6, and ruled his death a suicide.
Saturday marked the first Vashon
Farmers Market of the 2016 season and
in addition to the regular farmers, and
vendors, a special guest was present:
Noodle the Sheep.