In a week or two, Islanders will receive a survey from King County, asking Vashon residents if they’d like a service already offered in nearly every other community in the county — curbside yard waste and food waste recycling.
An Islander who was often seen longboarding down Vashon’s streets, his black dreadlocks flying behind him, was seriously injured on May 15 when he fell off his board during a fluke accident near Port Orchard.
Ken Maaz, a former Vashon resident with several years of experience running human service agencies in Tacoma and Seattle, has been hired to head Vashon Youth & Family Services.
A Vashon auto mechanic has been charged with three counts of child rape and molestation after he confessed to family members that he had molested the girl, now a woman of 19.
Superintendent Michael Soltman says he’ll ask the Vashon school district’s three unions to consider a 1 to 2 percent across-the-board pay cut in an effort to fill a budget hole that could cost eight teachers their jobs.
Vashon Island Fire & Rescue decided to purchase a Burton home last week to house volunteer firefighters — a move that officials say will enable it to lower aid call response times significantly for the southern half of Vashon Island.
High school seniors in Vashon’s Class of 2010 are asked to answer the following questions for inclusion in The Beachcomber’s Class of 2010 special publication.
A nature preserve sheltering a rare sphagnum bog — considered one of the region’s imperiled ecosystems — could double in size if local advocates are successful in garnering state funds to help in the acquisition.
Vashon and Maury Island’s mail-in 2010 U.S. Census return rates beat the state and national averages.
King County’s rural economic strategies coordinator will visit Vashon for a conversation with Islanders next week about the county’s development codes and whether they should be changed.
Organizers of the proposed Credit Union Vashon have launched a survey to determine the community’s interest in a credit union and have set a June 1 deadline for responses.
The Arizona helicopter crash that killed five passengers — including former Islanders businessman Tom Stewart and pilot John “Rick” Morton — was caused by a rotor blade flying apart, according to a lawsuit filed last week by pilot Morton’s family.
Islanders who gathered at the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council Monday night voted to postpone a controversial decision about whether to expand the Vashon Sewer District’s boundaries.
The issue will come back to the council after it holds a forum to explore the issue further.