Rep. Sharon Nelson (D-Maury Island) and Joe Fitzgibbon, her former legislative assistant and current chair of the Burien Planning Commission, will visit Vashon for an open house with Islanders at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 18, at the Vashon Land Trust Building.
A group of Islanders has been working since January to bring a credit union to Vashon, a move they say…
The future of Vashon Library has begun to take shape.
Seven Spanish-speaking parents gathered in a third-floor classroom at Chautauqua Elementary School one recent Thursday evening, chatting easily as they waited to hear presentations in Spanish about the school’s English Language Learning program and the U.S. Census.
Several whales have been spotted around Vashon in recent weeks, including two sightings on Easter Sunday, one of a gray whale off Jensen Point in Quartermaster Harbor and another of a group of transient Orcas off of Dolphin Point.
A sign emblazoned with the Starbucks logo and the words “coming soon” greeted Islanders heading to the north-end ferry terminal today — April 1 — alarming some that the mega-chain was planning to set up shop on Vashon.
A Vashon organization has joined forces with Puget Sound Energy in an ambitious campaign to increase the Island’s participation in a program that brings alternative energy into the power grid.
The state Supreme Court, in a case that has had more twists and turns than an Olympics-style bobsled run, has issued what appears to be the final word on Armen Yousoufian’s 13-year crusade over King County’s failure to uphold the state’s public disclosure law.
Jody Metzger, a seasoned educator who has helmed two elementary schools, directed school choirs and taught second, third and fourth grade, has been hired to become the new principal at Chautauqua Elementary School.
The Village Green is a vibrant scene on Saturdays, when the Farmers Market draws hundreds of Islanders to the grassy patch in the center of town.
Amy Carey remembers vividly those early morning hours six years ago, when she hopped into a boat with two other Islanders to investigate news of an oil spill off of Maury Island’s rugged shoreline.
State Rep. Sharon Nelson, a Democrat from Maury Island, has decided to run for the state Senate, a position being vacated by her friend and colleague Sen. Joe McDermott.
In a move that King County seldom takes, county officials will sit down with local commissioners next week to see if they can find a way to lift Water District 19’s 14-year moratorium on new water shares.