Vashon Youth & Family Services, in a move that will lead the agency in a new direction, plans to take over operation of the YMCA’s popular child care program at Chautauqua Elementary School beginning Jan. 1.
King County, the state Department of Ecology and the University of Washington are about to begin a four-year research project examining the health of Quartermaster Harbor and the impact nitrogen is having on the stressed bay.
The park board is poised to sign off on a proposed lease between Vashon Park District and King County Library System — a lease that would set the ball rolling on an expansion of the library in Ober Park.
A silver Mercedes sedan flipped over on Vashon Highway just north of the Judd Creek bridge at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29. The only passengers in the vehicle were the driver and a dog.
Two feet of snow covered the Island, when suddenly every Vashon resident and business lost power. Phones went down; ferries stopped running, and the Island found itself gripped in a disaster unlike any it had faced before.
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Last week, Wanda Moore set up a lawn chair next to the north-end ferry terminal where her latte stand had stood only days before, offering up hugs and farewells instead of double talls and single shorts.
Vashon medical officials saw their first cases of confirmed H1N1 flu last week, indicating that a virus that is sweeping the country has arrived to the Island.
Due to construction at Vashon’s north-end ferry terminal, ferry schedules will be altered during the first two weeks of November on the Vashon-Fauntleroy-Southworth route. Delays are also expected.
One recent Monday as the warm fall day gave way to a chilly evening, several Islanders gathered in the Village Green for a bowl of hot soup and a sandwich, some camaraderie and a bit of medical care.
For years, those running for a spot to oversee the small Vashon Municipal Airport faced no opposition. Now, with the Nov. 3 mail-in election in full swing, the airport commissioners’ race is arguably the most hotly contested and politically charged battle on the Island.
On a recent walk along the sandy shores near Gold Beach, Annie Strandberg counted a dozen sawed-off root masses with raw chainsaw wounds where logs had once been connected.