The King County Library System has crafted a proposal for an expanded library on Vashon Park District property — a footprint that would extend north of the current library and could add up to 3,800 square feet to the one-floor structure.
It was a familiar scene on Saturday — scores of activists and community members gathering on the rocky shores near Gold Beach, toting bullhorns, placards, drums, banners and babies.
Five Vashon nonprofits plan to collaborate to see what they can do together that they could not do alone.
Several Islanders weighed in last week on plans by the Vashon-Maury Chamber of Commerce to market Vashon to off-Island tourists, with some suggesting the idea made enormous sense while others sounded a note of caution.
Vashon Island School District is looking for writers to compose 75-word statements in support and against the $2.7 million maintenance and technology levy that will be on the Nov. 3 ballot.
For years, the “first Friday” art walk has been a time for Island art lovers to gallery hop, munch on appetizers and help themselves to glasses of wine.
Jacob Acier last saw his mother 15 years ago, when he was a 7-year-old boy forced to flee his village in the high plains of Eastern Africa.
By AMELIA HEAGERTY Staff Writer Islanders who can’t afford dental care will have a chance to visit a dentist Sept….
The Vashon school board voted last week to tear down the Vashon Elementary School gym, an old wooden structure that’s beloved by some Islanders but has been deemed a safety hazard by others.
Islanders will vote on a school levy proposal in November, after the school board voted last week to place a maintenance and technology measure on the ballot.
The rumor has been circling the Island like a gull at KVI Beach: Johnny Depp, word has it, just bought Tom Stewart’s spectacular 525-acre estate near Paradise Valley.
A three-hour power outage on Wednesday — the hottest day of the year — forced businesses to close, raised concerns among Islanders and threw Vashon’s two grocery stores into a frantic rush to keep food items from spoiling.
When Islander Scott Benner had his portrait taken last month, he didn’t spend much time deciding what to wear. After all, his outfit consisted a red bow tie, a tweed hat and nothing more.