Take a stand for peace in Ober
For the first time this year, Vashon is sending three teams of “mathletes” to the state “Math is Cool” competition — an intense, fast-paced tournament against teams from other schools.
Vashon Thriftway received a letter from one of its baking companies last month saying its wholesale price of bread would soon spike because of an 80 percent increase in the cost of flour.
Get real at the 13th Youth-Adult Dialogue, which will meet at the Vashon Presbyterian Church from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 6.
La Leche League meets
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The first Islander hoping to snag the title of Vashon’s unofficial mayor has thrown his hat in the ring — and it’s a black, three-cornered pirate hat.
Voice of Vashon, the Island’s public radio station, could soon have its second radio tower installed, a move that would help the nonprofit organization significantly expand its now-limited emergency broadcast system.
County buys land in Dockton
Highway closure north of Burton
Vashon HouseHold is attempting to clean up what has long been one of the Island’s worst illegal dump sites, a wooded area near Roseballen that until last week was littered with several couches, a washing machine, old tires and mounds of trash.