Some who keep a close eye on the drug scene on Vashon say that black tar heroin, for the first time in recent memory, is being sold on the Island.
The Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust has sold a 30-acre conservation easement in Paradise Valley to King County, ensuring the parcel retains its natural habitat and improving the salmon-spawning capacity of Judd Creek, the land trust announced last week.
The Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber, starting with next week’s issue, will sport a new look and new size. The paper is…
Vashon Island Fire & Rescue’s liability for its alleged discrimination against a female firefighter could be nearly 20 percent more than previously announced, after a bill for legal fees came in higher than anticipated, officials said.
Aquatic club officials, inspired by a new study that prices renovating and covering the Island’s only public pool at $1.8 million, plan to see community support in their endeavor to turn the popular pool into a year-round facility.
Chris Szala, an Islander who has worked in the affordable housing arena for 20 years, has been named the new executive director at Vashon HouseHold.
Andy James counted himself lucky when he landed his first teaching job at Chautauqua Elementary School three years ago.
Backbone Campaign’s “Procession for the Future” tour concluded last week, when a biodiesel truck stuffed with 25 parade floats rolled back onto Vashon after traveling more than 11,000 miles around the country.
The tomato, 2,000 miles north and 15 degrees south of its native home, often balks at growing well around Puget Sound.
A liquor store is slated to move into the heart of Vashon’s downtown core, displacing both the John L. Scott office and Eyeland Optical, two businesses that now occupy the 1920 brick building next to The Hardware Store Restaurant.
The nearly one-mile stretch of King County roadway that hugs Tramp Harbor is a vexing dilemma to those who pay attention to such things.
The Vashon Island Fire & Rescue board, weighing an appeal on a court decision that could leave the taxpayer on the hook for $750,000, got more than an hour of advice last week when it turned to the community for input.
The Vashon Maury Community Food Bank won a $5,000 award from Food Lifeline for creating a way for its clients to sign up for subsidized health insurance and other services while stocking up on goods at the small food bank at Sunrise Ridge.
