Sex and love are the topics It’s Youth-Adult Dialogue (YAD) time again. Come one, come, all Feb. 3 to the…
THURSDAY 15 Youth orchestra plays Vashon Youth String Orchestra presents a short concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, in…
While Islanders are known for lending a hand to their neighbors in times of trouble, several people on Vashon say one Islander — Barrett Fox — stood head and shoulders above everyone else for the efforts he took to help people during the recent snows.
Hundreds of Islanders made their way through torrential rains and strong winds Wednesday night to let state officials know they’re worried about potential cuts to Vashon’s ferry service.
WEDNESDAY 7 Tenth Muse Open Mic Vashon’s new book store, Stranger Than Fiction, will offer open mics beginning at 7…
Computer Club meets next week The Vashon Computer Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, at the Vashon…
A student recently burst into Kathleen Dean Moore’s office at Oregon State University having figured out the answer to a question she was pursuing — the ingredient needed to motivate people to change.
Vashon will have a brand-new aid car by this summer, replacing one that’s outlived the normal life expectancy of an ambulance. Vashon Island Fire & Rescue officials ordered an ambulance from Chehalis-based Braun Northwest on Dec. 31, after the fire board approved the purchase at its meeting last week.
Vashon Park District will put the finishing touches on its 2009 budget on Tuesday, a spending plan that cuts funds for a few programs and instead tucks money away for capital and unforeseen expenses.
Protesters with their arms in long steel tubes created a human chain blocking the road that leads to Glacier Northwest’s mine site Friday morning — the first act of civil disobedience to halt the mine’s controversial expansion since it was proposed more than a decade ago.
In one of the largest rallies on Vashon in years, more than 500 sign-toting Islanders gathered on the rocky shores south of Gold Beach Sunday to protest Glacier Northwest’s efforts to dramatically expand its mining operation.
A wet snow began falling on Vashon and its weather-weary residents Sunday afternoon and kept up well into the night, knocking out power to a third of the Island and creating innumerable problems for drivers on Sunday and Monday.
Protesters with their arms in long steel tubes created a human chain blocking the road that leads to Glacier Northwest’s mine site Friday morning — the first act of civil disobedience to halt the mine’s controversial expansion since it was proposed more than a decade ago.
