WEDNESDAY 12 Visit with Will North A visit with local author Will North will meet at 7 p.m. today, Nov….
Fruit club looks at history Interested in learning more about Vashon history and our legacy as a fruit growing community?…
Vashon Island Music, which will celebrate its four-year anniversary on Thanksgiving, is “definitely feeling the economic downturn,” said owner Karen Eliasen.
At Island Yoga Center, owners Kathryn Payne and Elizabeth Freeman are facing a conundrum at the small studio they’ve owned for nearly six years.
For Back Bay Inn in Burton, the financial disaster on Wall Street has hit home — hard. October saw the eatery’s lowest sales in years, prompting the small family establishment to remake itself entirely.
This weekend, the once linen-and-china restaurant quietly reopened as Quartermaster Pub, with new decor and nine menu items under $9.
When Vashon Island Fire & Rescue’s five commissioners hold a public hearing on Chief Hank Lipe’s first budget tomorrow night, they’ll have before them a $4.14 million budget that not only reflects the new fire chief’s priorities, but also a 4 percent decrease over last year’s budget.
The Vashon Island School Board, after months of discussion, analysis and debate, is ready to ask voters to approve a $79.45 million bond measure to fund a far-reaching makeover of the Island’s aging high school campus.
Since September, when the stock market crashed and major financial institutions faltered, the country has been in an economic tailspin. Islanders, it appears, are also struggling.
The Pirates fell to the Cougars 34-17, but will have a chance to redeem itself on Tuesday, when it faces the Meridian Trojans in a “loser-out” playoff game. The 4:30 p.m. game is at Civic Stadium in Bellingham.
Voter turnout was strong on Vashon on Tuesday, according to poll workers at Ober Park, where people were waiting to come in when the doors opened at 7 a.m. and small crowds and in some cases lines persisted throughout the day.
Vashon lost to the Cougars 37-14 on Wednesday, Nov. 5. Failing to tie for first place in the Nisqually League,…
Computer club catch all The Vashon Computer Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, at the Vashon Senior…
Manage manure The King Conservation District will offer “Manure Management: Got Livestock? Got Manure!” from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday,…
