Glacier Northwest received its final permit from a government agency last week for its dock-building project on Maury Island and says it could begin constructing the 400-foot pier that would open the door to its 192-acre gravel mine as early as mid-August.
On Nov. 3, 2007, Mica Michelle Lawson and Matthew Steven Karasick joined hands in marriage at The W Hotel in downtown Seattle. Lawson is the daughter of Kathy and John Pierce of Sammamish and Vashon and Mike Lawson of Vashon.
Play cribbage on Saturdays
A Transformational Breath workshop will meet from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, at the Hanna Barn on Point Robinson Road.
Brown Bag Story Time at the Vashon Library will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesdays, July 2 to Aug. 6, for ages 6 to 10.
Quartermaster closed July 3
With the hottest months of the year upon us, Vashon experienced two fires last week, and Islanders are urged to use common sense this Friday around fire and fireworks.
Laura Hicks, 18, made a remarkably strong political showing at the Washington state Democratic convention in June, energized by Barack Obama’s powerful promise to change the nation. She was one of 400 vying for 29 national delegate positions left, and made it to the final round of selections.
King County this week assumed the cost of providing passenger-only ferry service between Vashon and downtown Seattle, a move that marks the beginning of the county’s eventual full operation of a route that for years has been provided by Washington State Ferries.
The board of commissioners at Vashon Island Fire & Rescue has chosen six finalists in its search for a new chief to head the fire department and will likely select one of them to lead the agency in as soon as next week.
t A $7,500 grant will pay for signage, trail work and more.
A new acting manager has been named to lead King County’s troubled Animal Care and Control program, which has come under harsh criticism for the crowded conditions at the county’s main shelter in Kent.
