I appreciate The Beachcomber’s coverage of the important upcoming event Re-Entry: Life After Incarceration, and I want to clarify a…
Welcome back to a new school year. Have you heard the latest? The state Legislature reached agreement on state public…
Recall earlier this summer when the Legislature passed its $43.7 million operating budget — as well as its latest spending…
School has started and it will soon be dark as kids walk or bike to and from school. The folks…
The state’s new school budget plan had the best of intentions — fully fund education to ensure students get a…
This is the critical quote from the Washington State Ferries alert sent last Thursday: “once the dock is cleared, we…
I joined the Vashon Fire Department 50 years ago and still respond — especially as our needs for emergency service…
The Indivisible Vashon Immigrant and Refugee Working Group formed after the 2016 presidential election with the intent to inform themselves…
On Aug. 30, a front-page article in The Beachcomber reminded us of the new health center operating on our high…
How’s your lawn doing? This summer, like the one in 2015, has been hard on lawns. For many, the only…
I read Sharon Nelson’s commentary in last week’s Beachcomber a second time and came to the same conclusion each time…
I read with sadness, but not surprise, of the death of our island cougar (“Cougar killed after year on island,”…
Many disagreed about Vashon’s cougar, but most did not want him dead. I am drawing on my experience as the…