The former Sound Food building has been bustling with construction activity in an attempt to remedy “years and years of deferred maintenance,” Mike Urban, one of the building’s two new owners, said last week.
Ballots are being sent out today for the election to decide whether the school district’s $26.9 million bond will pass, allowing an overhaul of Vashon High School’s athletic facilities.
Four of Vashon fire department’s volunteers, including the volunteer coordinator, have left recently, drawing concern from some about the state of the volunteer program, but department management says the program is the strongest it has been in years.
The body of an Asian woman who appeared to be in her 40s was pulled from the water off Manzanita Beach Road Friday afternoon and detectives are asking for the public’s help to identify her, King County Sheriff’s officials said.
As the presidential debates continue to spark conversations and controversy about immigration, a local high school freshman is tackling the subject head-on by travelling to the Arizona-Mexico border to learn about the issue.
More than 50 volunteers last year helped the Vashon Friends of the Library put on its fundraising events, a huge improvement over the seven members that sat around the organization’s meeting table a couple years ago.
Decades of practicing as a family medicine physician at Vashon’s largest medical clinic have allowed Michael Kappelman the chance to do a little bit of everything, from delivering babies to treating traumatic injuries and dealing with the ailments that come with old-age.
One day before the conclusion of a community fundraiser to help save Sea Breeze Farms’ pastureland, King County Animal Control officers and sheriff’s deputies descended on the farm’s restaurant and began an investigation into the welfare of the farm’s animals.
Roughly one dozen nonprofits have been profiled in the first three stories of this series, and another six are contained in this writing, but these 17 nonprofit organizations are only a snapshot of the many that serve the Vashon community.
t’s that time of year again, the time when we promise ourselves to make, and keep, our New Year’s resolutions. Most of us will pick resolutions like losing weight, eating healthy, exercising more or just being happier, healthier people.
The Vashon High School boys’ basketball team had its first loss of the season Tuesday, Dec. 15, falling to Seattle Academy 55-47.
The Old Fuller Store’s new owner is also the founder and owner of Seattle-based pizzerias and coffee shops, but he says he has no plans to expand either business to the island.
Two dogs make international headlines after staying at each other’s side for more than a week; construction begins on a multi-million dollar performing arts center and gallery, and talks of a centralized food hub for local farmers to sell their food wholesale begin. 2015 was just another year for Vashon’s nonprofits.
