A year ago, the CEO of the Bellevue-based Puget Sound Cooperative Credit Union recalled, Island organizers told him a branch on Vashon would draw considerable support.
The Vashon Senior Center, which has been under the auspices of the Vashon Park District for the past three years, has decided to go it alone.
Islander Angela Schonbok was one of about a dozen volunteers who turned out for an ambitious work party held by the Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust, which recently got a $5,000 grant from REI to restore the watershed.
King County officials have sent notices of violation to 133 waterfront homeowners noting they’ve failed to meet a county deadline to get their septic systems inspected.
The grey-blue house on a quiet street in Burton looks like a classic family home — with a two-car garage, a crimson-red front door and a peek-a-boo view of Quartermaster Harbor.
Six students on Vashon have confirmed cases of whooping cough, prompting King County health officials to issue a letter urging parents and teachers to be on alert for the highly contagious disease.
Walk down Vashon’s main street, and one sees signs of a struggling retail landscape.
The Chetzemoka — the new 64-car ferry serving Vashon’s south-end route — went out of service for much of Tuesday last week after the crew saw white smoke billowing from one of its exhaust stacks, according to the state ferry system.
Ferry-service advocates are breathing a sigh of relief after committees in both the House and Senate passed budgets last week that contain enough fees to keep the state ferry service at its current levels.
Vashon’s Chamber of Commerce has chosen a new logo for this year’s annual summertime bash. Those who look closely will notice it contains the image of a strawberry, but the words written across the top are “Vashon Festival.”
Several friends and family members gathered at the Vashon cemetery last Wednesday to pay final respects to John Roncevich, a beloved Islander who garnered three Purple Hearts and several other medals over the course of his two decades in the U.S. Army.
For the second year in a row, Vashon property owners are seeing a slight drop in their property values as well as a small increase in property taxes, according to the King County Assessor’s Office.
The Beachcomber’s website now features a state-of-the-art, user-generated calendar of events — one so easy to use even those of us who don’t know how to work an iPhone will be able to figure it out.
