Those lucky enough to visit Point Robinson Friday afternoon saw a rare and remarkable scene in the waters off-shore: Some 80 killer whales, members of all three Southern Resident pods, passed by, cavorting, breaching and spy-hopping while children squealed and adults exclaimed.
Over the years, Kathy and Phil Johnson have had a handful of strangers knock on the door of their modest but charming home tucked among the Douglas firs on Wax Orchard Road. The last surprise visitor, nearly a decade ago, appeared on their doorstep with her adult children beside her. “I went to school here,” she told them through tears when they opened the door.
Black Press, Ltd. is slated to purchase the Peninsula Daily News, Sequim This Week and its related websites, owned by Horvitz Newspapers LLC, the two companies announced Monday.
Granny’s Attic, Vashon’s bustling thrift store, awarded $38,000 to Vashon Community Care, one of the largest single donations in the nonprofit’s storied history, according to Jeannine Emery, president of the Granny’s board.
An initiative that would privatize the sale of spirits would likely put Vashon’s one liquor store out of business.
Vashon HouseHold is about to launch a new program that aims to match those in need of housing with those who have room to spare.
King County Superior Court Judge Mary I. Yu, a Vashon resident, was recently named the 2011 Outstanding Judge of the Year, along with Judge Steven C. González, by the Washington State Bar Association.
Owners of the Vashon Pharmacy have taken down the towering eucalyptus tree next to their building and removed a gravel entrance into their parking lot as part of an effort to clean up an area that has long been a site for loitering and drinking.
Glenda Pearson, a University of Washington librarian, already rises at an ungodly hour to feed her many animals before making her long commute via a vanpool to Seattle. Next week, however, when the Alaskan Way Viaduct shuts down for a little more than a week, the Vashon woman is braced for an even earlier start to her day — rising at 3:15 a.m. instead of 3:30.
Jackie Merrill remembers her Camp Waskowitz experience as a fifth-grader on Vashon Island — feeling at first scared to go, then, after a week at the rustic cluster of cabins in the foothills of the Cascades, wishing she didn’t have to leave.
Islanders concerned about domestic violence hope Vashon’s town core and many of its neighborhoods will soon be cast in a purple glow.
A simmering property dispute between the Vashon Park District and Gay Rosser went to court Monday, where the park district obtained a temporary restraining order against the longtime Vashon resident for what it sees as her ongoing interruption of its field project.
The conviction of a man last week whom prosecutors call a serial rapist has underscored the need to ensure community members, and especially teen girls, understand that even bucolic Vashon is not immune to such crimes, advocates say.
