Vashon School District officials have put forward a new plan for the rebuild of Vashon High School: Rather than renovate Building A, they now say it would be cheaper to tear down the oddly configured classroom building and replace it with a new structure.
As some of the Island’s leading advocates for energy conservation prepare for their second annual energy fair, they point to a few trends that suggest the situation may be improving on Vashon, a place known for its poorly insulated homes and high rates of energy consumption.
King County Water District 19 got state approval last month to begin extracting water from its so-called Morgan Hill Well, an authorization it first sought nearly 15 years ago.
Vashon School District officials have put forward a new plan for the rebuild of Vashon High School: Rather than renovate Building A, they now say it would be cheaper to tear down the oddly configured classroom building and replace it with a new structure.
Stories unfold on a large strip of butcher paper in Sally Adam’s classroom at Chautauqua Elementary School, where Latino families have gathered over the last two months to talk about their lives on Vashon and the lives they left behind in Mexico.
Several Vashon merchants are banding together to give consumers a gentle nudge: They plan to post hand-calligraphed cards this week and next that ask patrons to consider using cash or checks.
Nearly 100 Islanders have signed a letter calling for a new representative body on Vashon, prompting organizers of the grassroots effort to suggest a meeting with King County leaders to discuss their ideas for a collaborative town hall-style organization.
King County Councilmember Joe McDermott has decided to sponsor legislation that could fundamentally alter the county’s relationship with its unincorporated areas.
A 60-second parody of the famous Coca-Cola commercial, “I’d like to buy the world a Coke,” conceived by Island activist John Sellers and produced by Vashon’s Church of Great Rain, has gone viral, garnering nearly 75,000 hits on YouTube in the last several weeks.
In his 47 years as a public school teacher, Vashon math teacher Cornelius Lopez says he doesn’t recall ever receiving a pay cut.
The delicate bog laurel is flowering at Whispering Firs Bog, where the peat layer that supports it is thought to be 1,100 years old. The tiny sundew, a carnivorous plant, pokes out from among the moss. And the conifers that ring the bog — mostly cedars and hemlocks — are stunted and contorted, like an over-sized bonsai garden, though in this case shaped solely by nature.
Nearly a decade after it first announced the project to the community, Vashon HouseHold is about to start looking for buyers for the 14 owner-built homes at its Sunflower Community Land Trust project.
More than 40 parents attended a public forum Thursday to voice concerns about potential cuts to a raft of programs at Vashon’s three public schools, the largest gathering since the school district announced a staggering $850,000 shortfall in its 2011-12 budget.
