A Vashon auto mechanic has been charged with three counts of child rape and molestation after he confessed to family members that he had molested the girl, now a woman of 19.
Just before five Vashon high school girls slipped into their shell for the row of a lifetime last weekend, their coach Sam Burns gave them some final words of support.
A nature preserve sheltering a rare sphagnum bog — considered one of the region’s imperiled ecosystems — could double in size if local advocates are successful in garnering state funds to help in the acquisition.
Islanders who gathered at the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council Monday night voted to postpone a controversial decision about whether to expand the Vashon Sewer District’s boundaries.
The issue will come back to the council after it holds a forum to explore the issue further.
After The Beachcomber came out last Wednesday, Milt Williams — who hadn’t yet read the paper — noticed he was getting concerned looks.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has postponed a meeting to discuss the scope of an environmental review Glacier Northwest will have to undertake before it can received a permit to resume construction of its controversial pier.
For months, a small group of Islanders has been engaged in heady discussions about the future look of Vashon’s rural town, examining issues from parks to traffic patterns as part of a larger effort to update the Island’s 14-year-old town plan.
New septic system designs that could work on the small lots that line Vashon’s waterfront will be on display at a daylong gathering this weekend geared towards helping Islanders find solutions to their vexing septic problems.
The Mukai farmhouse, its legendary garden and the adjacent barreling plant were officially placed on the real estate market this week, months after Islanders began a concerted effort to find an on-Island buyer for the historic properties.
Several humanities electives would be eliminated at Vashon High School and a pre-school teacher let go at Chautauqua Elementary School under the first iteration of a budget-trimming plan put forward by Vashon Island School District Superintendent Michael Soltman.
An effort to create a common start time for Vashon’s three public schools has hit a snag and likely won’t happen, according to school district Superintendent Michael Soltman.
Some wondered if the meeting room would be large enough. Others were concerned about the location of the children’s section. A few wanted to know if the roof could support sod, making the renovated building one of the greenest on Vashon.
