The Vashon Tea Shop, which has been for sale for some time, got a new lease on life earlier this month when Beng-Imm Low purchased it from Susan Bassett, who started the intimate café in the heart of town.
Bob Norton, an Island expert on fruit trees and an extraordinary grower, said he’s been pleasantly surprised by a crop in his orchard.
Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark said he has “grave concerns” about the environmental impact of Glacier Northwest’s barge-loading facility off of Maury Island and asked the corporation on Tuesday to “cease operations” until several questions can be answered.
Islanders who use the south-end ferry — some of whom are already feeling the pinch from reductions in service — may soon see the last run of the day end at 9:30 p.m., 30 minutes earlier than the current schedule.
The passenger-only ferry service between Vashon and downtown Seattle is expected to add two additional sailings when the newly formed King County Ferry District takes over its operation this fall.
Deputies with the King County Sheriff’s Office have been ticketing cars at the entrance of KVI Beach for the past two months in an effort to get visitors to follow the county’s parking rules.
Several public school teachers whose jobs were on the line have been retained in the wake of a community-wide fundraising drive and a number of budget-cutting efforts by the Vashon Island School District.
A family of four lost nearly everything they owned in a devastating fire that swept through their unoccupied home on Maury Island Thursday night.
The Vashon-Maury Island Community Council’s ex-ecutive board at its July 13 meeting will choose a replacement to Jolene Lamb, who resigned in May from the nine-member board.
Island activist Tom Bangasser has filed a far-reaching lawsuit against King County, charging that government officials failed to comply with several codes when they rezoned the K2 property from industrial to commercial last fall.
The Vashon Municipal Airport has a rural charm to it, with its grass runway and its rows of colorful, metal-sided hangars.
Former Public Lands Commissioner Doug Sutherland looked to the region’s economic needs and its appetite for sand and gravel to justify his decision to issue a lease to Glacier Northwest, according to a recently filed lawsuit against the state Department of Natural Resources.
McMurray football will likely bite the dust.
