Only nine Islanders have chosen to run for the nine seats on the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council’s executive board, forcing the citizen-run group to cancel this fall’s election.
Contrary to the King County Library System’s assertions, the Vashon Park District is not forcing the Vashon Library to abandon…
A developer angling to build a motel at Vashon Village contends he was treated unfairly by an Island-based commission that…
As PTSA President Denise Katz points out in her column this week, the Vashon Island School District needs Island kids…
For six months, Islander Maria Pottinger, a mother of four, worked feverishly to keep her house in tip-top shape, just…
Preserve Our Islands (POI) has taken its decade-long battle against Glacier Northwest to federal court, claiming the agencies overseeing the corporation’s expansion plans are failing to safeguard the region’s imperiled killer whales and other animals protected under the Endangered Species Act.
Students cheered wildly on Friday as Vashon High School Principal Susan Hanson delivered the news: Their school had just won a prestigious, national award because of their high performances last year on standardized tests.
Nearly 70 people turned out for a forum on the proposed Vashon High School rebuilding plan last Tuesday night, using hand-held devices to let the school board know where they stood on the multimillion-dollar plan and its various iterations.
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Saying it was the only way he could fulfill his promise to Island voters, the head of the King County Library System (KCLS) has pledged to move the Vashon Library to the proposed K2 Commons — should the ambitious redevelopment project come to fruition.
The Vashon Island School District and its five-member board will hold a community-wide forum Tuesday, Sept. 9, in an attempt to gauge Islanders’ potential support for a multi-million dollar bond measure to rebuild parts of the district’s aging infrastructure.
