Group hopes nautical-themed event will raise $50,000 for curriculum
Quartermaster has a fluctuating population of those who live on boats
This weekend Hestia Retreat will put on its second annual Women’s Day of Wellness, an event organizers say will provide relaxing activities for women as well as give a preview of what they hope to one day offer at an actual retreat center on Vashon
The Vashon Fields Project is at a crossroads, and now, more than ever, is the time for islanders to pick up their shovels and help out. If the district works hard to recruit volunteers, and those volunteers act now, they may just be able to put the problem-plagued project back on track in the next couple months.
A janitor at the Vashon Library has been charged with sexual assault after allegedly groping another man at the library earlier this month.
Island Landmarks — the nonprofit that owns the Mukai Farmhouse and has wrestled with a group of Vashon Islanders for control of it — is advertising a week-long open house at the historic property.
Peak-season rates on Vashon’s ferry routes will begin on Wednesday, May 1.
A janitor at the Vashon Library has been charged with sexual assault after allegedly groping another man at the library earlier this month.
My first night on Vashon, I thought I had fallen in love with the island. Sitting on the deck at La Playa that August evening, I sipped a margarita, listened to waves lap on the beach and watched ferries come and go, their lights romantically reflected on the waves. A seal poked its head out of the water in front of me as if to say, “See, this is why you moved here.”
An impasse over the details of a regionwide Emergency Medical Services levy has ended, settling worries that the levy, which provides half of Vashon Island Fire & Rescue’s budget each year, wouldn’t go forward.
Low-interest loans will be available as soon as next month for homeowners in Vashon’s marine recovery areas (MRAs) to repair or replace their failing septic systems.
An island nonprofit that made headlines during the battle against Glacier has reinvented itself, and with a new name and a renewed vision, it’s once again making waves in the shoreline development world.
Islanders are urging state lawmakers to avoid what they call significant cuts to ferry service proposed for the south end of Vashon.
