Schematic designs for the new Vashon Library elicited mostly positive responses from Islanders who attended a Thursday meeting in which architects revealed two similar options for the library’s expansion.
On an overcast September day, a large herd of Tammy Dunakin’s goats chomped away in a field behind the K2 Commons. As Dunakin shouted “Goats!,” her border collie Pearl ran around the herd, directing their movement.
The recent unseasonably nice weather has allowed students at Vashon High School to experiment with technology they got their hands on through a grant the school recently received from Puget Sound Energy (
Faced with a growing number of emergency calls and a shrinking volunteer crew, Vashon Island Fire and Rescue (VIFR) is taking measures to recruit more volunteer firefighters and EMTs in an attempt to improve the agency’s sometimes slow response times.
The first phase of an outdoor skatepark at the Burton Adventure Recreation Center (BARC) will begin construction this spring, pending…
When Gael Gann visited Vashon for the first time in 2002, it was not to stroll the beaches, visit farms…
When Heather Robinson worked as a dental assistant on Vashon, she was shocked by the number of patients she saw…
When a fuel barge crashed and spilled over 200,000 gallons of oil off the Washington coast in 1988, Rev. Carla…
Lies were told, rumors spread and insults flew on the second week of class at McMurray Middle School. It wasn’t…
A small cabinet at the end of a gravel driveway on 105th Avenue S.W. is surrounded by flowers, banners, photos and cards, a bright spot of color against the gray and overcast sky. As a breeze picks up, candles flicker atop the makeshift memorial, casting light on a photo of a man grinning from ear to ear.
As the fate of the Mukai farmhouse remains unsure, a small group of Islanders is taking steps to see that the historic farmhouse, barreling plant and Japanese garden are restored and used for their original purpose.
When Islander Marcy Summers spent two years working for the Nature Conservancy in Indonesia, she left the country with one request from its conservationists: Help us save the maleo.
