Vashon resident, author and host of the monthly Continuing Conversations discussion series, Dorothy Bauer, has ideas. Lots of them. Mostly…
Ah, Justin Trudeau, what have you done?
Islander and singer-songwriter Ike Harmon (aka Harmon Arroyo) has written a song designed to bring communities together, and has planned…
Community group partners with VARSA to host gun safety forum
Vashon Youth & Family Services is re-establishing its family education and early learning support services on the island with a $25,000 grant from Boeing, and the hiring of a two-person team to run the early childhood program.
Vashon Youth & Family Services is re-establishing its family education and early learning support
The Quartermaster Yacht Club will give the first in a series of free workshops it has developed on topics of interest to members of Vashon’s boating community next Wednesday, Oct. 26. Created both to reach out and give back to islanders who spend time on the water, the “Tech Talks” are appropriate for novice through expert boaters, and will cover everything from anchoring techniques to water rescues and lifesaving; digital navigation software to marine radio use and more.
It has been eight years, nearly to the day, since the Open Space for Arts & Community hosted its inaugural event on election night in 2008 and this weekend, the “philanthropic initiative” brainchild of Janet McAlpin and David Godsey will host an open house to showcase the first major renovation plans for the island’s space-of-all-trades.
Once again this Saturday, about 200 acres of Island Center Forest will close to everyone but permitted deer hunters for the last two weeks of October.
King County is currently accepting applications for its 2017 Community Engagement Grant program which awards funds for community-focused projects or events in unincorporated Community Service Areas. A total of $60,000 is available to be distributed in amounts up to — but not exceeding — $5,000 for each grantee.
While the Salish Sea and the inland waters of Puget Sound are home to a vast array of aquatic species, nothing identifies the Pacific Northwest quite like its resident orcas. But if the last few years are any indication, the beloved Southern Residents will be sharing these waters once again with whales that were on the verge of extinction 50 years ago.
It is once again time for the pilot hunting program at Island Center Forest (ICF) to commence and I believe it is time to rethink this. This forest is a valuable island resource used by a wide variety of enthusiasts and is closed for two weeks every year to all but hunters — most of whom come from off island.
Some Vashon social media followers were recently treated to the news, complete with pictures, that the Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust had built a loop at Shinglemill Trail. With respect to that, the Land Trust has both good news and bad news for island loop-trail fans: The good news is that there is, in fact, a loop being built at Shinglemill. The bad news is that it is not yet finished and isn’t expected to be ready for public use until sometime in October.
