A local chocolatier offers mouth-watering options for anyone on your list.
Stop by The Little House for some holiday shopping, and chances are the conversation will be about how some of the Island’s magic will fade after this Christmas season, when Bettie Edwards, the store’s owner, moves on.
Vashon Community Care (VCC) reached its fundraising goal last week after nearly 300 people donated to its latest campaign.
During Sunday afternoon’s steady rain, three men in vivid orange shirts and bearing United States flags hiked up the long hill from the north end ferry, a striking contrast to the gray clouds hanging low in the sky above them. Below the American flags, they carried smaller flags commemorating those wounded or killed in action. A few Islanders — children and adults — fell in step with the men and joined them for their wet walk into town.
After more than 40 years in the nursery business, Kathy Wheaton, owner of Kathy’s Corner in the heart of Vashon, is experiencing her 15 minutes — and then some — of fame.
In the midst of its fundraising campaign to raise $350,000, Vashon Community Care (VCC) received a little help last week from an unlikely source: nationally renowned singer and songwriter K.D. Lang.
Island poet David Lloyd Whited will read from his latest book, “Olde Man Coyote Goes to Towne,” this Friday.
As Washington residents prepare to vote on Ref. 74 — which will approve same-sex marriage if passed — the Vashon Unitarian Fellowship will host a public gathering and candlelight vigil in support of marriage equality on Sunday.
Nirvana restaurant has been shuttered recently, undergoing an extensive remodel inside and a complete reinvention of its menu.
Burton’s Masonic Temple is brimming with art again as Kassana Holden of Bergamot Home and Bergamot Studio prepares to open to the public on Friday.
The Dental Van, which provides free dental care to people with low incomes, will be on Vashon twice next week, offering services to children and adults, thanks in part to a grant from Granny’s Attic.
In a longboarding accident on a spring day two years ago, Islander Daniel Haag suffered a brain injury so severe it nearly took his life. Now, after prolonged medical care and rehabilitation, Haag is back on Vashon, living in the place he calls home.
A community forum on The Affordable Care Act, the health care bill signed into law by Pres. Obama in 2010, will meet next week and include a panel with expertise in a variety of health issues.
