Islanders will have the opportunity to celebrate autumn and its bounty when several Vashon groups come together to host the third annual CiderFest this Saturday.
The festival will include events all day at the Village Green and throughout the afternoon and into the night at Misty Isle Farms.
Chiropractor Michael Curtin has joined the ranks of health care providers at Full Circle Wellness Center.
Dr. Marcie Hamrick’s work has taken her from the western edge of Alaska to a village in Costa Rica.
Vashon Island will host its fifth annual solar tour on Saturday, Oct. 2, National Solar Day. Vashon’s tour will include…
Home weatherization experts and representatives from Puget Sound Cooperative Credit Union will lead a forum this evening on weatherization and how to afford it.
The Quartermaster Inn and Restaurant recently curtailed its hours for fall and winter and is now open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday through Sunday. The restaurant will also host a variety of special events during the off-peak months.
For the past 25 years, a program has quietly served a small number of Vashon’s elderly residents, helping them remain in their homes as long as possible by providing free in-home care. As of Oct. 1, that program, because of budget cuts, will no longer accept new clients.
Vashon families will soon be able to study Aikido together, when Vashon Aikido classes begin later this month. The classes,…
Volunteers working to create a credit union on Vashon announced their recommendation last week
When Alison Bockus dressed for her job as the farmers market manager one Saturday earlier this month, her clothes — parka, gloves, wool socks and rain boots — captured the essence of this year’s growing season for many of the Island’s farmers and gardeners.
“It was miserable,” she said. “I was so cold and wet.”
Indeed, cold and wet was the order of the day for several months running.
Six miles of Island roads will be open to cyclists and walkers and closed to traffic Sunday morning for “Exercising our Better Selves,” hosted by Sustain-able Tourism on Vashon.
The event will begin at Paradise Ridge Park and will include three- and six-mile routes for cyclists and walkers as well as booths in the park, according to Kathleen Fitch, one of the organizers
Vashon’s Strawberry Festival, celebrated over July 16 to 18, included several contests for good causes.
