As Tony Spezza pulled into the Chevron on Thursday to fill his Ford pickup truck, he captured his sentiments about the Island’s record-setting fuel prices and his own inefficient vehicle succinctly.
Former chief Jim Wilson and Vashon Island Fire & Rescue (VIFR) settled their disagreement about severance pay on Tuesday, March…
Hillary Hammond was a 15-year-old freshman at Vashon High School when she started “using,” as she put it, introduced to alcohol and marijuana by a senior cheerleader who was fun, pretty and popular.
Vashon Island Fire & Rescue this week began billing Islanders for non-emergency ambulance service, nearly three years after the department’s…
By ERIC HORSTING Staff Writer Last Sunday, a family discovered a crocodile in a pond on the American Youth Hostel…
Less then 36 hours after implementing fees for ambulance service, Vashon Island Fire & Rescue’s commissioners voted last week to…
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The only orca whale calf born to the J Pod last fall died as long ago as November, when it was only a few weeks old, according to whale experts who confirmed the death earlier this month.
The Backbone Campaign has achieved some stature in the world of political theater with its delightfully sardonic Chain Gang, those oversized puppets clad in prison wear depicting the worst of the Bush administration. Now, this home-grown group is taking it to the next level: They’ve developed puppets that show not only what’s amiss in this country but what they’d like to see instead: universal health care, immigrant rights and a world where polar bears might survive.
