After The Beachcomber came out last Wednesday, Milt Williams — who hadn’t yet read the paper — noticed he was getting concerned looks.
Twenty-five years ago, Rotary International began the ambitious PolioPlus program, with a goal to eradicate polio from the world.
The incident that took place Friday night in the heart of town is disturbing on many levels. But what’s particularly troubling is the disparity between what the King County Sheriff’s Office said happened and what three eyewitnesses said they saw unfold.
By Dr. William Foege For The Beachcomber We all want to protect our children. How to be knowledgeable as the…
Once again, we’re watching our school district struggle to find its way out of a yawning financial chasm.
Even on a double island with 50 miles of wonderful beaches, Quartermaster Harbor stands out as special.
Islanders crammed into the multipurpose room at McMurray Middle School last week to learn the latest about the fate of Dockton Road along Tramp Harbor, ask questions and offer up their opinions.
In his recent commentary, Todd Myers from the Washington Policy Center (WPC) presents an ill-informed diatribe against the preservation of the Maury Island nearshore and the environmental groups and elected officials working to protect it.
Earlier this year, as orcas approached Point Robinson, my 4-year-old son and his friends ran to the waterline waving their arms and shouting, “We love you whales! Come closer! We love you!” And the whales did keep coming until they were 20 feet from shore. We could hear them breathe and see the water slide off black and white skin as they surfaced. The boys went wild.
Each year on Earth Day, politicians emerge to tout their “green” credentials, pointing to policies and funding they claim protect the environment. This year, one such project is the proposal to use $15 million of state funds to help buy the Maury Island gravel mine.
The mood on Vashon has been celebratory in the wake of news that the Cascade Land Conservancy (CLC) is in…
For over a decade the battle to protect Maury Island has waged and, as The Beachcomber so correctly stated in last week’s edition, “what a difference a year makes” — or perhaps we could say what a difference a decade makes.
The story in The Beachcomber about the “Vashon Hum” is both a first-class example of cutting-edge journalism and a reminder that we exist at the discretion of the natural world.
