Fire chars business in heart of downtown Vashon
Aug 20 2008
An environmental consulting business on Bank Road caught fire at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16 — one of the three biggest fires on the Island in the last year, said Bob Larsen, Vashon Island Fire & Rescue (VIFR) assistant chief. IFC International/Jones and Stoke, located just east of Café Luna and... more

Free women's health exams for qualifying women
Today, 10:46 AM · UPDATED
Women’s health services offered free to qualifying Island women Some Island women are able to take advantage of a state program that offers free clinical exams and mammograms to those who qualify, since two Island health clinics have contracted with the... more

• County will soon require homeowners to certify their septic systems are in good condition
  Today, 10:29 AM · UPDATED
• County dive unit recovers safe
  Aug 20 2008
• Vandals hit schools and bus barn
  Aug 20 2008

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Captain Joe: Keeping Point Robinson’s light burning bright
Aug 20 2008
Visiting the Point Robinson Lighthouse with Joe Wubbold is an education. A retired Coast Guard Captain, he loves showing visitors the lighthouse and its rare Fresnel lens. Wubbold’s adventurous life prepared him well for his current role as the president of... more

• Captain Joe: Keeping Point Robinson’s light burning bright
  Aug 20 2008
• Sun Island Farm in Dockton bursts with the earth’s bounty
  Aug 13 2008
• County will soon require homeowners to certify their septic systems are in good condition
  Aug 20 2008

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HAPPENING
Aug 20 2008
Donate school items soon Islanders have one more week to participate in the Back-to-School Drive. Collection bins are set up at Thriftway, US Bank, John L. Scott (in town), Windermere and Essentials 4. Tins are also at the Burton store and Books... more

• HAPPENING
  Aug 20 2008
• CALENDAR
  Aug 20 2008
• CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
  Aug 20 2008

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In our opinion: Not again...
Today, 10:31 AM · UPDATED
Wasn’t it just last week that you read about vandalism in this very spot? Well, it happened again. This time, Vashon’s unidentified troublemakers smashed into the Island’s public schools and several school buses between 3 and 4 a.m. last Tuesday. “It’s... more

• Vashon High School improvements are long overdue
  Aug 20 2008 · UPDATED
• A Mormon perspective on the Jewish faith
  Aug 20 2008
• Emir Nohutcu, ‘Turkish prince,’ was a breath of fresh air on Vashon
  Aug 20 2008

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Vashon Beachcomber Letters to the Editor | Aug. 20
Aug 20 2008
Jones Soda, sold! My name is Nathaniel Parrott, and I am going into the seventh grade. Last Saturday, my friend Ryan O’Grady and I sold Jones Soda to the people in the ferry line. All the money went to the Vashon Skate... more

• Letters to the editor
  Aug 20 2008
• Land Trust works to preserve Island wilderness for the entire community
  Aug 20 2008
• Talk about taking it to the streets — Backbone ‘Procession’ goes nationwide
  Aug 20 2008

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