Vashon News

The Vashon Road Crew doesn't fill potholes or restripe roads. They pound the pavement for dozens, sometimes hundreds, of miles each week in an effort to stay fit and stay connected.

Renowned cartoonist, author and illustrator Berkeley Breathed will bring his most famous book to life on Saturday when he reads "Red Ranger Came Calling" while larger-than-life illustrations and a musical score accompany his narration.

King County's newly approved budget contains $75,000 to facilitate the transfer of the county-owned Vashon pool to the Vashon Park District and nearly $1 million to support ongoing conservation work along Vashon's eastern shore and Judd Creek.

With the increase of Spanish-speaking people on Vashon, three staff members from Vashon Library have begun learning Spanish so they are better able to communicate with library patrons.

Eleven King County residents a 'A including two Vashon Islanders a 'A have filed to take newly elected County Executive Dow Constantine's seat on the nine-member county council.

After a round of negotiations with its insurance pool, Vashon Island Fire & Rescue is expected to pay $250,000 a ' rather than $751,000 a ' to cover the costs of a judgment from a gender discrimination lawsuit the department lost last year.

Vashon will soon become a Mecca for electric cars and their owners, if a group of enthusiastic Islanders has its way.

Vashon Island Chorale will ring in the holiday season next weekend with an ambitious concert that features not only masterpieces from the Renaissance and Baroque eras but also two new works by contemporary composers.

The buzz now is all about the recovery. Folks wonder if it's for real, and everyone is looking for clues.

Vashon Theatre was burglarized over the weekend, losing nearly $10,000 worth of equipment - including a projector and two high-definition DVD players.

Serenity! That was the last thing on my mind as, after a day full of meetings, I inched my way through rainy rush hour traffic, late to my daughter's band concert.

You don't have to wait for the Island Art Studio Tour next month to visit some of Vashon's artists in their "studios" all winter long.

Vashon Island Fire & Rescue, which hasn't seen an increase in its paid firefighting ranks since it hired its first firefighters in 2001, will add a ninth firefighter in 2010 if the commissioners approve Chief Hank Lipe's proposed budget.

An accomplished roster of musicians will play an evening of chamber music for strings at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov.

Who they are: The Vashon-Maury Community Food Bank, a nonprofit organization located at Sunrise Ridge.

A chimney fire on Cemetery Road just west of the McMurray Middle School was quickly quelled Friday morning after dozens of firefighters showed up, the first of them arriving within six minutes, said Vashon Fire Chief Hank Lipe.

Every month, every week, maybe even every day, Islanders serving on commissions and boards step forward to work on our behalf.

This notice just posted by WSDOT- Washington State Ferries The Issaquah is temporarily out of service due to necessary repairs.

What: A reading from his book, "Give, Eat, and Live," a translation of 60 poems by the 12th-century poet Avvaiyar.

Vashon has a long history of military presence. The military's use of the Sunrise Ridge complex began with World War II and did not end until 1984, when the final parts of the "Nike base" became Paradise Ridge Park.