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updated: Fri Jul 18, 2008 01:10 am

Vashon News

Local news for Vashon, WA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Yesterday | West Seattle Herald

Many prefer smaller school on Vashon

If one were to get on the 6:45 a.m. ferry to Vashon from Fauntleroy, they may notice an abnormal excess of adolescents present for such an early hour of the day.

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Related Topix: Port Orchard, WA, Education Etc., Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Seattle Metro

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

Vashon's Lavender Farm Tour returns this weekend

Leave your cars at home and take the free shuttle bus from farm to farm. Lavender is in full bloom and ready for harvest in July on Vashon, and three Island lavender farms will open their fields this weekend ...

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

CLASSES

A Transformational Breath workshop will meet from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, July 9, 16, 23 and 30, at the Hanna Barn on Point Robinson Road.

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Sun Jul 13, 2008

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

HAPPENING

Tour the Vashon High School campus from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 16.

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Fri Jul 11, 2008

Tacoma News Tribune

Vashon views highlight Bill Burby Fun Run

The News Tribune Published: July 10th, 2008 01:00 AM Updated: July 10th, 2008 07:39 AM You can stay close to home, enjoy a quick escape to Vashon Island and get in some fun exercise on Saturday at the Bill ...

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Food Festival

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The Grounded Gardener: Nature's purple palette

POINT YOUR CAR in almost any direction next weekend, and you'll find festivals, classes and fun all on one subject: lavender.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home

Wed Jul 09, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Follow the fragrance to Vashon

When most locals think of lavender, the city of Sequim on the Olympic Peninsula usually comes to mind.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Seattle, WA, Agriculture

Kitsapsun.com

WSF Wraps Up Reservation Talks in South Kitsap | 1

South Kitsap YAHOO! Most Recent Local News BY TRAVIS BAKER FOR THE KITSAP SUN Originally published 10:45 a.m., July 2, 2008 Updated 10:45 a.m., July 2, 2008 Southworth area ferry rides were cool Tuesday evening ...

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Related Topix: Bremerton, WA, Southworth, WA

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

Plenty of hot fun in the summertime

The Bill Burby Inspirational 10K and 5K Runs and 5K Walk will be at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 12, beginning at the intersection of Vashon Highway and Gorsuch Road.

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Sat Jul 05, 2008

Kitsap Sun

Lance Mimier, 48

Obituaries YAHOO! Lance Mimier, 48 Lance Mimier of Seattle Jan. 13, 1959to June 28, 2008 Lance Mimier passed away following a long and painful illness.

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Related Topix: Seattle Metro

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Port Orchard Independent

No fireworks on the ferry, WSDOT warns

As of Friday, the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth ferry route will be on a weekend schedule and, hopefully, free of banned fireworks, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation's Ferries ...

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Tue Jul 01, 2008

The Seattle Times

King County takes over Vashon ferry

Riders may not notice, but as of today, ferry service to Vashon Island is being subsidized by King County, not the state.

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Related Topix: King County, WA, Seattle Metro, Seattle, WA, Kirkland, WA

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

Vashon Fire board to meet July 1 | Notes

The Vashon Island Fire & Rescue board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 1, in the Penny Farcy Memorial Training Center.

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Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

Vashon-Maury Clubs & Organizations

The next Italian Club meeting will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday June 27, in the reception hall at St.

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Related Topix: Life, Italian Cuisine

Sat Jun 28, 2008

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

Eric Horsting gave it his all - and covered it all - week after week

Last August, after a brief vacation, I returned to The Beachcomber with a gift for Eric Horsting, who had steered the ship in my absence.

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Thu Jun 26, 2008

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

Vashon mother considers miracle of new baby

On March 28, with six weeks to go until my due date, my midwife worried that the baby's growth had slowed.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Opinion

Tue Jun 24, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Ferry system shelves plans to expand Colman Dock

The expansion of Seattle's Colman Ferry Dock, where there once were thoughts of adding condominiums or a park, is on hold while the ferry system figures out how best to use the space it has.

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Related Topix: Seattle Metro, Seattle, WA, Port Townsend, WA

Sun Jun 22, 2008

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

Puget Sound Energy office reopens on Vashon

Puget Sound Energy officials, saying they want Islanders to use less of their product, have opened up an office on Vashon that will provide information on how to reduce residential energy costs.

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Fri Jun 20, 2008

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

Vashon-Maury food bank to expand services in new office space

The Vashon Maury Community Food Bank has recently finished remodeling office space in the hopes of providing more services to Islanders as well as creating much needed-work space for staff.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family

Wed Jun 18, 2008

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

CLASSES

Dance the Samba, and drum with RhythmJoy in the Strawberry Festival Parade. A four-week Afro-Brazilian dance class session will meet from 7:30 to 9 p.m. starting Wednesday, June 18.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Food Festival, Cheese

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