Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Vashon grappling team earns 11 medals at Brazilian jiu-jitsu competition. BJJ is similar to wrestling, but it also allows chokes, armlocks, and leglocks.
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Liz Shepherd earned a first-place prize for News Writer of the Year in the statewide contest. Read Story
Happenings | Oct. 17 edition | Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
4 days ago · The Tilth Alliance and Seattle & King County Public Health will host two free soil health events this month for Vashon Island. With the legacy of the Asarco Smelter plume affecting island soil, it is very important to test for heavy metals which were deposited from the plume over the islands for ...
News Briefs | Oct. 17 edition | Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
4 days ago · Museum mammoth named The large painting of a Columbian mammoth that newly graces the entrance of the remodeled Vashon Heritage Museum has been officially named. After receiving 125 suggestions from kids visiting the museum, a museum committee ultimately landed on “Tusky,” a name given by island ...
VashonBePrepared: Two essentials: Food and shelter
1 day ago · Dear subscribers: VashonBePrepared will shift to an every-other-week publication schedule starting with our next edition, which will be published in the Beachcomber on October 31st. In any given week, 300 Vashon households rely on food provided by the Vashon Maury Community Food Bank. In a year ...
A place for beachcombers | Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Nov 8, 2023 · A place for beachcombers. Walking the beaches of Vashon-Maury Island is more complicated than my Don the Beachcomber daydreams.
Editorial: The one-year report | Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Oct 4, 2024 · This week’s paper is an anniversary of sorts. The October 5, 2023 edition was the first in which I’m listed as the editor of the Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber. That means this week marks one year of my tenure here. This has been the hardest job I’ve ever had. It’s also been the most ...
Happenings | August 15 edition - Vashon-Maury Island …
Aug 14, 2024 · Virginia V. The 2024 Circumnavigation of Vashon Maury Islands aboard the historic steamship the Virginia V, a beloved annual event hosted by Vashon Heritage Museum, will depart from the North End Passenger Ferry Dock at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, and arrive back at the dock at 4:30 p.m.
News Briefs | March 14 edition - Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Mar 14, 2024 · Food bank funding secured . U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal confirmed her package of “Community Project Funding” requests (sometimes called earmarks) for the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bill on Wednesday, March 6 — and it includes $800,000 set aside for the Vashon Maury Community Food Bank.
Waterfront values jump in annual valuation
Jul 10, 2024 · This year’s increases in assessed values on Vashon come after a 12 percent drop in 2023. That, in turn, followed unprecedented increases of 29 percent or more in 2022, and nearly 20 percent in 2021, as home prices soared.