With a decline in transactions at the Vashon branch and customers increasingly relying on other banking options including mobile and online banking. Bank of America will be closing it's Vashon Island Branch September 20, 2013.
A body believed to be that of a missing Vashon woman was found Wednesday evening in Burton. Searchers found the Searchers found the Searchers found the Searchers found the Searchers found the
Questions and answers, explanations and doubts, were rampant and loud as more than 200 islanders gathered at McMurray Middle School on Thursday, April 26, to hear about the intent of the new ownership of the Vashon Health Center.
At a Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Water District 19 on March 12, 2013, a contract with Iversen & Sons, Inc. was approved for the construction of Phase III of the Ridge Road water main replacement.
The affiliation agreement between the secular Highline Medical Center, which manages our Vashon Health Clinic, and the faith-based Franciscan Health System has been completed.
We all know what CSAs are right? Perhaps not. In addition to a common agricultural marketing term CSAs stand for "Community Service Areas" and Vashon-Maury Island is one of seven in Unincorporated King County.
Cleanup crews hired by a Tacoma shipbuilder removed small orange balls of lubricant from Maury Island beaches today, under the oversight of the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) and the U.S. Coast Guard.
Preserve Our Islands received word from the Department of Ecology that they have completed the cleanup of the orange petroleum based grease balls/globs that were discovered washed ashore on Maury Island beaches.
Vashon Park District struggling with financial and management issues has forgotten to renew the domain name used to access the Vashon Park Districts website.
Two Children walking on a Vashon Island beach shortly after noon on Monday discovered a dead body that apparently had washed ashore, the King County Sheriff’s Office reported Monday.
Kimberly Stove has been selected as one of 14 finalists to go to Washington DC this coming November 2013 for a wood stove competition with stoves from all over the world. These competitors are all seen as the World’s best
Traffic delays are possible on Gorsuch Road, Vashon, starting Feb. 11 as a King County Road Crew works to repair the hillside. Work is planned weekdays 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 11-22, from 91st Avenue Southwest to the end of the road. Crews will intermittently maneuver equipment to allow traffic to pass when needed.
Come to the Vashon Maury Island Community Council's general meeting on Monday, January 21 at 7PM to meet with new King County Sheriff John Urquhart. If you have a question you’d like the Sheriff to consider and answer, please email max.sladevmicc@gmail.com. We are going to try and get questions in to the Sheriff on Friday morning!
The Water District 19 Commissioners, staff and lawyers have been working for 3 years to consolidate a multitude of policy resolutions into one master resolution governing the District’s operating policies. Advised by the District’s lawyers to do so
Do you know about the vote on proposed new bylaws coming up on Tuesday, Dec 18 at the VMICC monthly meeting? This will be a chance to stand up (or not) for a proposal that creates new bylaws with flexible rules of order, a chance for collaborative dialogue and a way towards progress and quicker decision making, among other things.
Vashon Park District’s Interim Executive Director, Susan McCabe, announced today that the District will furlough all its full and part-time employees for the last three days of Christmas week, 2012 -- December 26, 27 and 28.
High Winds and power outages started off the Thanksgiving week on Vashon Island. Just as Vason Islanders were going about their afternoon, several power outages were reported across the island.
The King County Sheriffs Office reports that the search for a missing woman has ended. India Castle was found dead early Saturday afternoon in a shallow pond near the Vashon Airport . .
Washington State Ferries announced that due to routine maintinance. There will be a temporary capacity reduction on the Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth route starting after this Friday (11/9/12) evening’s commute
Next week, watch for a Report Card on the state of our water resources. The Vashon-Maury Island Groundwater Protection Committee (GWPC) will be publishing a review of the first ten years of monitoring data. Beginning on November 14th,
Anyone spotting oil skimming vessels, containment boom and other response equipment on the west side of Blake Island in Puget Sound Wednesday Oct. 24 shouldn't be alarmed.
Vashon Island experienced an Island Wide power outage, Monday around 5pm. Power was also reported out in parts of Kitsap county. Power was restored around 6pm.
Background: Island Landmarks’, a Vashon- based non-profit corporation, is responsible for stewarding the historic Mukai house and garden. On June 4th, 2012, Island Landmarks’ members met at a "special meeting" and removed the prior board. Members elected a new board of 11 Vashon based community members including historians, librarians, educators, historical preservationists, project managers, a landscape architect, and a lawyer.
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