Voice Of Vashon

Maybe you missed it, but October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Vashon’s DOVE Project would like to remind us all that domestic violence is present in our community – maybe in our schools, maybe in our workplaces, but, most common of all, in our homes. Yes, it’s here. And the worst thing we can […]

Okay, this is important so listen up. It’s about keeping our kids safe when they go to school. When the yellow school buses stop to let off kids, red lights flash and little arms that have a stop sign on them drop down for all to see – in both directions. But, you knew that, […]

On Wednesday, October 27th a representative from the King County Health Department will be on the Island from noon till 3PM in a tent right outside the Vashon Library. If you’re worried that your eligibility might have changed since last year because of a loss of job or reduced hours, then Wednesday is the time […]

Hey, you folks out there on the Burton Peninsula. How’s your water situation? You okay with it? Maybe it could be better? Well, Burton Water Company is currently working with the Northwest Cooperative Development Center to explore converting your water system to cooperative ownership. In other words, you could be the boss of your own […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has done a lot of bad things to a lot of good people. The sickness itself is horrendous enough, but its ripple effects are a tsunami which persists to this moment in many unhappy ways. For example: a lot of folks are struggling to pay their utility bills, but if you owe […]