Skip to contentSign OutSign InSubscribeNewsletterContact UsSign OutSign In60°FOn Sept. 27, the Washington State Department of Commerce announced $35.4 million in grants to local, state, and tribal governments and non-profits to plan and install solar and battery backup storage systems at community buildings.The list of projects funded in King County included $129,704 to Vashon United Methodist Church “to help power emergency access for vulnerable populations.”Eric Walker, chair of the church’s governing council, said in an interview the grant would be used to purchase and install solar...…Skip to contentSign OutSign InSubscribeNewsletterContact UsSign OutSign In60°FOn Sept. 27, the Washington State Department of Commerce announced $35.4 million in grants to local, state, and tribal governments and non-profits to plan and install solar and battery backup storage systems at community buildings.The list of projects funded in King County included $129,704 to Vashon United Methodist Church “to help power emergency access for vulnerable populations.”Eric Walker, chair of the church’s governing council, said in an interview the grant would be used to purchase and install solar...WW…

Skip to contentSign OutSign InSubscribeNewsletterContact UsSign OutSign In60°FJohn Anderson, acclaimed on Vashon and beyond as a landscape photographer, died on Sept. 4, at his home on Vashon. He was 64 years old.His death was caused by complications from Parkinson’s disease, according to his wife, Carolyn Anderson.Long before and after receiving that diagnosis in 2002, John’s crusade to capture the majesty of untamed places took him to wind-swept coastlines, high deserts, jagged mountaintops and primal forests.First using a large-format, 4×5 film camera, and later, a Hasselblad digital...…Skip to contentSign OutSign InSubscribeNewsletterContact UsSign OutSign In60°FJohn Anderson, acclaimed on Vashon and beyond as a landscape photographer, died on Sept. 4, at his home on Vashon. He was 64 years old.His death was caused by complications from Parkinson’s disease, according to his wife, Carolyn Anderson.Long before and after receiving that diagnosis in 2002, John’s crusade to capture the majesty of untamed places took him to wind-swept coastlines, high deserts, jagged mountaintops and primal forests.First using a large-format, 4×5 film camera, and later, a Hasselblad digital...WW…

Skip to contentSign OutSign InSubscribeNewsletterContact UsSign OutSign In60°FA civic booster waxing eloquently about the charms of Vashon, an array of local talent, and the power of small-town residents to determine their own fate: all these elements are part of a new production, “It’s Vashon Isle,” set for four performances Oct. 13-15, at Vashon Center for the Arts.The show, conceived by and starring well-known islander Jeff Hoyt, will be filled out by a rotating cast of almost 40 local musicians and other special guests, building a bridge between Vashon one hundred years ago and...…Skip to contentSign OutSign InSubscribeNewsletterContact UsSign OutSign In60°FA civic booster waxing eloquently about the charms of Vashon, an array of local talent, and the power of small-town residents to determine their own fate: all these elements are part of a new production, “It’s Vashon Isle,” set for four performances Oct. 13-15, at Vashon Center for the Arts.The show, conceived by and starring well-known islander Jeff Hoyt, will be filled out by a rotating cast of almost 40 local musicians and other special guests, building a bridge between Vashon one hundred years ago and...WW…