Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

06/12/2026

Hello everyone! The Beachcomber is looking for commencement photos from this Saturday’s graduation ceremony.

Bonus points if you include the names of the students pictured.

Please email photos to [email protected] by the end of the day Sunday to be considered for the paper, which goes to press Monday morning.

Congrats, class of 2026!

06/09/2026

Cartoon by Bill Jarcho

06/09/2026

The Vashon Island Rowing Club (VIRC) has been celebrating some strong finishes and gearing up for the USRowing Youth National Championships that take place in June.

06/09/2026

DOVE’s fifth annual Pride Street Dance brought color, rainbows and celebration to the heart of Vashon on Friday, June 5.

06/09/2026

Vashon Center for the Arts, now celebrating its sixth decade, will mark the milestone with a party from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 20 — and everyone on the island is invited to attend.

06/09/2026

A new Burton shop sells beautiful things one day a week

The building is the color of a creamsicle, wedged into a short block across from the Burton Coffee Stand, facing the sea.

06/09/2026

The heavily traveled Judd Creek Bridge on Vashon Highway SW, just north of Burton, will soon close for a six-week resurfacing project.

For the estimated six-week closure, the roughly 4,700 vehicles that use the bridge each day will have to detour, adding several minutes of travel time.

The heavily traveled Judd Creek Bridge on Vashon Highway SW, just north of Burton, will soon close for a six-week resurfacing project.

06/09/2026

Families, boaters and long-time islanders celebrated the completion of a $6.5 million make-over of Dockton Park and Marina on Saturday, welcoming improvements that will make King County’s only publicly owned marina safer for users and healthier for sea life.

06/03/2026

Last weekend, island theatergoers had the chance to experience something marvelous: Vashon High School’s debut of a new musical, “Piano Lad,” at Snapdragon’s Black Cat Cabaret.

06/03/2026

Lena Puz spent four years rewriting the Vashon record books. On May 28-30 in Yakima, she wrote the final chapter.