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- ↑ "The Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber (Vashon, Wn.) 1957-Current". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
- ↑ Haulman, Bruce; Donnelly, Terry (November 23, 2011). "Vashon Island Newspapers" (PDF). Vashon History. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ↑ "The Vashon-Maury Island beachcomber". National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ↑ Haulman, Bruce; Findlay, Jean Cammon (2011). Vashon-Maury Island. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-7499-8.
- ↑ Epler, Patti (October 3, 1995). "The paper is the news on Vashon". The News Tribune . p. B1. Retrieved November 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Rowley, Paul (May 7, 2020). "Beachcomber editorial staff down to two". Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
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