17 June 2013
Last week some 15 protesters stood at the northeast corner of Highway 305 and High School Road holding signs objecting to the proposed shopping center there. They are planning to return with more people Tuesday, June 18, for another protest. Like...
Posted in Business, Community, News Featured4 Comments
17 June 2013
What’s so great about Port Townsend? What isn’t? It’s got beaches (and beaches!), sprawling parks, funky shops, excellent art and music, every kind of cuisine, an old-style movie theater, history, beautiful old brick buildings, a nationally respected Arts Center, pretty...
Posted in Culture, News Featured 2, Travel3 Comments
14 June 2013
Remember the pignapping in January on Miller Road where it meets Day Road? Well, the big blue pig is now returned safely home. She first appeared on the roof of the high school a few days ago. The High School...
Posted in Community, Community Featured, Schools2 Comments
17 June 2013
July 4th is coming, and we feel it is a perfect time to announce that many of us are joining in the movement to take our elections back from extremely wealthy individuals and profit-driven corporations. We are losing our “for...
Posted in Community, Community Featured 2, Letter to the Editor0 Comments
16 June 2013
You may know Holly Rohrbacher. As a professional events coordinator, she has worked with IslandWood, the Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Community Foundation, and Friends of the Farms. She has served on the Board of Directors of KidsUp! and was Board President...
Posted in Community, Organizations, People Featured, Slider0 Comments
12 June 2013
by Peggy Musselwhite The Bainbridge Varsity Boys Lightweight 4+ boat won second place at the 2013 U.S. Rowing Youth National Championships on Sunday, June 9, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Approximately 450 crews in 221 heats and races battled it out...
Posted in Community, Events Featured, Sports1 Comment
16 June 2013
Confession up front: I am one of the 37 people across the nation who sat through and actually liked the recent film version of the musical based on Victor Hugo’s downer novel Les Misérables. I knew Anne Hathaway wasn’t hitting all of...
Posted in Culture, Culture Featured, Theater3 Comments
12 June 2013
We know the building: Matthew Coates’s eco-friendly and possibly soon-to-be certified LEED Gold stunner at the corner of Winslow and Highway 305. We’ve been hearing about the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art for months. But the persisting question that has...
Posted in Art, Culture, Culture 2 Featured0 Comments
17 June 2013
With the fine weather we’ve been having, Bainbridge is in full bloom. So, where on the Island are these lovely visions? Be the first to tell us! Contact us here in the comment section, at contact@insidebainbridge.com, or on our Facebook page. Bainbridge Island...
Posted in Culture, Features, Features Featured, Photography, Where on the Island2 Comments
14 June 2013
by Jeannette Franks, PhD Gerontologist At some point in time most of us need to move from the big house, the demanding yard, and all those stairs. We just downsized to the perfect condo. Our move, however, was not perfectly...
Posted in Aging Well, Features, Features Featured 20 Comments
14 June 2013
Updated at 10:30 a.m. June 14, 2013 When we published a story earlier this week about the Bainbridge Island artist who built a statue on Blakely Rock late last December, several readers inquired about the legality of putting art there. Blakely...
Posted in Government, News, Outside Featured8 Comments
15 June 2013
by Melissa Byrd of PAWS of Bainbridge Island and North Kitsap Thank you Paws & Fins Pet Shop for sponsoring our weekly Animal Tales feature. Cora was left at a local shelter by her owner, languished there for months, and was...
Posted in Animal Tales, Animals, Animals Featured0 Comments
17 June 2013
A power outage that affected part of Winslow early this morning damaged the IT system at City Hall. City Manager Doug Schulze said that when the power was restored at about 8:30 a.m. staff realized they still could not send...
Posted in Accidents, Government, News, Slider0 Comments
16 June 2013
Here is the latest Astrology Weekly audio chat by Bainbridge Island astrologer, counselor, and radio personality Aleta McClelland: Listen here. You can read more about Aleta in our article Aleta McClelland: Ace Astrologer. You can hear Aleta this week at...
Posted in Astrology Weekly, Features, Slider0 Comments
15 June 2013
The bicycle entry gate on the north side of the Seattle ferry terminal will close permanently on Sunday, June 16. Bicycles will henceforth enter via the main entrance of the toll plaza. Pre-ticketed bicyclists must scan their passes or multi-rides...
Posted in News, Transportation0 Comments
15 June 2013
by Trish Bittman Summer is not my favorite season. I have three kids, limited funds, and I work from home, which means I am with them all day every day, just about. So I have to find ways to keep...
Posted in Books, Community, Culture, Family0 Comments
14 June 2013
A road improvement project on a section of Sportsman Club Road will close it to traffic from Highway 305 and restrict traffic to only single-lane northbound users between Island Church and Wardwell beginning Monday, June 17. The closure will make room...
Posted in Community Featured 2, News, Roads3 Comments
13 June 2013
Here are Inside Bainbridge recommendations for the weekend of June 14-16, 2013: 1. Discovery Friday When: Friday, 11-11:30 a.m. Where: KiDiMu, 301 Ravine Lane Why: Because you can’t get enough STEM. A KiDiMu instructor leads kids in science-themed experiments...
Posted in Features, Weekend on the Rock0 Comments
13 June 2013
The Bainbridge Youth Services 34th Annual 4th of July Fun Run—with a 5K, 1 Mile, and Kids’ Dashes—is just around the corner, and BYS is opening pre-registration for the event with some additional news: the launch of its new website...
Posted in Community, Kids, Sports0 Comments
13 June 2013
The Intermediate Racers advanced to the playoffs with a 2013 regular season record of 9 wins, 3 losses, and 2 ties. They had a Championship Playoff sweep of 3 wins and 0 losses. Just about all of the Little League...
Posted in Community, Features Featured 2, Sports0 Comments
13 June 2013
by Stephanie Viele, Holistic and Wellness Health Coach I can’t believe our kids are out of school, and the sun and temperatures are soaring. I know, I know, it’s not really summer here until after the 4th of July. But...
Posted in Eat+Drink, Features Featured, To Your Health0 Comments
12 June 2013
Bainbridge police, fire, and ambulance units responded to a bike accident this morning, June 12, at approximately 7:05 a.m. A male cyclist appeared to have skidded off Wyatt Way at the head of Eagle Harbor near Ray’s Auto. Medics reported...
Posted in Accidents, Community Featured 2, News6 Comments
11 June 2013
Just before Christmas a reader sent Inside Bainbridge a photograph of a distant statue on Blakely Rock, the intertidal “Island” about a mile offshore from southeast Bainbridge and across from West Seattle. He asked if we knew anything about the...
Posted in Art, Culture, Outside Featured6 Comments
11 June 2013
On Police Chief Matt Hamner’s first day on the job, June 10, his office staff gave him a present: a framed historic map of Bainbridge Island. The staff had paid for it and framed it with their own money, and...
Posted in Government, News, People Featured0 Comments
10 June 2013
One wonders what our new City Manager Doug Schulze was thinking as Councilmember Steven Bonkowski usurped his scheduled presentation before Council during last week’s meeting. Schulze had been tasked by unanimous Council vote to work up further numbers about the...
Posted in Government, News, Politics, Slider0 Comments
10 June 2013
Updated 5:28 a.m. June 17, 2013 Jason Devinney was the first (of many) to identify these photos taken of the windows of Winslow store Danger. Congratulations Jason! ______________________________________ Okay, here’s your latest challenge. Be the first to identify both Bainbridge...
Posted in Features, Features Featured 2, Where on the Island1 Comment
09 June 2013
At May 17th’s BASE (Building a Sustainable Economy) lecture sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, Sustainable Bainbridge, the Bainbridge Public Library, and the Bainbridge Graduate Institute, award-winning journalist and writer James Workman addressed a small crowd of people. Workman, who...
Posted in Community, Government, Green Living, News, Outside Featured1 Comment
09 June 2013
Here is the latest Astrology Weekly audio chat by Bainbridge Island astrologer, counselor, and radio personality Aleta McClelland: Listen here. You can read more about Aleta in our article Aleta McClelland: Ace Astrologer. To make an appointment for a personalized...
Posted in Astrology Weekly, Features, Slider0 Comments
09 June 2013
At 8 a.m. on Saturday, June 8, three white-suited and head-netted volunteers, looking like astronauts ready to fly their mission to Mars, bravely faced the challenge of relocating the giant Bainbridge Grange beehive. The beehive had grown so large and...
Posted in Animals, Animals Featured, Community, Video1 Comment
09 June 2013
Perhaps Councilmember Blair best captured the tone of Wednesday’s (June 5) Council meeting when, following adjournment at nearly 11 p.m., she muttered, “Screw it.” Judging by the combative and vituperative, as well as excruciatingly long discussion of our water utility...
Posted in Community Featured 2, Government, News0 Comments
09 June 2013
Bainbridge Island City Manager Doug Schulze is ready for and looking forward to the first day on the job, June 10, of new Police Chief Matt Hamner. He has an agenda prepared to discuss with him upon his arrival. The...
Posted in Government, News, News Featured 2, Slider0 Comments
07 June 2013
Here in the Pacific Northwest spring means lovely things, like fruit and flowers and fawns. What looks more vulnerable than a fawn alone, without its mother? Well, here’s the deal. Mothers really do know best, and in the case of does...
Posted in Animals, Animals Featured, News1 Comment
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