Like many newspapers facing declining readership and sagging revenue these days, the Kitsap Sun, a news franchise that serves communities across Kitsap County and Jefferson and Mason Counties, is no longer giving its online news away for free. Saturday night, May 11, Sun Editor David Nelson announced on the company’s website that starting today, May…
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Kitsap Sun Begins Charging Online Readers
Posted on 14 May 2013.
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T&C Submits Remodel Design to City
Posted on 09 May 2013.
Bainbridge mainstay Town & Country Market submitted paperwork today, May 9, to the City of Bainbridge Island to begin the permitting process for a large-scale remodel. The Winslow grocery, the original of the five-store franchise, opened its doors in 1957. It has remained largely unchanged since then but for the 1990 addition of the espresso…
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Bainbridge’s Ozone Named WA Manufacturer of the Year
Posted on 07 May 2013.
Ozone International may be one of the most successful small businesses you’ve never heard of. Operating out of its Day Road facility, the 55-employee company manufactures and sells a patented environmentally friendly food-sanitation system that is used by food industry giants such as General Mills, Tyson, Nestle, Pepsi, and Pacific Seafood. But you may be…
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The Girls Want to Be with the Girls: Girls’ Night Out 2013
Posted on 05 May 2013.
This Thursday, May 9, downtown Winslow will blush pink on the 13th annual Girls’ Night Out. Although women do—let it be known—care about more than shopping, this event calls them girls and celebrates the hunting-gathering aspect of women’s lives with in-store promotions offered by local merchants. The Downtown Association says that about 300 women, many…
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Get Happy for Bainbridge Island’s Happy Hours
Posted on 03 May 2013.
[This article is an update of a previously published article on August 4, 2011.] Happy hour is a happy alternative to full-priced eating and drinking these days as we all look for ways to save with a smile. A lot of restaurants are rolling out longer happy hours, more enticing pricing, and late-night happy hours…
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Bainbridge Thai Cuisine Expands, Opens Bar with Daily Happy Hour
Posted on 03 May 2013.
Teddy Siriboom and his chef wife Tum have been serving up tasty Thai fare at Bainbridge Thai Cuisine for some 20 years now. What’s new is that this little Island favorite on the water at the far south end of Madison Avenue is expanding with an attractive new full bar with indoor seating room for…
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Public WiFi in the Works for Winslow
Posted on 25 April 2013.
Broad band is on its way to downtown Bainbridge. According to Rex Oliver, President of the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber has been working with the Kitsap Public Utility District (KPUD) to get free WiFi in Winslow, and they are one signature away from taking the next steps to instal broad band around…
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Who Do You Love? Last Chance to Vote for Your Island Faves April 24
Posted on 22 April 2013.
Voting is closed. Look for the results in May. _____________________________________ If you haven’t taken seven minutes to vote for your 60 Island favorites, time is short, so step up and speak your mind. Based on last year’s counts, some categories can be so close a few votes can sway an outcome, so tell us who you…
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Bainbridge Island WiFi Hotspots Update
Posted on 11 April 2013.
It has been a while since we published a list of WiFi spots on Bainbridge Island, and things have changed up a bit. (We wish the ferries would offer it without an extra fee.) Here is our latest intel: Downtown Winslow Bainbridge Bakers: 140 Winslow Way W., 206-842-1822. Open Monday–Friday, 6 a.m.–6 p.m.; Saturday 6:30 a.m.–6 p.m.;…
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The Old Boar Teaches New Tricks
Posted on 25 March 2013.
What, you might reasonably ask, is The Old Boar, the new business on Madison right next to the former Shima Sushi? The answer is complicated: It is a combination of Hogwarts, a university library, a tea shop, and your best friend’s living room. The effect it has on you is of making you want to…
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Let’s Get It on: Vote for Your 2013 Island Faves!
Posted on 24 March 2013.
Oh yeah, we know you’ve got opinions aplenty. Express yourself! Choose your favorite places, businesses, and service providers on the Rock. The Inside Bainbridge Best of the Island ibbi Awards will be conferred upon your communal first choices. Each winner will receive a swell sign, an award icon for their website, the pride and prestige of being…
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Winslow Businesses Play Musical Chairs
Posted on 19 March 2013.
There’s a whole lot of moving and shaking going on in Winslow. Even as more retail sites are being developed, plenty of old ones are sitting empty, and some are part of a citywide game of musical chairs. Take BonBon, for example, which is closing its doors on Bjune on April 1 and reopening on…
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Sign up Now for Field’s End Seminar on Digital Publishing
Posted on 10 March 2013.
Wondering how to keep pace in a publishing universe whose only constant seems to be daily change? You are not alone. Whether you’re a writer, an agent, or a publisher, the turmoil of contemporary publishing can be confusing, unnerving, and career-bending. Based on an articulated need from its writing community, Bainbridge Island’s Field’s End is…
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Coal-Free Bainbridge & Sierra Club Challenge PSE
Posted on 23 February 2013.
Erika Shriner doesn’t like Colstrip, Montana. She has nothing against the town, but she doesn’t care at all for the open pit strip mine and the coal-burning power plant of the same name. According to Puget Sound Energy, Colstrip currently provides 20 percent of the company’s power, mining and burning coal to generate electricity for…
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Island Storage Providers Battle It out for Helpline
Posted on 20 February 2013.
Two local storage unit providers, Bainbridge Storage and Reliable Storage, are facing off in a two-week competition to see which of them can collect the most nonperishable items for Helpline House’s food bank. The event runs from 9 a.m. on February 23 until 5 p.m. on March 2. Isabelle Cobb, the Assistant Manager at Bainbridge…
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Two Islands United by Chocolate
Posted on 14 February 2013.
Kailua, Oahu, is a really long way to go for a local news story, except when that story combines three of my favorite things: Bainbridge, Hawaii, and chocolate. I’ve been enjoying Manoa Chocolate for a while now, having scooped up a bar at Bon Bon a few months ago. Little did I know, that luscious…
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Winslow Postal Manager Discusses Impacts of Saturday Delivery Cut
Posted on 07 February 2013.
Just like the rest of us, Gail Green found out about the U.S. Postal Service’s decision to cut Saturday delivery while listening to the news on the way to work. But, unlike the rest of us, Green is the Winslow Post Office Station Manager, and the news is likely to have a significant impact on…
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New Frozen Live-Culture Yogurt Spot Opens in Lynwood Center
Posted on 01 February 2013.
Very coolly and confidently the aptly named Island Cool opened its doors to the public on Tuesday with no press, no front sign, and no hoopla, but the people came nonetheless—so many, in fact, that owner Joe Raquer had to call his wife Linda at work and ask her to come help. Now Raquer has…
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Former American Marine Bank Leaders Sued for Gross Negligence
Posted on 29 January 2013.
Three years ago today, January 29, 2010, Bainbridge Island’s home town American Marine Bank (AMB) was abruptly shut down as a failed financial institution by the Washington Department of Financial Institutions. The Department named as its Receiver the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The 11 branches of American Marine Bank reopened the next day as branches of…
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Good News for Downtown, Including a $10,000 Kitsap Bank Donation
Posted on 24 January 2013.
Kitsap Bank handed Andie Mackin, Executive Director of the Bainbridge Island Downtown Association, an oversized check for $10,000 on Tuesday morning. Gathered at the bank for the occasion were numerous Kitsap Bank representatives and City Manager Doug Schulze. Tony George, Kitsap Bank President and Chief Operating Officer, commended the Bainbridge Downtown Association for “their continued efforts to…
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