by Julie Hall and Sarah Lane Coast Guard (District 13) Lieutenant Sadowitz told Inside Bainbridge that a passenger on the 6:20 p.m. ferry Wenatchee headed from Seattle to Bainbridge this evening, May 16, reported seeing a body floating face-down in the water close to the boat in Elliott Bay. The captain immediately notified investigative crews,…
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Seattle-to-Bainbridge Ferry Passenger Reports Floating Body: Coast Guard Investigates
Posted on 16 May 2013.
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Windstorm Downs Trees and Wires Across Bainbridge: Find out Where
Posted on 13 May 2013.
Assistant Fire Chief Luke Carpenter warns Bainbridge Islanders to plan for a slow commute and to stay away from downed power lines. The windstorm that rolled through starting at about 4:30 p.m. today knocked down trees and power lines all over the Island. Winds and rain are expected to pick up again tonight. Here are…
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Box of T-Shirts to Support Boston Bombing Victims Leads to Bainbridge Island Bomb Scare
Posted on 29 April 2013.
The now infamous box that drew an investigation by police, fire fighters, a K9 unit, and the Washington State Bomb Squad Patrol yesterday, April 28, 2013, in downtown Bainbridge Island has been identified. Terri Kaminski of Bainbridge Island received a box of T-shirts sent from Boston by a friend, Isiah Connor, who had the shirts…
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Bainbridge “Boston” Bomb Scare Clears out Part of Downtown for over 2 Hours
Posted on 28 April 2013.
by Sarah Lane and Julie Hall The Washington State Patrol (WSP) Bomb Squad arrived in the main Town & Country parking lot today at 2:10 p.m. to investigate a suspicious box that had been left outside the Winslow Post Office. The box, which had the words “Pray for Boston” written on it, was found at…
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“Boston” Package Update: Authorities Clear Wide Perimeter in Winslow, Bomb Squad on the Way
Posted on 28 April 2013.
by Sarah Lane and Julie Hall The Bainbridge Island police and fire department are clearing a wide perimeter around the Winslow post office as they investigate a suspicious package discovered at about 12:45 this afternoon in front of the P.O.’s north front doors. The package reads, ”Pray for Boston.” Authorities are asking Town & Country shoppers…
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Authorities Investigating Suspicious Package Found in Winslow
Posted on 28 April 2013.
Breaking News: A suspicious package has been found outside the downtown Bainbridge post office. The package reads, “Pray for Boston.” Authorities are at the scene investigating. Citizens are being cleared from the area. Look for updates soon to follow. Related Stories Box of T-Shirts to Support Boston Bombing Victims Leads to Bainbridge Island Bomb Scare…
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Monday’s Bainbridge Earthquake Part of Recent Jump in Puget Sound Seismic Activity
Posted on 23 April 2013.
At 7:53 p.m. last night, April 22, a small 0.8 magnitude earthquake buzzed Bainbridge Island’s north end. The epicenter was near Phelps Road on Teem Loop Road off of Sumanee Place. Today, April 23, just after 4 p.m., another Washington quake of 1.3 magnitude rattled south of Tacoma. The quakes were small and caused no reported damage….
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Can Bainbridge Island Protect Itself from a Landslide Like Whidbey’s?
Posted on 29 March 2013.
What can our Island community, not unlike Whidbey Island, learn from the large landslide that damaged one home and threatened and/or isolated some 25 others in Coupeville in the early morning hours Wednesday, March 27? We’ve suffered our own landslides, also called mudslides, here, the worst recent one tragically killing a family of four in…
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Early Morning Fire off Koura Road Damages Home
Posted on 28 January 2013.
Residents at 11185 Meadowlark Lane just off of Koura Road on Bainbridge Island called 911 at 3:06 a.m. today, January 28, to report a fire in their home. Smoke alarms alerted them to the fire while they were asleep in their bedroom. When they opened the bedroom door, they were engulfed in smoke and evacuated…
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Possible Bainbridge Island Car Prowler Arrested After Police Chase and Crash
Posted on 19 January 2013.
A car accident on Friday (January 18) in Port Orchard turned up evidence linking one of the drivers involved to at least one car break-in on Bainbridge. It also resulted in the hospitalization of a 64-year-old South Kitsap man. Around 11:24 in the morning, when Port Orchard police saw a Honda CRV bearing license plates…
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Bainbridge House Fire Kills Family Cats, Destroys Garage, but Firefighters Resuscitate Dog
Posted on 20 December 2012.
by Sarah Lane with Julie Hall December 20, 2012, 11:46 a.m. Last night at around 6:20 p.m., neighbors of a home on Bluff Lane NE called the Fire Department after hearing explosions. When fire engines arrived, fire was coming out of the garage, and it was discovered that the explosions were car tires popping. Firefighters…
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For First Time Ever, BIFD to Start Charging for Ambulance Service
Posted on 19 December 2012.
10:58 a.m. The Bainbridge Island Fire Department’s Board of Commissioners has voted to break with its long tradition of being the only department in Kitsap County that doesn’t charge for ambulance service. The Department has been considering this move for over a year as a way to bridge the mounting gap between costs and dwindling revenue….
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In Wake of CT Shootings, Bainbridge Schools Intensify Security Measures
Posted on 14 December 2012.
4:00 p.m. In an e-mail sent out to the public school community today, Pam Keyes, the Community Relations Coordinator for the Bainbridge Island School District, emphasized that safety is the school district’s “top priority.” This communiqué follows the news today that a gunman shot and killed 20 elementary school children and 6 adults at the…
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Bainbridge Midwife Shares Story of Delivering Baby Lucy Aboard Ferry
Posted on 30 November 2012.
11:36 a.m. Therese Charvet told me she thought she was going to have a quiet 35 minutes to herself on the 1:10 ferry from Bainbridge to Seattle yesterday afternoon. Girl, was she wrong. When an announcement on the intercom system asked for medical assistance, Charvet assumed someone was having a heart attack and stayed put. But…
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Baby Lucy Came Aboard Bainbridge-to-Seattle Ferry!
Posted on 30 November 2012.
7:16 a.m. Baby Lucy was on her own schedule as her parents traveled to Seattle on the 1:10 p.m. boat yesterday trying to get to Swedish Hospital. She was determined to come aboard. Luckily there was a midwife on the ferry to help with the delivery. The ferries are equipped with OBGYN kits, and WSF…
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Power Outages and Road Hazards Across Kitsap
Posted on 19 November 2012.
5:22 p.m. As of 3:30 p.m. today, Puget Sound Energy (PSE) reported 18 outages in Kitsap County, affecting about 20,000 customers, mainly in the Bainbridge Island and Poulsbo areas. (Inside Bainbridge was affected by an outage today and had to move its operations.) The Winslow substation was damaged by a fallen tree. Tree crews are…
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Preparing for Emergency: Developing Resilience Within a Community
Posted on 09 November 2012.
by Scott James, November 9, 2012, 10:16 a.m. Watching from a distance the great natural and economic emergencies of our time, from Katrina to the meltdown on Wall Street, my family has journeyed from a blissfully clueless state through an informed enough to be worried state, finally arriving at the act now state. During our…
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UPDATE: Large-Scale Terrorism Drill Aboard the M.V. Salish Ferry out of Bainbridge Today
Posted on 29 October 2012.
5:28 p.m. The largest ferry system in the nation, the Washington State Ferries, is often discussed as a potential terrorism target. Today, a number of local and national agencies teamed up to conduct a large-scale anti-terrorism drill aboard the M.V. Salish out of Bainbridge. Petty Officer Nathan Bradshaw, Coast Guard Public Affairs Specialist, told Inside…
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After Fire, Business As Usual but New Boiler Needed for Aquatics Center
Posted on 16 October 2012.
10:54 a.m. Jamie Whitney, the Manager of the Bainbridge Aquatics Center, when asked how they’re doing after last night’s pool boiler fire, said, “We’re doing pretty good actually.” In fact, it’s business as usual at the pool today—maybe too much like usual given the ongoing troubles the Center has had with the boiler in the…
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Fire Erupts at Bainbridge Pool: Occupants Evacuated
Posted on 15 October 2012.
9:22 p.m. Tonight just before 9:00, a fire broke out in the boiler room of the Aquatics Center. People who were in the building evacuated as it began to fill with smoke. The call to 911 went out at 8:55. The sprinkler system kicked in, and by the time a couple of fire engines, a…
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