(Tell us your opinion about chemicals in the schools and parks in our new poll. The poll is in the right margin of the home page.) Despite a persistent belief to the contrary, the Bainbridge Island School District and the Bainbridge Island Metro Parks and Recreation District do use some chemicals and pesticides. On the…
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Chemicals in Bainbridge Parks and Schools: Roundup of the Facts
Posted on 30 April 2013.
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May 1 Party on the Hill, Hilltop that Is
Posted on 27 April 2013.
Some of us have been enjoying the new Hilltop area for a few months now, which connects East and West Grand Forest. But on Wednesday, May 1, the Park District is holding an official dedication ceremony for the public to come celebrate the new land acquisition. The free party on the Hill, from 4:30 to…
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Letter to the Editor: Hilltop Needs Your Help to Seal the Deal
Posted on 19 April 2013.
Dear Editor: Hilltop, which has grown to 36 acres, is the property connecting the east and west portions of the Grand Forest. It is a treasure that is already being enjoyed by Islanders everyday. However, its chapter in the history of the Bainbridge Island Land Trust is not yet secure. Contrary to what many of…
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No Dump at Fay Bainbridge Park
Posted on 25 March 2013.
The Bainbridge Island Parks and Recreation District has officially closed its trailer dump station at Fay Bainbridge Park, effective March 21, 2013. A new septic system has just been installed at Fay Bainbridge that is only designed to handle the park’s public restrooms, shop, and caretaker residence—not chemicals from recreational vehicles. Because state regulations prohibit…
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New Agreement Conserves Port Gamble Bay and Uplands
Posted on 22 March 2013.
As part of its Puget Sound Initiative, the Washington State Department of Ecology has targeted seven bays within one-half mile around Puget Sound for cleanup. Port Gamble Bay on the Pope & Talbot Land is one of those sites, and now after years of negotiations, WSDE and the property’s owner, Pope Resources, have reached a…
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Nude Beach on Bainbridge?
Posted on 13 March 2013.
One is led to wonder why a sign that reads “NUDE BEACH” is sitting on a junk pile in the Park District maintenance yard at Battle Point Park. One wonders, for that matter, why a “NUDE BEACH” sign would turn up anywhere on Bainbridge Island. This is not the south of France. Puget Sound is just…
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Waypoint to Be Dedicated at March 1 Ceremony
Posted on 23 February 2013.
After a slight delay, The Waypoint Project Dedication Ceremony is on. Yes, this is the new welcoming green space at the entry to Winslow from the ferry at the southwest corner of Winslow Way and Highway 305 (where it becomes Olympic Drive). Citizens are invited to join the inaugural moment this Friday at 11:20 a.m., along…
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Video: Replacing 50-Foot Beams on the Grand Forest Bridge, Egyptian-Style
Posted on 31 January 2013.
How do you move two nearly 50-foot-long beams through a narrow winding wooded trail and then place them across a span of that length, positioned just so across a stream bed? To replace the rotted original main supporting beams of the wooden Grand Forest West bridge, Bainbridge Parks and Rec District Services Superintendent Dan Hamlin had to…
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The Waypoint Well on Its Way to Completion
Posted on 08 January 2013.
Located at the busiest corner in Kitsap County, at Highway 305 and Winslow Way, and the entry point for Bainbridge Island and the Olympic corridor, The Waypoint is hard to miss. Construction at the former Unocal site is currently transforming it from a fenced off pile of rubble into a welcoming green space and walking…
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Grand Forest West Bridge Out
Posted on 07 January 2013.
If you walk at Grand Forest West off of Miller Road, chances are you cross the big wooden bridge that spans 47 feet across the creek. It’s a nice looking bridge, community-built with leadership from the Bainbridge Island Trails Committee. The bridge was taken apart today in preparation for replacing its two main support beams,…
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Photos of the Week: Hidden Cairn
Posted on 07 January 2013.
6 a.m. This elaborate set of cairns on a large rock on a secondary trail in Bainbridge Island’s Grand Forest is a delight to discover. And this writer is not about to reveal its exact location. Hikers know that cairns mark trails but also sometimes become statements in their own right. This family of cairns…
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Hilltop Expands with Crucial Added Acreage
Posted on 26 December 2012.
12:36 p.m. With Hilltop officially open to the public and providing the crucial connection between East and West Grand Forest, the Bainbridge Island Land Trust is shouting more good news from the hilltop. On December 13, it closed on the purchase of 5 additional acres contiguous with the southeast corner of the Hilltop land (see…
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Bainbridge Unveils Long-Awaited Hilltop Trail for Boots Made for Walkin’
Posted on 12 December 2012.
3:41 p.m. Thanks to countless donors, the biggest Bainbridge Island Land Trust acquisition in its history, with assistance and management from our Park District, is now a reality open to the public. Trail workers are putting finishing touches on the main Hilltop Trail this week, finally completing access to this crucial tract of undeveloped land…
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Photos of the Day: Puddle Paddlers?
Posted on 27 November 2012.
9:10 a.m. The Chapman brothers took the opportunity for a paddle in the seasonal “puddle,” as their mother Christine called it, at the south end of Battle Point Park yesterday in the late fall sun. Christine told me she was going to use one of the photos for their family Christmas card this year. From…
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Battle Point Park Duck Pond— Where’s the Water?
Posted on 04 October 2012.
11:46 a.m. On their afternoon walk yesterday the Miller Family was shocked to see a torrent of water rushing down the Ferry Dell Trail, with clay slicks coating some of the wooden bridges along the path leading up toward Battle Point Park. “We figured it must have come from the pond at the Park, since…
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Kitsap’s Ugliest Intersection Gets a Makeover as Bainbridge’s Waypoint Breaks Ground
Posted on 23 September 2012.
12:15 p.m. With over 6 million people crossing annually, the southeast corner of Winslow Way and Olympic Drive (Hwy 305) up from the ferry is the busiest—and many would say ugliest—intersections in Kitsap County. Starting this week, however, this much-bemoaned eyesore will be transformed into an inviting green space gateway called Waypoint. The Waypoint project…
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Step Aside Jackass, the Elegant Art of Parkour Is Here
Posted on 05 September 2012.
8:49 p.m. I admit, the Jackass philosophy of doing stupid stunts and getting hurt for kicks and five seconds of fame never really grabbed my imagination. And, besides, it gives donkeys a bad name. But the first time I saw Parkour, with Matt Damon running, leaping, and flipping his way through The Bourne Ultimatum, I…
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Solutions Begin at Home: Specifically, at Waterfront Park
Posted on 22 August 2012.
On the morning of August 19, about 20 volunteers cleared armfuls of holly from Waterfront Park. Their efforts were part of a Day of Action for the Puget Sound Summer of Solutions, which is a joint project of The Nature Conservancy and the Washington Environmental Council focused on helping Puget Sound. Read our article here….
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Inspired Chalk Art at Battle Point Park, by Anonymous
Posted on 18 July 2012.
4:25 p.m. Someone got creative with chalk on the cement path around the duck pond on the north end of Battle Point Park yesterday. Bainbridge Island photographer Paul Brians snapped these photographs of the ocean-inspired work before the rain washes it away. . . . Click to enlarge photos. …
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Proposed Dog Park at Battle Point Unleashes Doggy Dilemma at Public Meeting
Posted on 25 May 2012.
Last night’s Park District meeting at Strawberry Hill Center drew a packed house, with some 75 Bainbridge citizens showing up to express their views of the two proposed fenced dog areas at Battle Point Park. Several strikingly consistent themes emerged at the meeting. Over and over citizens said they appreciated the Park Board’s willingness to…
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