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 costs of outsourcing versus retaining the management of Bainbridge Island’s city water utility. He showed…
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What Schulze Was Thinking? A Musical Medley
Posted on 10 June 2013.
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Where on the Island? #8—Dangerous Liaisons
Posted on 10 June 2013.
Okay, here’s your latest challenge. Be the first to identify both Bainbridge Island locations and win a free trip to Hawaii. Nope, actually all you stand to win is the status of being a hipster dipster Islandhead. Contact us here in the comment section, at contact@insidebainbridge.com, or on our Facebook page. Photographer Marilynn Gottlieb sells all of the…
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For “Drought Doctor,” Mayor’s Focus on Utility Rates Doesn’t Hold Water
Posted on 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 was for a time special assistant to then-U.S. Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt, who…
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Astrology Weekly: It’s Time for Dessert so Dig in and Enjoy
Posted on 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 astrological reading from Aleta, visit her website: acourseinconsciousness.com. Photos courtesy of Chad Miller and…
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The Giant Grange Beehive Gets Gently Relocated: Photo Gallery and Video
Posted on 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 was so deeply embedded in the building’s roof and walls that it was causing structural…
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New Police Chief Starts Work: City Manager Has Agenda Ready
Posted on 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 agenda includes LEMAP, the Pendleton Report, the Reserve Officer Program, LEXIPOL, and the chief’s welcoming…
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Bainbridge Track Olympians Back from Games, Happy and Brave Champions
Posted on 07 June 2013.
Eight select members of the Bainbridge Island Golden Athletics track team just returned from three days, May 31 to June 2, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, battling it out with hundreds of friendly competitors at the Special Olympics Washington Summer (State) Games. The Special Olympics Athlete oath is “Let me win, but if I cannot win,…
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Weekend on the Rock June 7-9, 2013: Spinach, Pareidolia, and Six-Legged Fairy Tale
Posted on 06 June 2013.
Here are Inside Bainbridge recommendations for the weekend of June 7-9, 2013: 1. In Motion at the BPA Gallery When: Friday, 5-7 p.m. Where: BPA, 200 Madison Avenue N. Why: These photographs by Harry Abernathy and Lucy Brown of Aberown Studio study unchoreographed dancers and fabrics. Join the artists for a reception at the start…
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Experts Counsel Against Likely H20 Divestiture Vote Tonight: Why You Should Care
Posted on 05 June 2013.
At tonight’s (June 5) City Council meeting, the Council will be considering approving an agreement with Kitsap Public Utilities District to take over management of our City water. So far, it appears as if the Council is split three-three with one vote still not yet shored up for either side. Citizens on both sides of…
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Update: Where on the Island #6—Women Men, Window, Shadow (+ Bench & Hydrant)
Posted on 03 June 2013.
[The original version of this article was published May 27 at 6 a.m.] Update Lately there have been several unidentified photos in our feature Where on the Island. On May 27, Molly O’Hara solved all of the outstanding mysteries, as well as the new challenges: “The old bench is under the ferry terminal where bikes…
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Astrology Weekly: Deeper Spiritual Insight
Posted on 02 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 astrological reading from Aleta, visit her website: acourseinconsciousness.com. Photos courtesy of Chad Miller and…
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Four Bainbridge Girls Make 2013 All-State Lacrosse Team
Posted on 02 June 2013.
The Washington Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association has announced the 2013 All-State teams for Girls Varsity high school lacrosse. Four Spartans out of 24 student athletes from 12 high schools across the state have earned the honor of inclusion on the teams this year. Senior goalie Madeline Stevenson, junior midfielder Sallie Marx, and senior defender Regan Wortley made…
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Summer Januaries Return to NW, at Farmer’s Market This Saturday
Posted on 30 May 2013.
The Summer Januaries sounds like what we like to call June around here, but it’s actually the name of the Seattle-based and unquestionably adorable fiddle-guitar duo Sean Michael Robinson and Rachel Erin Sage. They’ve been on tour for nine months but are now back in the Northwest, and their first back-home show will be on Bainbridge,…
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Police Run Special Olympics Torch Along 305: Traffic Slowdowns
Posted on 30 May 2013.
Today, May 30, as the Bainbridge Island Police Department completes its leg of the Special Olympics Torch run up 305, from the ferry to the bridge, between 7 and 8 a.m., you can expect slow traffic. The torch will be carried by runners and by boat throughout Kitsap, part of the Key Peninsula, and across…
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Remembering Those Who Gave: Memorial Day Photo Gallery
Posted on 27 May 2013.
A tour of three of the Island’s cemeteries (Seabold, Kane at Port Madison, and Fletcher Bay) on a gloomy, rainy Memorial Day was brightened by the lush green grass, scores of red, white, and blue flags set out by members of American Legion Colin Hyde Post No. 172, and vases of red roses, blue hydrangea, and white…
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Tent Caterpillars Damage New Trees at Wilkes—BISD to Spray on Saturday
Posted on 24 May 2013.
Experts predict that this year’s tent caterpillar infestation will be more intense than it has been in the last few years although probably not quite as bad as the invasion of 10 years ago. Some of the early victims have been the bushes and trees recently planted at Wilkes. The Bainbridge Island School District reports that…
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Astrology Weekly: This Week, Listen with Your Heart
Posted on 20 May 2013.
Here is the latest Astrology Weekly audio chat by Bainbridge Island astrologer, counselor, and radio personality Aleta McClelland: Listen here. You can hear Aleta on Tuesday, May 14, at noon on Blog Talk Radio with Vonda Guzman on her show Life Is So Beautiful. You can read more about Aleta in our article Aleta McClelland:…
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Roger Townsend Throws Hat in South Ward Council Race
Posted on 15 May 2013.
by Julie Hall and Sarah Lane Having a thick head of hair, Roger Townsend doesn’t often wear hats. So he won’t miss his hat when he tosses it in the race for the Bainbridge Island City Council. Townsend will run for the South Ward position, to be vacated by Kirsten Hytopoulos who will not run for…
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Will This Tree Be Saved?
Posted on 15 May 2013.
A large native Douglas fir tree on Bainbridge Island has become more than an impressive 100-foot tall living member of our local ecosystem. It has become a symbol, at least to some of the people who live near it. To understand its significance, some background is necessary. In March a large densely wooded area of…
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Give Big Today to Bainbridge-Based Nonprofits to Make Your Donation Count a Whole Lot More
Posted on 15 May 2013.
Today, Wednesday, May 15, is GiveBIG, the day that The Seattle Foundation stretches charitable credit card contributions you make online to any one of the Foundation’s listed 1400 nonprofits, which include at least 27 Island-based orgs. It does this through issuing pro-rated portions of an $850,000 stretch pool. So, if a nonprofit organization receives 2 percent of…
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