Let face it, most parents love to brag about their kids and their kids’ accomplishments. It sort of comes with the territory these days. If you’re a parent, you know the drill. You run into a friend or acquaintance you …
Have Some Fun in the Sun with Late Summer Paddle Boarding!
In spite of our recent of run of smoky weather, this has been a truly wonderful summer, with warm days and evenings, and clear, blue, sunny skies during most days. Plenty of great opportunities to get outside and bike, camp, …
Oktoberfest Resource Fair (and $1 beers) Returns this Saturday at BISCC
Using alcohol to lure potential supporters to an event of any kind is as old as the hills. Think Greeks and Romans. Indeed, attend almost any fundraiser on Bainbridge Island and you’re likely to see wine, beer and spirits freely …
Love Watching Movies? Check out the 2022 Manhattan Short Film Festival at BIMA
They’re back! The Manhattan Short Film Festival is celebrating its 25th year with 10 entertaining, and dare we say – engrossing – films from around the world. The island’s silver screen showings will take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September …
A Tour of Lumen Field – Home of the Seahawks – is Quite a Thrill, as Football Season gets Rolling
The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler, and the leaves are beginning to turn. That means football season is right around the corner.
Even though the Mariners are rolling this season and may actually make it into …
BI Police Add Four New Officers To Their Force
As many businesses and organizations have discovered, hiring new employees is no easy task these days. The Bainbridge Island Police Department – and other emergency responders – are no exception. Like many other Police Departments in Washington state, our local …
Like Pie? Check out Sunday’s Bike For Pie Ride
Eating pie and bicycling seem like contradictory activities, but not if your a member of Squeaky Wheels, the Bainbridge Island Bicycle Advocates, which will be hosting its annual Bike for Pie this coming Sunday, Aug. 28. The event is …
City, With Help From AHB, to Hire First-Ever Poet Laureate
Know any good poets? The City of Bainbridge Island and Arts & Humanities Bainbridge (AHB) are teaming up to hire and support a Poet Laureate – the first position of its kind ever established on the island. So what is …
Playing Pickleball Whilst Watching Some Great Founders Tourney Action
Pickleball anyone? My wife and I recently took up PB – as many call it – after taking lessons from the Bainbridge Metro Parks District.
Our teacher, David Anderson, was great, explaining the rules, the funky scoring system, when to …
Local Non-Profit Tapped for City’s new Car Share Program
Greg Dronkert is at it again. The Bainbridge Island entrepreneur and founder of Pac Westy (https://pacwesty.com/), a tourism and transportation company located in the Day Road Business Park, recently formed Mobility for All – a non-profit devoted to …





