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 …
Pulte Homes’ 275 Degrees Latest Entry in BI Condo Market
There was a time and place on Bainbridge Island when most new residential development was of the single-family home variety. Think North Town Woods, Hidden Cove Estates, North Hill, Commodore West and Lynwood Center.
But those days are gone. Over …
Bainbridge High Grad Greg Nance Runs to Help Troubled Youth
Greg Nance runs and runs and runs. The 2007 Bainbridge High School graduate just completed a 3,156 mile trek across America – from New York City to Ocean Shores, WA – to raise funds and awareness for his non-profit that …
Record Haul for this year’s Rotary Auction
Ok, let’s face it, when it comes to the Rotary Auction & Rummage Sale, the first question on most people’s minds is not “what did you buy?”, but rather, “how much did they make?”
The Bainbridge Island Rotary Club, …





