American Legion Celebrates Memorial Day the Old Fashioned Way, With Ceremony!
Kevin Dwyer
Pickleball is Suddenly Gaining National Media Attention
Pickleball, and our own little rock here on Bainbridge Island – where the game was founded – is suddenly stepping into the national media spotlight. Yesterday (May 24, 2022) Sports Illustrated ran a cover story in it’s online magazine https://www.si.com/tag/daily-cover …
Crescendo – an Adult Singing Group – that has the Music in Them!
It was during the deepest, darkest days of the Pandemic – in the spring of 2020 – that Wendi Olinger reached out to a local group of acapella singers – known affectionately as Crescendo – and asked if anyone was …
City Manager Blair King to present at BBC on Friday!
Bainbridge Island City Manager (bainbridgewa.gov) Blair King will be the keynote speaker Friday May 13 at the regular Bainbridge Business Connection (BBC) group meeting. The BBC is a loosely-knit amalgam of entrepreneurs and small business people who meet …
Entrepreneur Graeme Esarey’s Quest to Make Sustainable Outdoor Equipment is Impressive!
Graeme Esarey, owner and founder of Ignik, a Bainbridge Island-based sustainable outdoor heating products maker, could be a character in a novel.
Moby Dick comes to mind, with a little bit of Around the World in 80 Days thrown …
City Eying One-Way Streets to Solve Vexing Traffic Flow Problems
Solving Bainbridge’s traffic flow challenges has become a bit of a thorny issue over the past decade, as the island’s population has crept up and commuters and locals find themselves competing for use of the city’s main arterials to drive
This May Just Be an Exceptional Year for Falling Pollen
Pollen – that yellow, brown, greenish sticky powdery stuff – seems to be everywhere this spring. We’ve noticed it on car windshields and hoods, patios, sidewalks, roofs, oil tanks, garbage receptacles, golf bags, parking lots, and just about anything that’s …
Local Pickleballers Already Planning for August’s Founders Tournament
With the game now firmly ensconced as the official sport of Washington State, local Pickleballers are moving forward on another front: again putting together plans to hold the much anticipated “Founders Tournament ” at Battle Point Park this coming August.…
Contracts Awarded to Local Firms for new Bainbridge Police & Courts Facilities
In the past, the City of Bainbridge Island has been accused of favoring outside contractors to perform large city-funded projects. Not this time around.
At at its regular business meeting on April 12, the City Council authorized City Manager Blair …
There’s Nothing Quite Like Going to Opening Day at the Ballpark!
Baseball used to be America’s past time, but those days of yesteryear when shouts of “play ball” could be heard resonating throughout the land at Major League parks, Little League fields or neighborhood sand lots are well behind us. One …
