Kevin Dwyer

Riders Endure Classic Chilly Hilly Conditions – Wet and Wild!

Riders Endure Classic Chilly Hilly Conditions – Wet and Wild!

If you’re a hardcore biker, or maybe a duck, this year’s Chilly Hilly – held Sunday Feb. 27 – was definitely for you. The 33-mile annual trek around our beautiful island was suited more for the bold and the brave …

City Moving Forward with Former Clinic Site for Future Police-Court Facility

City Moving Forward with Former Clinic Site for Future Police-Court Facility

After years of wrangling, the Bainbridge Island City Council finally gave its nod of approval recently on a motion authorizing City Manager Blair King to proceed with advertisement bids for the former Harrison Hospital Medical Clinic site – at  8804 …

City Council Postpones Public Hearing on Next Phase of the Grow Community

City Council Postpones Public Hearing on Next Phase of the Grow Community

A public hearing seeking comments on the next construction phase of the Grow Community has been rescheduled until March. It was originally slated for this coming Tuesday, Feb. 22. The new date is March 22. Jonathan Davis, the principal architect
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Bainbridge Island Shows Up as a Jeopardy! Question

Bainbridge Island Shows Up as a Jeopardy! Question

Now this is something that doesn’t happen every day, or evening, for that matter. The writers of Jeopardy! chose Bainbridge Island as a question on the long-running trivia show. Jeopardy!, as some of you undoubtedly know, is one of television’s …

Looking for a Wonderful Equestrian Property? Wacky Nut Farm is on the Selling Block

Bainbridge Island is known for its beautiful shorelines and vistas of Downtown Seattle, Mount Rainier (when the mountain is out!), the Cascades and, of course, the Olympic Mountains to the west. We also have a reputation for stunning homes, incredible …

How to Order an At-Home Covid-19 Rapid-Test Kit, Plus Island Testing

1/18/22 Update – 2:32 pm – USPS is taking orders today, click here for details.

Starting tomorrow – Wednesday Jan. 19 – islanders, along with millions of other Americans, can begin to order free at-home rapid COVID tests through a …

Pickleball to be Touted as the Official Sport of Washington State

Most islanders are probably aware that Bainbridge is the home of Pickleball. Now Legislation is being proposed to make the game Washington State’s official sport!

“If we don’t claim it some other state will,” says Clay Roberts, a spokesman for …

Omnicron Variant Spikes in Kitsap County; BISCC Reduces In-Person Activities

“We may be done with COVID, but it’s clearly not done with us,” said Reed Price, executive director of the Bainbridge Island Senior Community Center (BISCC), who recently made some significant changes to BISCC’s “participation policies” in light of …

Coyote and Other Wildlife Sightings all Part of Our Ongoing Winter Event

Depending on where you live on the island, or in Kitsap County, Coyotes are part of the natural landscape. We usually hear them at night yipping and yapping somewhere in the distance. That sound should be a gentle reminder to …

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