Located on Winslow Way, next to the Winslow Ravine, sit four of Bainbridge Island’s oldest buildings. Built between 1892 through 1930s, the buildings have housed a variety of businesses over the years. When the owners decided to sell, it was …
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Our Community Past to Present – Bainbridge Island Historical Museum
Bainbridge Island has been home to many diverse communities of people and industries over its long history. For the Suquamish and other Coast Salish tribes, the island and the Puget Sound region was a center for trade. In the late …
Reaching for the Stars: The Ritchie Observatory at Battle Point Park – Built for and by Bainbridge Islanders
In 1992, three not-so-amateurish astronomers, Edwin E. Ritchie, John H. Rudolph and Mac Gardiner founded the Battle Point Astronomical Association (BPAA), named for the location in which the group met at Battle Point Park. Although we definitely have our share …
Love Birds? Check out the Rookery of Blue Herons on Bainbridge
Great Blue Heron’s are almost as common on Bainbridge Island as the Majestic Eagle – which is their archenemy – and less so than Seagulls and other recognizable shore birds, such as Canadian Geese and Mallards, among others.
What’s cool …
Bainbridge’s First-ever Juneteenth Celebration Happens this Sunday
The public is invited to attend and participate in the inaugural Bainbridge Juneteenth Community Celebration at the Bainbridge Island Senior Community Center at Waterfront Park on Sunday, June 19 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Juneteenth is an official Federal,
Uniquely Bainbridge – Our Curiously Creative Mailboxes
We’ve all seen them, incredibly creative, often whimsical, always fun – the mailboxes of Bainbridge Island, and as a writer and lover of this artistic community, I’ve always thought it would be great fun to write about them. Clearly, I …
Explore Bainbridge Island history as you cruise around the island on the Virginia V – Sponsored by the Bainbridge Island Historical Museum
The Bainbridge Island Historical Museum (BIHM) invites you to join them aboard the beautifully restored steam-powered ferry Virginia V, the last of the “Mosquito Fleet” boats. The tour departs from the City Dock at Waterfront Park at 1pm on …
BPA Brings Back Shakespeare to the Bloedel Reserve
The Bard is back! The partnership between Bainbridge Performing Arts and Bloedel Reserve is back indeed – and better than ever – with William Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors” playing from June 16th through July 3rd, Thursdays through Sundays at …
Looking for a fun Volunteer Experience? Try the Rotary Auction.
What’s one of the most fun volunteer activities you can do on the island? Many would contend that it’s spending time “working” at the Bainbridge Island Rotary Auction.
Tonight (June 6) kicks off the start – and return to live …
BI Parks Foundation adds Trails to its list of Responsibilities
Branding and re-branding is usually associated with business and Corporate America. No longer. Government entities – both locally and nationally – are re-branding themselves more often than not these days to better reflect their missions, demographics and logistics. One sterling …





