Category: Bainbridge Island

There’s Nothing Quite Like Going to Opening Day at the Ballpark!

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 …

Planning Commission will Continue Discussion of Bethany Lutheran Affordable Housing Option

Planning Commission will Continue Discussion of Bethany Lutheran Affordable Housing Option

Affordable Housing is a major issue for Bainbridge Island and many other upper income communities, not only across Washington State but throughout the country at large.

There’s lots of good reasons why providing affordable, or “workforce” housing – as some

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Little Known Oddfellows Trail – on the South End – is Filled With Island History

Little Known Oddfellows Trail – on the South End – is Filled With Island History

Bainbridge Island has many miles of fun and challenging trails – most maintained by our wonderful Metro Parks & Recreation District.

An interesting little hike we discovered during the Pandemic is the Oddfellows Trail located – not surprisingly – on …

Island Village – Home of Safeway, and Once Controversial – Changes Hands

Island Village – Home of Safeway, and Once Controversial – Changes Hands

The Island Village Shopping Center on High School Road, home to Safeway, Rite Aid, Starbucks, First Federal, and many other retailers, was sold recently to a Jacksonville, Fla.-based company. Regency Centers Corp. purchased the 106,000 square foot center from Seattle’s

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Island Volunteer Caregivers – Caring for our Island Community

Island Volunteer Caregivers – Caring for our Island Community

IVC got its start in 1996 when members of various island religious congregations realized the growing need in our community for an organization that would enable our most vulnerable populations—the elderly, the disabled and others with special needs—to live comfortably …

Springbrook Creek Preserve—Another Island Treasure protected by the Bainbridge Island Land Trust through the ongoing Stand for the Land Campaign

Springbrook Creek Preserve—Another Island Treasure protected by the Bainbridge Island Land Trust through the ongoing Stand for the Land Campaign

Springbrook Creek Preserve is located on Fletcher Bay Road at the NE Twin Ponds Road intersection (across from Johnson Farm). On a chilly, but beautiful day in early March, my husband, Bryan and I met with Sally Hewett, the Board …

It’s that time of year again – Bainbridge Island 2022 Farmer’s Market Opens in April

It’s that time of year again – Bainbridge Island 2022 Farmer’s Market Opens in April

The new season begins Saturday, April 9, 2022 from 10am to 2pm.

In the early 1990s a handful of local farmers and artists got together on what is now Winslow Green for the first Bainbridge Island Saturday market. Although the …

GRAND OLD 4TH POSTER CONTEST NOW OPEN FOR 2022

GRAND OLD 4TH POSTER CONTEST NOW OPEN FOR 2022

Young Island creative artists, listen up! The Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce and Bainbridge Youth Services are excited to invite all the current elementary, middle and high school students of Bainbridge Island to participate in our Annual Grand Old 4th Poster …

April is National Poetry Month and Arts & Humanities Bainbridge is celebrating with its second annual Poetry Vibes: Voices of Our Youth. 

April is National Poetry Month and Arts & Humanities Bainbridge is celebrating with its second annual Poetry Vibes: Voices of Our Youth. 

Share your poetry, spoken word or rap with AHB and selected poems from each age-group from each school will be featured in a special ‘Poetry Vibes’ e-blast every Tuesday for the entire month of April. They’ll also be showcased on …

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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