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Sick of Bad Roads on the Island? Help is on the Way

If you’ve driven your car or rode your bike around the island during the summer months, you’ve probably noticed a whole bunch of necessary road work being done by work crews.

In the not-too-distant past, city contractors completed the Wyatt …

Days of the Future Passed: Mandatory Masks, COVID-19 Shots Return

Depending on your age, you may remember the Moody Blue’s classic album, “Days of the Future Passed”. Well, we may be slipping into that alternate reality sooner than we think.

Earlier this week, Gov. Jay Inslee announced that face masks …

Why are so many cargo ships anchored off Bainbridge these days?

Ever since Captain George Vancouver laid anchor off of Restoration Point in 1792, Bainbridge Island has had an association with the maritime industry.

The famed “Mosquito Fleet,” a small flotilla of private boats, sailed between Seattle, Bainbridge Island and other …

School innovations, and schools in general, are why many people move to Bainbridge

What causes people to move to our bucolic, little rock? Every transplant – and that now includes the vast majority of Bainbridge Islanders – has a different story. It could be our proximity to Seattle, our semi-rural environment, or our …

In the Court of Public Opinion, Bainbridge’s first Roundabout was no Slam Dunk!

Wyatt Way and Madison Avenue - Bainbridge Island, WABainbridge Island’s newest roundabout – on the corner of Wyatt Way and Madison Avenue – will open to thru traffic soon. But if you’re a long-time islander like me, you might recall the big dust up over Bainbridge’s first roundabout …

Sick of Streaming Services? Check out a Movie Again on Bainbridge Island!

As the Hollywood elite and the international press corps celebrate entertainment on the big screen and on television in the days and weeks ahead, first with the Golden Globes and then later with the Oscars, movies – and movie theaters …

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