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City Eying One-Way Streets to Solve Vexing Traffic Flow Problems

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

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Join the Bainbridge Public Library for the May 2022 First Friday Art Walk, featuring artist Elaine Schab-Bragg

Join the Bainbridge Public Library for the May 2022 First Friday Art Walk, featuring artist Elaine Schab-Bragg

The Bainbridge Public Library is dedicated to spreading the joy of reading and the discovery of ideas with not just our local community, but with visitors from near and afar. In addition, the library is fortunate to house beautiful local …

This May Just Be an Exceptional Year for Falling Pollen

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 …

Wine on the Rock May 2022 – Enjoy Three Days of Wine and Cheese Pairings, May 20th-22nd

Wine on the Rock May 2022 – Enjoy Three Days of Wine and Cheese Pairings, May 20th-22nd

Bainbridge Island is home to many passionate and talented artisans of all mediums, and the art of wine-making is no exception.  Wine-making began with grapes grown right here on the island and expanded to include world-class grapes from eastern Washington. …

Ten-Minute Play Festival is Back! Auditions Will be Held on May 7th and 8th

Ten-Minute Play Festival is Back! Auditions Will be Held on May 7th and 8th

In 2012, the Island Theatre Ten-Minute Play Festival (TMPF) made its premiere. It was the brainchild of then board member Sara Scribner, to showcase plays by established and emerging playwrights throughout Kitsap County. TMPF typically draws over 50 entries, with …

Local Pickleballers Already Planning for August’s Founders Tournament

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

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 …

Earth Day is Friday, April 22nd – Check Out All the Events Happening on Bainbridge Island This Week and Next

Earth Day is Friday, April 22nd – Check Out All the Events Happening on Bainbridge Island This Week and Next

Sustainable Bainbridge, in partnership with many other Bainbridge Island nonprofits, is hosting an incredible variety of opportunities, including weed pulls, Earth Day celebrations, recycling talks, climate change education, gardening and tree discussions, free invasive weed education and disposal, and …

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 …

Friends of the Farms – Commitment to Farmland Protection and Creating a Locally Focused Food System

Friends of the Farms – Commitment to Farmland Protection and Creating a Locally Focused Food System

Last month The Island Wanderer Blog did a feature on Bay Hay and Feed, and while there, I had the pleasure of meeting one of their employees, Tami Meader, who also happens to be on the board of Friends …

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