Dr. Tom Haggar, a highly respected, and now retired, Bainbridge physician and the Scribner family are joining forces with other well-known Bainbridge families and investors to develop what has come to be called the Haggar Scribner Project – a
Tag: City of Bainbridge Island (COBI)
Island Poet Laureate Michele Bombardier to host Open Mic Night at the BARN
UPDATE ON COBI WASTE REDUCTION 2023: TEMPORARY EXEMPTION ITEMS ANNOUNCED / 25-CENT FEE ON DISPOSABLE CUPS / WHERE TO PURCHASE REUSABLE CUPS LOCALLY / GREEN PAPER PRODUCTS OFFERING PROMO ON PRODUCTS TO BI RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES
In November 2021, City Council adopted new regulations to reduce single-use plastic waste, effective January 1, 2023.
These regulations are intended to reduce waste in our environment and litter in the ocean, protect public health, and reduce our dependence on …
Make January 16th a “day on not a day off” and join Bainbridge Island Metro Parks & Recreation District for their annual Martin Luther King Jr Day of Service at Blakely Harbor Park
After a three-year pandemic hiatus BI Parks and its partners, including Blakely Harbor Park’s neighbor IslandWood, Sustainable Bainbridge and the BI Parks and Trails Foundation, are back hosting the annual Martin Luther King Jr Day of Service.…
City News Bytes: Non-profits get boost, Moratorium on Inns, Drainage Projects Move forward, Island-wide Speed Limit?
Bainbridge Non-Profit Orgs. get a Boost from City Hall
Some 13 island non-profit organizations will receive funding over the next two years from Bainbridge taxpayers. The City typically awards funding to local non-profit organizations through a competitive proposal process on …
New Green-Built Homes Will Make Farm Interns More Comfortable
Internships can be the backbone of someone’s career or professional path. If you are, or were, on a so-called white-collar track, it might mean working in an office setting, and performing everything from mundane tasks like running for coffee to …
City News Bytes: Update on Police/Courts Building, Contractors Sought, Local Businesses Feted
POLICE STATION AND COURT FACILITY MAKING PROGRESS
Admittedly, the on-going construction and retrofitting of the new Police Department and Municipal Court facility at 8804 Madison Ave. N., is a bit out of sight. But work at the former home of …
Bainbridge Prepares Snares Top National Honors for its Work Organizing COVID-19 Clinics
If you’re a local and you received a COVID-19 vaccine shot and a subsequent booster sometime during the past two years, you’re likely to be familiar with Bainbridge Prepares, the island non-profit that organized and staged a whole bevy
Fish Barrier Removal Project on 305 Won’t Wrap Up until November 2023
Don’t expect the State Highway 305-Murden Cove construction project to end any time soon. The Washington State Department of Transportation’s fish barrier removal work at Murden Creek isn’t expected to wrap up until November 2023. That’s almost a year away …
Happy Thanksgiving Bainbridge Island! Here’s the Weekend Line-Up!
FOOTBALL, FOOTBALL FOOTBALL! Love it or hate it, this weekend there’s a lot of football happening!
WORLD CUP 2022 – ENGLAND v. USA: TWO PLACES TO WATCH – FRIDAY NOVEMBER 25th, 11am kickoff! We have it from a very good …





