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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 …

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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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 …

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