Tag: Seattle and King County

Today is a Day that Will Live in Infamy, as FDR Once Uttered: King v Trump, and What About all that Cold Air in our Midst!

Today is a Day that Will Live in Infamy, as FDR Once Uttered: King v Trump, and What About all that Cold Air in our Midst!

Today – January 20, 2025 – is a day of significant contrasts. On the one hand, it is the official holiday celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Most employees and students at area schools, banks, state and federal agencies and …

Island Tidbits: Martin Luther King Day Celebration, MLK Weed Warriors Day of Service, Sandwich Board Permits, Sign Ordinance Info, etc.

Island Tidbits: Martin Luther King Day Celebration, MLK Weed Warriors Day of Service, Sandwich Board Permits, Sign Ordinance Info, etc.

BIMA Martin Luther King Day Celebration – Jan. 19

The Bainbridge Island Museum of Art is hosting an MLK Day celebration event on January 19 from 2:30-5pm.

This event, titled “MLK Celebration: With Liberty & Justice, For Whom?” will examine …

Bainbridge School District to Surplus Nearly 40 acres of Land in Grand Forest, Leaving Opportunities for Orgs to Preserve It

Bainbridge School District to Surplus Nearly 40 acres of Land in Grand Forest, Leaving Opportunities for Orgs to Preserve It

The Bainbridge Island School District (BISD) Board of Trustees recently voted to to surplus its 39-acre property that functions as part of Grand Forest East parkland.

The Grand Forest nature complex is a well used and highly treasured island landscape, …

Bainbridge Pickleball Players and Metro Park District Personnel Discuss the Future of Free Covered Courts

Bainbridge Pickleball Players and Metro Park District Personnel Discuss the Future of Free Covered Courts

The quest for free indoor Pickleball play on the island is beginning in earnest.

At two separate meetings organized by Bainbridge Island Pickleball last weekend (Jan.10-12), local pickleballers and some representatives from the Bainbridge Metro Parks District on hand …

Is Bainbridge Island Getting the Runaround When it Comes to Dealing with Future Roundabouts?

Is Bainbridge Island Getting the Runaround When it Comes to Dealing with Future Roundabouts?
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Something Big is Coming: Kitsap Regional Library, including our Bainbridge Branch, is Kicking off a Year’s Long 80th Anniversary

Something Big is Coming: Kitsap Regional Library, including our Bainbridge Branch, is Kicking off a Year’s Long 80th Anniversary

In 1944, Kitsap County residents made history by voting to create a county-wide public library system, sparking a legacy of learning and community. On January 1, 1945, the Kitsap Rural Library District began operations, later expanding to serve more of …

Learn All About Local Japanese Culture at the annual Mochi Tsuki Festival this coming Saturday at Woodward Middle School

Learn All About Local Japanese Culture at the annual Mochi Tsuki Festival this coming Saturday at Woodward Middle School

For more than three decades, the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC) has hosted Mochi Tsuki, a Japanese festival aimed at ringing in the New Year in a traditional way. The fun family event – open to people of …

Arts and Culture: Help Support BAC’s Survival with Art Purchases, Art at Library, First Friday Art Walk Tonight and All Day at OfficexPats

Arts and Culture: Help Support BAC’s Survival with Art Purchases, Art at Library, First Friday Art Walk Tonight and All Day at OfficexPats

Generous art collectors from the Bainbridge community have donated works of art to Bainbridge Arts & Crafts for the Collectors’ Sale. Featuring painting, sculpture, glass, and ceramics. The show opens on First Friday, January 3, and runs through February 2…

Island Theatre Now Accepting Submissions of Original 10-Minute Plays for its 12th Annual Play Festival

Island Theatre Now Accepting Submissions of Original 10-Minute Plays for its 12th Annual Play Festival

As William Shakespeare was once overheard uttering, “the plays the thing.” So, along those lines, our own Island Theatre is now accepting submissions of 10-minute plays for its 2025 Ten-Minute Play Festival! Submission deadline is February 14, 2025. The theme …

Bainbridge Island, not Idaho, will be Outgoing Gov. Jay Inslee’s Next Move After 12 Years in Office

Bainbridge Island, not Idaho, will be Outgoing Gov. Jay Inslee’s Next Move After 12 Years in Office

By Jerry Cornfield

Washington State Standard

Gov. Jay Inslee knows the one place he won’t be going to when he leaves office as Washington’s governor next month. Idaho.

“I am not moving to Idaho. I do not have any property …

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