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Habitat Power Trek for Solar Energy
At Community Energy Solutions Joe and Tammy Deets want Western Washingtonians to know that solar power is a viable energy source for our region. And to walk the talk, Tammy Deets and a dedicated group...
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Police Blotter 8/31/11
August 30 • The custodian at the High School reported trespassers on top of the roof. When the custodian looked on top of the roof, he found numerous illegal fireworks. Officers searched the area and...
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Weekend on the Rock: September 9-11
With this weekend being the tenth anniversary of the September 11 Attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center, we’re including some recommendations for how to commemorate the date on Bainbridge...
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Looking for a Home? Take a Tour of Affordable Living at Ferncliff
This Saturday at 10 a.m. you can see for yourself what all the buzz is about. Ferncliff Village, the planned affordable community developed by the Housing Resources Board, is ready for visitors, with...
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Police Blotter: 12/9/11
December 8 • Cencom dispatched Bainbridge units for a missing male. The reporting party told police that her husband had left their residence at midnight on foot after they had gotten into a verbal...
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Transport Fees: The BI Fire Department Considers Breaking Tradition
To deal with the $1.6 million difference between expected and actual revenues in the period from 2010 to 2012, the Bainbridge Island Fire Department has implemented a range of cost-containment...
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Got Space? HomeShare Has a Deal for You
In this time of economic recession, it pays to assess one’s assets. And if you’ve got an extra room, a carriage house, or an apartment above the garage, the Bainbridge Island Housing Resources Board...
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Police Blotter 2/25/12
February 25 • A resident of Camellia Loop reported that his credit card number had been used without his approval. He believed a counterfeit card was created after his card was skimmed. February 23 •...
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Come to Saturday’s “Small Island, Big Green” Celebration of RePower’s First Year
RePower Bainbridge will be celebrating its one-year anniversary this Saturday, March 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Winslow, with a community party. RePower, a community-based program designed to help...
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Living by Design: Damanhur and Reclaiming Community Wealth
by Chuck Estin March 16, 2012 In Greek mythology, the mortal Psyche allows a drop of hot oil—olio caldo—to fall on her lover, Eros. The olio caldo catalyzes an alchemical transformation that propels...
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It’s Brain Injury Awareness Month on BI: Take a Moment to Learn
Early this month, the City Council voted to make March 2012 Brain Injury Awareness Month on Bainbridge Island. At the meeting, Councilmember Anne Blair told the council that she herself has a family...
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Kitsap Peninsula Site of Puget Sound’s Biggest Conservation Opportunity
When I first moved to Bainbridge Island upwards of 20 years ago, the first thing I did was scout out the wild places in the area. I made it my mission to find nature anywhere I could, and the Kitsap...
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Weapons in Schools: How Does Bainbridge Measure Up?
Because of the recent accidental shooting in a Bremerton elementary school that left one 9-year-old girl in critical condition, when the State of Washington Weapons in Schools Report 2010-11 came out...
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Can We Have Too Much Sun? Excessive Heat Watch and Burn Ban
1:00 p.m. First we were complaining about how there wasn’t enough sun. Then it was gas prices. Now the topic is too much heat. Coming to an Island near you is an Excessive Heat Watch issued by the...
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Superior Court Candidate Karen Klein on Why Voting for Judges Should Matter...
12:57 p.m. In legal lingo, nolo contendere is a courtoom plea meaning, “I will not contest it.” It’s a wishy-washy plea that means, “I won’t fight the charges but I won’t admit I’m guilty either.”...
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Vaccilating on Vaccinating? Speak Your Mind and Hear the Experts Speak Theirs
3:30 p.m. You can’t spit on Bainbridge without hitting someone who has a very strong opinion, one way or the other, on the issue of immunization. Chances are good, if you spit again, you’ll hit...
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Think Bainbridge Is Immune to Domestic Violence? Think Again
6:09 p.m. On Bainbridge Island, we’re no strangers to domestic violence. Police Commander Sue Shultz confirms that “there is a high amount of domestic violence on Bainbridge Island.” But she adds that...
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Protesters Target Home of Bainbridge Man Accused of Making Millions at...
12:27 p.m. Michael Closser, the Executive Director of Bremerton-based Kitsap Tenant Support Service (KTSS), is not a popular man with the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees...
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Community Rallies to Give Home Energy Upgrade to a Bainbridge Family in Need
2:35 p.m. Yesterday morning a small crowd gathered at a historic 1904 home on the corner of Wyatt and Weaver. Gathered were an unusual amalgam of reporters, contractors, and members of the Housing...
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Preparing for Emergency: Come on Baby Light My Fire
by Scott James, December 10, 2012, 6:00 a.m. Ross and Lisa were on their way to town one Saturday afternoon. Slowly. With the bridge still under repair, only small amounts of fuel were being brought...
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Letter to the Editor: Request for Council Member to Recuse Herself
Dear Councilmember Blossom, Experience in recent months indicates that when a citizen wants to express a concern about a Council member’s potential conflict of interest, they will be ruled out of...
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Two Local 911 Operators Honored, One for Handling Silverdale Bank Robbery Call
At their 36th annual awards ceremony on June 20th in Kennewick, the Washington State Chapter of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) and the state National Emergency Number...
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Salt Brine? It’s Not Just Redundant—It’s Also Our New Anti-Ice Road Treatment
Salt you know. Brine, also familiar, is simply salt in a water mixture. So what is salt brine? It’s the common if overly emphatic term for a road treatment that helps prevent ice formation on...
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680 People on Bainbridge Have Head Lice: Lice Girls to the Rescue
Lice Girls co-owner Sarah Frost estimates, based on Center for Disease Control (CDC) national data and a seasonal increase, that about 680 people on Bainbridge Island currently have lice. Frost also...
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City Council Approves Property Tax Increase for 2015
City Manager Doug Schulze gave a brief review to Council Tuesday night, October 28, of where every bit of a property tax dollar goes on Bainbridge Island. This brief presentation preceded the...
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How Does Kitsap County Compare to the State on I-594 and I-591?
How does Kitsap County compare to the rest of the state on the two gun measures in this election, Initiative 591 and Initiative 594? At 8:15 this evening, November 4, the Kitsap County Auditor...
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Kitsap County Report Shows Slight Land Capacity Deficit on Bainbridge
The (RCW 36.70A.215) requires Kitsap and five other counties to prepare a Buildable Lands Report (BLR). The Kitsap BLR draft, which was just released in December, is key to the County’s Comprehensive...
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Kitsap County Is First in State to Accept 911 Text Service
Kitsap Cencom announced today, March 31, that it has begun accepting emergency texts to 911. The service is available to Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint customers. Kistap County is the first...
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Island School Teacher Wins County Earth Day Award
Each year, Kitsap County’s Solid Waste Division presents Earth Day Awards to citizens, organizations, schools, and businesses for their innovative environmental programs or projects. This year, a...
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Close the Fire Pit: All Recreational Fires Now Banned in Kitsap
This past Friday, July 10, the Kitsap County Fire Marshal initiated a Phase II burn ban, countywide. That means that all outdoor recreational fires, even those in fire pits and campgrounds, are...
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Update on Storm Damage: Bainbridge and North Kitsap Hardest Hit in County
Earlier this afternoon, August 30, 8,600 Kitsap customers still had no power. Puget Sound Energy reports that most of those customers were on Bainbridge and in North Kitsap. At 5 p.m. there were just...
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