Plastic bags may soon be outlawed

Town and Country Market now offers plastic bags, but supports a plastic bag ban if a pass-through charge is included in the ban.  - Richard D. Oxley
Richard D. Oxley
Town and Country Market now offers plastic bags, but supports a plastic bag ban if a pass-through charge is included in the ban.
A look at Bainbridge Island's proposed plastic bag ban and how retailers will be effected.

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updated 5:21 PM February 17, 2012 5

PSE to replace poles

Puget Sound Energy “tree wire” project is keeping flaggers busy these days along a 1.7-mile stretch of New Brooklyn Road.

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11:53 AM February 17, 2012 0

Council maps plan for city manager search

City manager transition could cost up to $313,000 and take up to 15 weeks to complete.

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updated 6:22 PM February 16, 2012 2

Council adds water utility to 2012 workplan

Discussion of the utility's divestiture now on the list of priorities for the council.

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5:35 PM February 16, 2012 0

Bomb threat at island middle school

Students at Woodward Middle School on Bainbridge Island were evacuated from their classrooms after a bomb threat, believed to be a prank, was discovered Tuesday morning.

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1:57 PM February 15, 2012 0

Plastic bag ban to be discussed by council

Ordinance for the plastic bag ban will be proposed at Wednesday's council meeting.

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3:24 PM February 14, 2012 0

Ferry alert: Marion Street will be closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday

Marion Street will be closed tonight (Tuesday) at 8 p.m. due to road construction, which may alter driving habits for ferry users exiting the Bainbridge Island or Bremerton vessels.

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12:13 PM February 14, 2012 0

State ferry routes sustainable, say two key legislators

The Washington State Legislature will find the money needed to keep all state ferry routes open, says Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen (D-10th, Camano Island), chair of the Senate Transportation Committee last week.

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1:17 PM February 13, 2012 0

HRB seeks ‘right homebuyer’ for Ferncliff Village

There are several different “types” of homebuyers who fit into the Ferncliff Village genre, but the one characteristic that appears to be consistent is that the affordable-housing complex fits their current needs and expectations.

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updated 5:00 PM February 9, 2012 0

$250,000 for city manager search

Council sets aside money to pay for expenses that will come from the search for a city manager.

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updated 4:00 PM February 9, 2012 1

Council opts to not pay bill

Invoice for legal services is the center of heated debate over methods used to replace city manager.

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3:46 PM February 9, 2012 3