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Cars line the roadside during this year’s Rotary auction. Holiday festivities and a number of unlucky accidents combined for several weekend traffic headaches for island drivers and guests last week.

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Tough holiday weekend for Bainbridge travelers

Four-vehicle collision on Agate Pass Bridge prompts major traffic headache.

New Bainbridge Island Fire Commissioner Ernst “Fritz” von Ibsch gathers with his family — wife Sharon

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New commissioner joins Bainbridge fire board

Ernst “Fritz” von Ibsch has been appointed to fill a seat on the board of fire commissioners for…

Joe Levan

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Bainbridge Island to hire new city attorney

An expert in municipal law — and a former candidate for the city council — will be the…

Darryl Beckmann and his dog Koa

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In memory of Koa: Survivors of tragic house fire hope to honor lost dog

Couple plan to create fund to help others adopt dogs.

Candidates for the Democratic Party presidential nomination: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders.

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Clinton easily wins against Sanders with Bainbridge voters

Trump is runaway choice for island Republicans.

Police Chief Matthew Hamner answers questions during a recent meeting on options for a new police station.

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Islanders say two options in play for new police station

Bainbridge Island residents want the city’s police station to stay in downtown Winslow — or within a short…

Sophia Hagstromer moves in for one of her six goals against Stadium High during the Spartans’ first playoff game.

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Spartans poke eyes of the Tigers in girls LAX win

The Spartans’ never-ending offense suffocated Stadium as Bainbridge smothered the Tigers 21-8 in the first round of the…

An architect's rendering of the proposed Bainbridge Landing project.

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Development project near Bainbridge ferry terminal includes 115 apartments, plus town houses and public park

Bainbridge officials will get a close look at the plans for a four-story, 115-unit apartment building next to…

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Bainbridge bans travel to North Carolina in response to LGBT law

Bainbridge Island has joined the chorus of opposition to newly adopted and controversial legislation in other states that…

Sophia Hagstromer cuts toward the goal during action against Issaquah. She finished with two goals in the game.

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Spartans stop Issy in girls LAX rematch

BHS overpowers defending champs.

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Bainbridge gets just one bid for Waterfront Park makeover

Restart of bid process may delay construction again.

Bainbridge Police Chief Matthew Hamner (right) and Bainbridge Sgt. Trevor Ziemba stand outside Bainbridge High School Wednesday as police officers search the school after a 911 call claimed a student was armed with a gun inside the cafeteria.

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UPDATE | 911 recording prompts arrest of security guard in Bainbridge school scare

Bainbridge police needed only a day to find a suspect in the Bainbridge High gun scare that set…

A deputy with the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office walks to a staging area near the front of Bainbridge High during Wednesday's lockdown.

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Lockdown at BHS | SLIDESHOW

Bainbridge High was locked down for a half hour Wednesday after a gun scare at the high school.…