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    By Joel Sackett • November 11, 2013 3:59 pm

    A true community event at the Filipino-American Community Hall, bringing together about 125 people from 90 different nonprofits.

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    By Joel Sackett • November 3, 2013 3:09 pm

    You can’t get a real coyote when you need one, so Betsey Wittick put a decoy in this freshly plowed field to deter the resident Canadian geese from eating cover crops like beets and carrots.

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    By Joel Sackett • October 25, 2013 2:04 pm

    Against the backdrop of a sudden hail storm, a few live aboards and concerned citizens met with Wayne Roth, candidate for city council, on board the Pelican in Eagle Harbor.

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    By Joel Sackett • October 1, 2013 4:18 pm

    The Bainbridge High cross country team, with some family members, clear the hillside of the historic Johnson Farm of Scotch broom.

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    By Joel Sackett • September 24, 2013 11:36 am

    First grade teacher, Amy Pfeffer, welcomes her new students one by one, as they step up into her class at Madrona School’s opening day “Bridge Ceremony.”

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    By Joel Sackett • September 16, 2013 2:21 pm

    I arrived ready for a large family portrait session. It was that and much more.

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    By Joel Sackett • August 31, 2013 1:38 pm

    Zephyr Wadkins, a farm hand with Butler Green Farms, looks at a display of photographs about the life of Akio Suyematsu on a tool shed wall.

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    Close to Home | By Joel Sackett
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    By Joel Sackett • August 13, 2013 12:33 pm

    Some residents of “Stonecress” gather in solidarity on a recent Saturday morning. They are concerned about a proposed development that will clearcut about 200 trees bordering their neighborhood to make way for another shopping center, some of which would be redundant with existing businesses nearby.

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    Close to Home | By Joel Sackett
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    By Joel Sackett • July 28, 2013 1:02 pm

    There was a record-breaking attendance at the recent Sock Hop and Ice Cream Social at Island Center Hall.

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    By Joel Sackett • July 17, 2013 11:57 am

    Friends of Betsey Wittick assemble for a group photo during the Annual Garlic Harvest at Laughing Crow Farm, an almost 20-year tradition.

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    Close to Home | By Joel Sackett
    Close to Home | By Joel Sackett
    By Joel Sackett • July 7, 2013 2:48 pm

    In a questionable island ritual that goes back many years, some Bainbridge High School graduating seniors think it’s cool to partake in “Paint Night,” leaving their marks around the island on roads, signs and walls.

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    Close to Home | By Joel Sackett
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    By Joel Sackett • June 25, 2013 1:41 pm

    The tables are covered with assorted feathers and fly tying tools as a few members of Bainbridge Island Fly Fishers learn the finer points of tying a Reverse Marabou Spey fly.

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    Close to Home | By Joel Sackett
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    By Joel Sackett • June 15, 2013 12:34 pm

    At the ferry terminal parking lot while cars were unloading from the 7:05 a.m. ferry from Seattle I met self-described “raccoon hat man.”

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    Close to Home | By Joel Sackett
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    By Joel Sackett • May 22, 2013 1:54 pm

    Children learn in different ways and in different places.

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    Close to Home | By Joel Sackett
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    By Joel Sackett • April 29, 2013 2:41 pm

    Stepping into the American Legion Hall on Bucklin Hill Road NE is like traveling back in time for several decades.

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    Close to Home | By Joel Sackett
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    By Joel Sackett • March 30, 2013 2:11 pm

    Seattle band Ephrata came to Wax Poetic Recording Studio on the island to record the latest installment of Bainbridge Island Radio with hosts Morgan Terry and Michael Howard.

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