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Tracy Zhu is working in earnest to prep her fair trade shop

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A beautiful ethic: Fair trade boutique opens in Winslow Green

Step into 146 Winslow Way West, and you’ll circumnavigate the globe in mere minutes. From Tanzania to Nepal…

Bainbridge Island School District Superintendent Faith Chapel will retire in June 2016. She joined the Bainbridge district in 2001 after serving as a teacher and administrator in California

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UPDATE | Chapel to step down as superintendent of Bainbridge schools

Bainbridge Island School District Superintendent Faith Chapel is stepping down, and the school board is gearing up to…

Jim Cutler (right) sits with his wife

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Bainbridge architect receives an unexpected award and shares a valuable lesson in parenthood

If you haven’t heard about the National Academy, it’s OK — neither had Jim Cutler, the venerable island…

Jim Cutler stands with Bruce Fowle

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You don’t know Jim: Here’s the 411

Bainbridge Island's Jim Cutler was named a 2015 National Academician at the induction ceremony on Oct. 27. Here…

A barred owl at West Sound Wildlife Shelter

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Barred owls, demystified (They want to borrow your hats)

If you’ve ever strolled through the Grand Forest, you’ve probably spotted the barred owl signs. They’re kind of…

Islanders filled Eagle Harbor Congregational Church for the Faith and Climate Forum co-sponsored by Bainbridge Interfaith Council

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Becoming good stewards: Religious leaders talk climate action

Following Pope Francis’ 192-page encyclical on the environment, released in June, Bainbridge’s own spiritual authorities weighed in with…

BME officers Leah Potter and Ashley Alnwick take a look under the club’s new microscopes during a malaria lab earlier this month.

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Dear BSF, all I want for Christmas is 60 fetal pigs

BHS club examines, delves into science that doesn’t yet exist.

Karen Keller purchased Lego kits for three Blakely kindergarten classrooms in the hope of encouraging girl students to build more.

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Blakely teacher restricts Lego-play to her girl students in the pursuit of gender equity

Experiment designed to get girls building.

Incumbent Bainbridge Island School Board Member Tim Kinkead is facing a challenge for the District 4 seat from Renard Burnett Sr.

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UPDATE | Kinkead looks forward to another term

The District 4 School Board Director, who was enjoying a casual evening at home when he got the…

Lynn Smith and Duncan Macfarlane are running for the District 1 seat on the Bainbridge Island School Board.

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UPDATE | Macfarlane concedes defeat in Bainbridge school board race

Macfarlane was disappointed, but grateful for the opportunity to participate in the election, he said.

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Easy victory for Kinkead

It's not official, but it's pretty clear: With 71.3 percent of the vote, Tim Kinkead will hold on…

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Smith edges out Macfarlane for school board seat

Smith zooms ahead with 69 percent of 4,384 votes in the initial ballot tally released Tuesday.

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Bainbridge school board to put $81.2 million bond measure before voters

In a unanimous vote Thursday night, Bainbridge Island School Board directors threw their support behind a $81.2 million…