Site Logo

Margaret Hetherwick

BISD courtesy photo
Bainbridge High School

Daily Update Newsletter

BISD facilities director discusses potential bond projects

Levies are for learning, and bonds are for building — and the time may have come to begin…

BISD courtesy photo

Daily Update Newsletter

BISD’s preschool tuition rates to slightly increase

Tuition is going up for the Bainbridge Island School District’s preschool, but not by much.

Rent Mason Bees courtesy photos
A blue orchard mason bee carrying pollen approaches its nesting burrow.

Daily Update Newsletter

Thousands of native bees to be released around BI next week

Bainbridge Island may be more abuzz than usual this spring, as a local apiary company plans to release…

File photo
Bainbridge Island City Hall

Daily Update Newsletter

BI Comp Plan process moving toward completion

Bainbridge Island is slowly but surely closing in on its Comprehensive Plan, as city staff, leaders, and the…

File photo
Bainbridge Island City Hall

Daily Update Newsletter

SEPA appeal that halted 625 Winslow Way project dismissed

The appeal heard ‘round the island is no more, ending a six-month pause on the saga of 625…

Molly Hetherwick/Kitsap News Group
A ‘mystery leak’ that intermittently runs from an unclear source into the mobile home park’s drainage system.

Daily Update Newsletter

Plumbing issues put BI co-op mobile home park in financial crisis

The only mobile home co-op on the West Coast — and one of the last vestiges of affordable…

File photo
A horse loosens up in an arena.

Daily Update Newsletter

Kitsap nixes plan to update equestrian facility zoning

Kitsap County leadership decided not to proceed with a suite of controversial updates to the zoning code for…

File photo

Daily Update Newsletter

Social-emotional learning program demonstrated at BI schools

At the March 12 Bainbridge Island School District board meeting, director of student services Annalisa Sanchez shared a…

BI Parks & Trails Foundation courtesy photo
A Trails Crew staff member trims an invasive vine on a trail.

Daily Update Newsletter

Student Conservation Corps, Trails Crew essential during summer

Summer is a big season for the park districts. Warm weather means more parkgoers, more plant growth, and…

Kids in Concert courtesy photos

Daily Update Newsletter

Free music education program for youth seeks new home in NK

Kids in Concert, the only free youth music education program in Kitsap County, must find a new home…

Spartronics courtesy photos
The BHS robot, ARTEMIS, scurries around the field, gathering projectiles.

Daily Update Newsletter

BHS Spartronics defeats world-champ robot in first match of season

Competition season is off to a strong start for Bainbridge High School’s robotics team, Spartronics.

File photo
Chilly Hilly bicyclists ride along Winslow Way.

Daily Update Newsletter

New bicycle traffic improvements coming to Winslow Way

Another traffic flow update is coming to the busiest intersection in Winslow. There could be more where that…

Molly Hetherwick/Kitsap News Group photos
Former Washington state governor Jay Inslee speaks to residents of the Grow Community on Bainbridge Island March 12.

Daily Update Newsletter

Inslee addresses climate change topics with Grow Community

Former four-term Washington state governor Jay Inslee held a Q&A session with members of the Grow Community on…