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Frances Kitamoto Ikegami and Carol Reitz sit for tea in front of the fireplace where Japanese Islanders were forced to register for exclusion in 1942. Nancy Treder/Kitsap News Group

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Woman returns to where parents signed exclusion papers

Recently, a customer walked into Pegasus Coffee House in Bainbridge Island who hadn’t been there in a very…

Sam and Adriana Garrard prepare a shoebox for shipping. Nancy Treder/Kitsap News Group Photos

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BI church sends gifts to youths, college students, missionaries

During Sunday service at Bainbridge First Baptist Church while adults are in the sanctuary, children are in junior…

Chasity Malatesta moderates a conversation about racism during the BI Reads event at the Eagle Harbor Book Co. Nov. 9. Nancy Treder/Kitsap News Group Photos

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Can we talk about race? We need to

It was standing-room only at Eagle Harbor Book Co. on Bainbridge Island when more than 120 people showed…

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The ancient ones — Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Which — support Meg Murry as she fights against evil in her quest to find her father in the play “A Wrinkle in Time” produced by Bainbridge High School Nov. 18-19.

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BHS actors perform ‘A Wrinkle in Time’

What would you do if your dad mysteriously disappeared, your mom was preoccupied with scientific experiments, your brother…

Comic strip artist Dana Simpson speaks with fans at the BARN during a Phoebe and her Unicorn book signing Oct. 27. Nancy Treder/Kitsap News Group Photos

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BI fans get the point about unicorn series

What did you do during the isolating months of the pandemic? Did you clean, bake, binge watch TV…

Kimberly Wisner reacts to her portrait created by silhouette artist Karl Johnson, as her sister, Scarlett, and mother, Erika, approve. Nancy Treder/Kitsap News Group Photos

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Paper, scissors create silhouette portraits

Like his young clients, silhouette artist Karl Johnson enjoys cutting paper with scissors. But what makes his art…

U.S. Navy Capt. Charles Wilkes. Image engraved by A.H. Ritchie. Courtesy Naval History and Heritage command.

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History no longer kind to Wilkes

BI school to change its name

Ready for the open water. Nancy Treder/Kitsap News Group Photos

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Release on BI gets seal of approval

Two young Harbor Seal pups with big brown eyes waited patiently in their cages as the marine animal…

Kids line up for treats at a home in the popular North Town Woods neighborhood. Nancy Treder/Kitsap News Group Photos

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‘Stranger Things’ happen in BI Halloween neighborhood

The North Town Woods community was swarmed by more than 800 costumed kids who came out to the…

Sakai Intermediate School students visit Chief Seattle’s gravesite in Suquamish. Courtesy Photo

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Things looking positive at BISD

As the dry days of summer give way to the rainy days of fall, the Bainbridge Island School…

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Local named to Rehabilitation Council for the Blind

Bainbridge Island resident and long-time advocate for the blind, Kristina Colcock, has been appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee…

Holland America Cruise Line employees prepare a shipment of 400 books from Odyssey Middle School seventh- and eighth-graders. Courtesy Photo

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BISD two-step: Homecoming dance, literacy donation

Some Bainbridge Island School District traditions have been canceled because of COVID the past two years.

The Hidden Gem store in the Winslow Mall was burglarized on Oct. 17. Courtesy Photos

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Thieves take jewelry from Hidden Gem in Winslow

Hidden Gem, a jewelry and book store in the Winslow Mall, reported a break in early Oct. 17.