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Jake Gillanders, CEO of Empact Northwest, at a refugee center in Poland. Courtesy Photos

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Empact NW in need of volunteers

Empact is coordinating with United Nations OCHA and World Health Organization to respond to the Ukraine refugee crisis…

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Above: Jake Gillanders showing students at St. Cecilia Catholic School the areas he visited on his recent trip to Poland and Ukraine as part of the humanitarian relief effort to help the refugees fleeing Ukraine.

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BI students learn about refugees

Students at St. Cecilia Catholic school on Bainbridge Island learned about the ongoing humanitarian disaster from a classmate’s…

BHS juniors Olivia O’Rourke, Rain Malzahn and Laura Carrillo walk to lunch Tuesday. They are adjusting to the change by wearing or removing their masks as they feel comfortable.

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Now we remember what we look like without masks

“Oh, now I remember what you look like.”

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Above: Lena Levin, at home with her partner Michael Coleman, translates and shares messages from a friend in Ukraine. Below: A note included in a humanitarian package to aid people in Ukraine.

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Locals help with supplies for war-torn Ukraine

Lena Levin of Bainbridge Island was packing for a trip to her hometown of Mykolaiv when she received…

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Above: Rabbi Yechiel Shlomo Levitansky and his family, left, talk with paramedics heading to Ukraine. After the rabbi visited with folks via Zoom in Bainbridge his family escaped from the turmoil. At left, Rabbi Mendi Goldshmid, shown here lighting the Menorah, is getting Bainbridge Islanders to help people in Ukraine.

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Locals help Ukrainians under siege

Watching civilians run for their lives in a war zone can bring out the impulse to help.

Lynn Lipski, CEO and founder of Olympic Yarn and Fiber is a keynote speaker for the ReFashion Bainbridge Environmental Conference March 27.

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Environmental fashion conference set

ReFashion Bainbridge is hosting the 2022 Bainbridge Environmental Conference March 27 titled “We All Get Dressed: Garb, Gear…

Frank Petrie, Battle Point Observatory Association president, adjusts the telescope alignment.

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Stars back in alignment on BI

The Battle Point Astronomical Association at the observatory in Battle Point Park on Bainbridge Island is preparing the…

Lang Armstrong of Bainbridge won both the High Sax and Low Sax categories at the regional Solo and Ensemble competition.

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21 from BHS on to state in music

Twenty-one Bainbridge High School music students won 11 categories at the Regional Chamber Music Contest Feb. 26 at…

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And they’re off. More than 1,600 cyclists rolled onto Bainbridge Island for the 50th Chilly Hilly ride supported by several BI organizations.

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Chilly Hilly closer to normal

When the early morning ferries arrived Feb. 27, more than 1,600 cyclists rolled onto Bainbridge Island for the…

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Sixth-grader Rowan Toler and fifth-grader George Wolffe make music with an electric guitar and cigar box banjo.

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Students race to great place called Maker Space

When the bell rings at the end of the school day at Sakai Intermediate about 12 fifth- and…

BHS water polo coach Kristin Gellert on deck at the Bainbridge Island Aquatic Center pool. Nancy Treder/Bainbridge Island Review photos

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BI water polo coach’s big splash of success

For Bainbridge High School water polo coach Kristin Gellert, 2021 was a winning year.

Three volunteers wearing water waders remove invasive grasses from the pond. Nancy Treder/Bainbridge Island Review photos

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Volunteers clean up memorial for March 30 event

More than 100 volunteers observed the Day of Remembrance of Japanese American Incarceration during World War II Feb.…

Schools in Bainbridge are excited about soon not having to wear masks. File Photo

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BISD looks forward to end of masking

As COVID-19 cases in the Bainbridge Island School District, along with the state, continue to decline the district…