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Signs about a new Bainbridge Airport appeared around the island April 1, advertising five-minute flights to Seattle instead of waiting in the ferry line. Don’t get too excited, it was part of an annual April Fools Day joke and not true. Learn more at flybainbridge.com. Another joke publicized an underwater tunnel between BI and Seattle. Nancy Treder/Kitsap News Group

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Fruit Club member Dennis Faust shows Mailey Martinez a grafting technique.

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Grafting can revitalize trees in many different ways

A small group gathered at Bainbridge Gardens March 26 to learn about tree grafting during a workshop held…

Ken Matsudaira, director of Community and Cultural Programs at the Bainbridge Island Art Museum, reads the last of the 276 names on the memorial wall. Nancy Treder/Kitsap News Group Photos

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BI remembers Japanese Americans who were incarcerated

The Bainbridge Island community gathered at the Japanese American Exclusion Memorial March 30 to remember the 227 residents…

Tim Woolsey addresses the BISD school board and commented about the treatment of people with disabilities and how the district responded to their son’s anxiety. Nancy Treder/Kitsap News Group Photos

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Boy in cop car brings concerns from parents of special needs students

“The district is losing the trust of families with special needs.”

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We all have to advocate for our loved ones when dealing with medical

The day after Thanksgiving, my phone started buzzing at 5:30 a.m. It was my father, Ben.

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Tribe OKs BI elementary school name change

Capt. Charles Wilkes Elementary’s name has been changed to x̌alilc (Halilts) Elementary, which means marked edge or rock…

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3 names considered to replace Wilkes Elementary

The serious business of selecting a new name isn’t all rainbows and unicorns.

Julie Ulrich chats with her longtime friend, Leigh Ann Giles at her frame gallery in Fletcher Bay which she started 30 years ago. Nancy Treder/Kitsap News Group Photos

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Local entrepreneur driving force behind established BI businesses

When Julie Ulrich moved to Bainbridge Island more than 50 years ago with her husband, she was young…

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Seven candidates apply for BISD school board spot

Bainbridge Island School District received seven applications for the 4th District director position previously held by Christina Hulet…

Christina Hulet. BISD Courtesy Photo

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BI says goodbye to school board member

The Bainbridge Island School District said goodbye to school board member Christina Hulet at its latest meeting.

State Sen. Christine Rolfes speaks with a constituent after the Town Hall meeting. Nancy Treder/Kitsap News Group photos

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State leaders talk issues with BI residents

“Affordable housing is a driver of homelessness.”

Brenda Fantroy-Johnson is Bainbridge Island’s first black mayor. Nancy Treder/Kitsap News Group

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Public involvement key for BI’s new mayor

When Brenda Fantroy-Johnson was a kid living in inner-city Detroit, seeing the mayor drive by was a big…

A group of museum curators from Ukraine visited the Japanese American Exclusion Memorial March 4 to learn about how Bainbridge Island is telling a difficult history. Nancy Treder/Kitsap News Group photos

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Ukrainians learn how BI tells difficult part of history

Visitors come from all over the world to see the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial. They come…