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Sports Roundup — Spartan boys fall to Prep on road

In a battle of ranked teams, the Bainbridge boys basketball team couldn’t overcome the stifling defense of fifth-ranked…

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Farrar sparks Sparts in romp over SK

Bainbridge is now 6-0, after cruising to wins over Seattle Prep, South Kitsap. Emily Farrar came off the…

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Boilerplate, schmoilerplate

Iconoclast to the last, the late Frank Zappa is said to have once admonished his children, “whenever you…

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News Roundup — Have names seeking stories/Ho, ho, Hume Christmas CD

They have the names, now they want to know the people. The Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community’s Memorial…

Obituaries

Elmer Donald Anderson

Island native Elmer Donald Anderson, 91, died Dec. 13 at Martha and Mary Nursing Home in Poulsbo. He…

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Eileen M. Wonders

Eileen Mildred Wonders died Dec. 13 in Seattle at the age of 83. She was born on July…

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Sherry A. Criss

Sherry A. Criss, 68, of Bainbridge Island died Dec. 11. She was born Oct. 29, 1937, in Washington,…

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Council imposes city staffing cuts

First to go is the human resources director, and staff support in the police department. To trim personnel…

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¡Ometepe calendars!

Saddened by the destruction caused by recent hurricanes, socially conscious third-graders at Wilkes Elementary School decided to expand…

A backhoe uproots apple trees to make way for a Wal-Mart.

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The day the apple trees burned

A documentary studies changes in Washington agriculture. Growing up in Wenatchee, Jamie Howell and Guy Evans used to…

JV Spartan swimmer Sean Enslow Newman plows through the 100 free.

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Swimmers have sights set on state meet

Austin Hallett wants to rewrite the record book while he’s at it. Austin Hallett wants to put his…

Fire is started in a second level room of a home with propane torches to allow the Bainbridge Island Fire Department to train and practice with live fire.

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The heat is on at volunteer fire training

A practice run puts trainees into the heart of a raging inferno. At 200 degrees, I feel the…

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Anna Mary Monk

Anna Mary Monk, 96, died Dec. 10 at Hearthstone Retirement Home in Seattle. She was born Oct. 11,…