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News Roundup — Highway to get new signal/Guatamalan minister here/Boater Ed. courses set/Mail sponsors food drive

The Washington State Depart­ment of Transportation will begin work on Monday on new traffic signal and intersection improvements…

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Liveaboards vow defiance vs. city, state

Boat dwellers say harbor plan will extinguish their unique community. When the tidal wave of the state hits,…

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It found a good home

Playhouse goes to a family who lost a daughter and mother. Some say it was meant to be.…

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Sports Roundup — Spartans routed by Crusaders/Fastpitchers can’t hold onto lead/Kickers can’t put Crusaders away/Poloists trounce Eastside, 11-1/Tennis teams e

Much like their namesakes did a thousand years ago, the Eastside Catholic Crusaders pushed back the Spartan hardballers…

Sketches proposing new pedestrian alleys (top) and part of T&C’s western parking lot replaced with walkways (above)

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Build it so they can walk it

Keeping downtowns oriented for pedestrians is a key planning goal. If you can’t walk it, you likely won’t…

Chief Jim Walkowski and fire volunteers size up the Seabreeze apartment building at Madison/Bjune

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Just add fire

Firefighters find a condemned building makes for good training. It’s not every day that island firefighters put their…

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Don’t smash the machinery

Sudden technological leaps bring social and economic unease. Skills and professions may be rendered obsolete overnight, familiar ways…

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Market strong for new Harbor condos

Fifty of 180 units are sold before ground is broken, Opus says. The condos aren’t here yet, but…

Obituaries

Margaret Mary James

Margaret Mary “Maggie” James, 86, died May 6 at Island Health and Rehabilitation Center on Bainbridge Island. She…

Tamela Van Winkle in Commodore Commons.

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Commodore gets ‘new’ lunchroom

A rundown, disused space is transformed for students who’ve been eating in the hallway. It was a place…

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Vote ‘Yes’ for school tech levy

Forty years ago, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore noticed ongoing, exponential leaps in the development of the integrated circuit.…

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Kordonowy will seek second term

She cites planning and business unfinished in her first four years helming City Hall. Darlene Kordonowy will seek…

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Can development ‘bring back’ a forest?

A workshop at City Hall looks at ‘low-impact’ construction. Development wouldn’t be such an issue if buildings behaved…