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Exploring the ethics of human discovery
From the production of designer babies to the potential for gene repair, what happens when science intersects societal…
Obituaries
Ruth Berry
Ruth Berry, age 88, died March 22 at her daughter’s home on Bainbridge. She was born Oct. 26,…
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Trapped in the duality of conflict
Asked by a reader this week to offer some comment on the invasion of Iraq, we confessed to…
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City may buy the farm, twice
It wouldn’t be the largest farm on the block. But the five-acre Morales spread at SR-305 and Lovgreen…
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‘Critical areas’ get the next look
While the city council continues to wrestle with both shoreline and subdivision ordinances, it will begin this week…
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A desktop dreamer
Publishing books, says Dale Mattheis, is a lot like selling bread: “It better look good, and it damn…
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Planning itself needs more planning
Whatever else one may think about the state’s Growth Management Act, it is a full-employment-for-planners measure, mandating not…
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She hates the war, loves the troops
When Silvia Germek says she plans to support the troops in Iraq, she has more than moral support…
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Senior softball: the field of dreams, memories
The legs may have lost a step or five, and for the aging back, some of those grounders…
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Bremerton foot-ferry run thrown overboard
The fight for continued passenger-only ferry service is heating up in Olympia, and the Bremerton-to-Seattle run could be…
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Tolerance gets a shot in the arm
Islanders Mara Surel, Nick Townsend and Aidan Young are working toward a cure for one of the most…
Obituaries
Irene Gilbert (Muenz) Winburn
Irene Gilbert (Muenz) Winburn died of pneumonia March 17 at Harrison Memorial Hospital, surrounded by family and friends.…
Obituaries
Valentine Gordon Benz
Longtime Bainbridge Island resident and former Little League president Valentine Gordon Benz died March 17, at Virginia Mason…