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Island farmer Akio Suyematsu is profiled in a new book about America’s ethnic farmers.

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The face of island farming

Akio Suyematsu and Gerard Bentryn are featured in a new book on agriculture. Drought, pests and the other…

An architectural rendering of the new 200 building shows how the design team chose to incorporate the 22-foot grade change from east to west into their plans.

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‘Sustainability’ buzzword for new school wing

Plans are under way for improvements to the Bainbridge High School campus. Crowded and bulging, Bainbridge High School…

Rainier strawberries went on sale June 12 at Karen Selvar’s berry farm.

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Get ’em while they’re fresh

It’s strawberry season, and a Day Road farm offers the best of Bainbridge. Stone-solid and apple-green, truckloads of…

Ally Clement (left)

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Rope Skippers take the leap to Orlando

Fifteen members of the team travel to Nationals at Walt Disney World. Step, step, step, go the feet.…

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Ferry fare hike looms, again

Rising fuel costs may mean another fare hike for ferry riders. The Washington State Trans­portation Commission last week…

Kevin Lynch (right) answers Alain Huggler’s questions about Lynch’s 12-hour indoor bike ride to raise money for Langerhan’s Cell Histiocytosis.

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Lynch rides cross-country to ‘fix’ disease

He’s making a film while he rides from California to Boston on ‘The Big Fix.’ When Kevin Lynch…

Obituaries

Rettig Ivan

Ivan “Joe” Rettig, 75, of Suquamish died June 21 in an industrial accident in Gardiner, Wash. He was…

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Church looks for organ donors

St. Barnabas parish nears the end of a fund drive for music. Lyle Confrey Kahle’s gift to St.…

Louisiana native Bill Branley turned a writing exercise into a debut novel

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When ferry becomes ‘love boat’

Episodic fiction by blog becomes a local man’s debut novel. A writing exercise on his blog brought forth…

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Give, give, give (and then buy, buy, buy)

Back in the day, when the average island family could get by with a one-car garage – down…

Spa owners Jackie LeBlanc (left) and Maureen Wilson love to pamper clients.

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They’ll have you feeling like new

â–¼ Winslow’s Renew day spa promises a feast for the senses. Tucked in a quiet courtyard off Winslow…

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News Roundup – Shellfish harvest ban extended/Fun Fair today at the fire hall/BYS offers ‘psychodrama’/BAC seeks glass works for show

An earlier advisory closing clam, mussel and oyster harvesting on the entire east side of Bainbridge has been…

Without further ado

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Cool, creamy and dreamy

Locally owned Mora Iced Creamery finds an enthusiastic following in Winslow. As Ana Orselli and Gerardo Perez-Pisarra worked…