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A low tide meant good pickings for birds like this seagull along the waterfront of Bainbridge Island recently.

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On the waterfront

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Families brought bubbles and big smiles to the first Bainbridge Bubble Day June 28.

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Music on Green a bubblelicious event this year

Big smiles were everywhere during the first Music on the Green of 2024 — with good vibes from…

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Arianna Hord sings and performs on the guitar.

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BHS Baccalaureate speaks to being ‘Stronger Together’

The theme for the Bainbridge High School Baccalaureate was “Stronger Together” as graduates and their families gathered at…

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Over 100 volunteers and community partners worked together on the 8th Grade Banquet at Woodward Middle School June 1. The long-standing Bainbridge Island tradition is a celebration of the middle school years and a way to send off the class to high school. This year’s banquet theme was “Jet Set Joy Ride” and featured decorated zones from around the world.

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Woodward and the world

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A trail has opened connecting Ordway Elementary, shown here, with Sakai Park, the Aquatic Center, Bainbridge High School and all its fields, and over to NE New Brooklyn Road. The trail connects walkers and cyclists from a residential area to those community assets. The trail is named in honor of Dana Berg, former president of the nonprofit Squeaky Wheels.

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Special trail opens

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First looks at the historic Bainbridge AAPI Festival

The first-ever Bainbridge Island Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Festival series was an upswell of community support,…

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‘Ingress’ director Rachel Noll James, left, cinematographer Dan Clarke and co-producer Sienna Beckman lean on a log behind the scenes of the film.

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Women help BI film industry come into focus

Bainbridge has a robust craft, design and literature scene, but another artistic pursuit is emerging: film.

Students gather to sing a closing number for the West African musical.

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St. Cecilia students perform West African musical

The 5th and 6th-grade class at St. Cecilia School performed a musical rendition June 4 of “Why the…

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Kitsap-wide scavenger hunt for handblown glass floats

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art’s Kitsap County-wide scavenger hunt for handblown glass floats returns June 15-July 13.

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Catherine MacLeod as a child in a BPA play.

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Award winner got start at BPA Theater School

Catherine MacLeod has been named the 2024 Amy Award winner by the Bainbridge Performing Arts.

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Christian Bell casts his line into Hood Canal.

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Rain, rain go away; we want to enjoy camping day

Even though many campgrounds were booked solid in Kitsap County for Memorial Day weekend, the gloomy weather cut…

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Olivia Memkes work of art.

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4 BHS students honored for works of art

The Bainbridge Island Youth Art Awards were presented May 16 at the Bainbridge High School annual Arts Festival.