When the Bainbridge Island Planning Commission evaluates a project that will have a significant impact on Bainbridge’s future, one of the elements it will have to weigh is Bainbridge’s past.
The Harbor Square project, a mixed-use development planned for the 4.3-acre parcel immediately north of the ferry terminal, will displace the historic Cave House, and preservationist Gerald Elfendahl thinks there must be a better alternative.
Saying he wants to provide an option for health-conscious islanders, fitness professional Jeff Giblin announced Monday that he and his wife Jill will open a full-service fitness center this fall in the Pavilion.
The city council is unlikely to revisit a plan to put four pedestrian “refuge islands” on Madison Avenue, public works committee members said Monday.
The non-decision followed a lengthy meeting with fire officials, who had complained that the islands would hurt the response time of emergency vehicles heading into Winslow.
Having evaluated popular response to alternatives A and B, Washington State Ferries have decided to go with “neither of the above.”
Instead, when the system makes the first significant revision to the Bainbridge-Seattle ferry schedule in 15 years, it will adopt a different alternative – what you might call Option C – to respond to the feedback it got on the two proferred options.
“We have completed a new draft that takes into account what we heard from the public,” WSF spokeswoman Susan Harris said. “We’ve kept the early morning sailing on Sunday, and have a later departure in the evening – 10:55 instead of 10:30.”
Kevin Lawrence’s guilt or innocence was not at issue Tuesday afternoon in
Seattle federal court.
But his credibility was. And it lost badly.
As a result, Lawrence will remain in federal custody pending his October trial date on a 64-count fraud indictment.
“We’re not going to determine Mr. Lawrence’s guilt or innocence today,” said
Magistrate Judge Ricardo Martinez. “One thing I am sure of is that this
court cannot rely on anything Mr. Lawrence said. Mr. Lawrence will be
detained until trial.”
Following a morning arrest on Bainbridge Island, HMC/Znetix founder Kevin L. Lawrence was arraigned in federal court Thursday afternoon on a 64-count indictment, and if convicted faces a maximum sentence of 560 years behind bars.
When the Parade Grounds Park at Fort Ward is dedicated on Aug. 10, the ceremony won’t just be about a place preserved from development.
It will also be a group of people who had a significant role in preserving the nation’s freedom – the men and women who worked at the Naval Radio School during World War II.
The first major change in 15 years to the Bainbridge-Seattle ferry schedule will let commuters get to their Seattle offices earlier in the morning.
But more folks may sleep through their regular sailing – especially if they’ve been to a concert or a Mariners game the night before, because they may be getting home a lot later.
History unfolds at its own pace.
A capital campaign called History on the Move, though, may speed up the process for the Bainbridge Island Historical Museum.
Historical society members are gearing up to relocate the museum facility to Winslow from Strawberry Hill Park as soon as it’s physically and financially possible.
“I think a lot of people are excited about it, and not just the membership,” said Joan Piper, historical society executive director. “People in Winslow really want us to come.”
As election years go, this one figures to be quiet on Bainbridge Island, at least until November.
Incumbent Congressman Jay Inslee has, at least nominally, drawn a Democratic opponent, meaning he won’t officially have the party’s nomination in Washington’s First Congressional District until after the Sept. 17 primary.
In the wake of a state Supreme Court decision striking down one city’s open-space requirements, the Bainbridge Island City Council Wednesday unanimously voted to impose a moratorium on subdivision applications until it can determine how to deal with the new ruling.
The moratorium prevents any further work on all applications, including short-plat applications, that are not deemed “complete” as of this coming Monday. The moratorium will last until Dec. 31 unless repealed sooner. A public hearing has been scheduled for Aug. 28.
Farming is an amenity that adds value to Bainbridge Island, vintner Gerard Bentryn says.
“People like to live in beauty,” Bentryn said. “Farming makes their land more valuable.”
But land on the island has become so valuable that the existence of farming is threatened.
On behalf of the farm community, Bentryn is asking the city for help.
After 27 years in the business, Carolyn Frame’s banking career hit a rough spot. Her boss had been promoted, and she and her new boss didn’t exactly mesh.
So she walked out, and joined a friend who had started a mortgage brokerage in Bellevue.