Different communities spawn different mythologies.In upper-class suburban enclaves, teen-on-teen violence is embodied in the popular mind by the dark-clad outcast, shunned in regular social circles… Continue reading
In an age of diminishing expectations – of buying power, affordable health care, retirement at a still-vigorous age, world peace, the very survival of the… Continue reading
Those were the days, 1989.You could buy a nice house on Bainbridge Island for $150,000, and a mobile home went for less than half that… Continue reading
Something has been lostIf you were wondering how some City Council members could boycott their own meeting last week with a fair conscience, here’s your… Continue reading
It was a season of searing heat, and not just at the beach. Collars were plenty sticky behind the wheel and behind the counter.The summer… Continue reading
The thing about the 200 Building was, nobodyexpected to build it.Commodore Middle School eighth graders were all poised to tour Bainbridge High School on May… Continue reading
Like buffalo to the watering hole, every Thursday evening they came – scores, perhaps hundreds of motorcyclists drawn to the neighborhood pub for build-your-own tacos… Continue reading
Sheila Crofut never thought of herself a cat person, but when she was asked to take in a 13 year-old black-and-white kitty named Chin Chin,… Continue reading
Whose downtown is it, anyway?While we all take a proprietary interest in “our” Winslow Way, some interests are more equal than others. That’s why we’ve… Continue reading
Nineteen trees lost, 184 trees planted.That’s the forecast on the Bainbridge High School campus, on the essential eve of ground breaking for the new 200… Continue reading
Any dope can get a driver’s license. Judging bythe shenanigans you see on our public roadways these days, many of them do.Boaters operate by a… Continue reading
There are many words that come to mind while strolling along Water Street in Port Townsend, but “canyon” isn’t among them.The towering buildings of the… Continue reading
All carrot, no stick. Those four words might explain why a historic building on Ericksen Avenue – and perhaps, in time, the others around it… Continue reading
Anyone for a run at council?
Many weeks into his epic hike along the Appalachian Trail, author and humorist Bill Bryson picked up a Nashville newspaper to see what was going… Continue reading
New survey results trouble officials
With a couple million acres of land available for the taking, settlers lined up by the tens of thousands at the territorial line on April… Continue reading
Election day voter registration used to be the normin Oregon. Change addresses right before a big vote? No worries. You could just head down to… Continue reading
A friend of ours used to work as a grocer, and during her stint as a manager became well-acquainted with the ins and outs of… Continue reading
From the New York Times this week:“I was struck by the dry statement that ‘many of the 1,806 people arrested during the convention were held… Continue reading