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New financial director for BISD announced

The Bainbridge Island School District has a new financial director, the district announced in a news release March…

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Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz speaks at BI’s Windemere Real Estate office.

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State asks BI to build more housing

Bainbridge Island has a housing problem, and the state wants to help fix it.

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Two volunteers recoil at the sight of a strand of invasive Himalayan blackberry Jan. 15.

Life

These folks are warriors when it comes to eradicating weeds

Jeannette Franks has been waging a silent war in the parks and roadsides of Bainbridge Island for over…

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Sunset over Patagonia, AZ, where the Hyla class stayed during the Borderlines course.

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Hyla students learn about border conflicts during Arizona trip

Ten high school-age students from Hyla School on Bainbridge Island spent their winter break getting an eye-opening course…

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John Steiner demonstrates the use of a table saw to cut wood in preparation for use in furniture.

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Ex-diver becomes accomplished BI woodworker

If you ask John Steiner about his life’s work, he might point to the 11 years he spent…

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“Rain - Pacific Northwest,” by Carol Despeaux Fawcett, is displayed in the window of the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art.

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Last chance to enter 25th BI poetry contest

When T.S. Eliot wrote, “April is the cruelest month,” he wasn’t thinking of Bainbridge Island.

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Riley Lambert, Nikka Heiskanen and Amelie Hill of Go Run Bainbridge jog during a recent practice.

Sports

At local running club, ‘every girl is an athlete’

Are you faster than a fifth-grader? On Bainbridge Island, that’s a serious question.

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A rough-skinned newt crossing a bike path Feb. 8.

Life

Newt crossing guards help BI amphibians survive

The life cycle of salmon is the heartbeat of the Pacific Northwest, but it’s not the only watery…

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Bainbridge school levies have huge leads

The Bainbridge Island School District was passing both of its school levies easily in returns Feb. 15.

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Acting superintendent Amii Thompson shared amended details about the school budget at a board meeting Feb. 8.

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Bainbridge won’t be closing schools

The Bainbridge Island School District numbers just didn’t add up.

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Peggy and Ronald Booth on their wedding day in 1960.

Life

All they need is love — for 63 years

Love is on the breeze for Bainbridge Island, but it’s the wind in the sails for this longtime…

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Students enjoy arts and crafts at the annual Maker Faire.

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Correction: 2 BI levies cost $19 more a month

Residents in the Bainbridge Island School District are voting Feb. 13 whether to raise property taxes by an…

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Ordway Elementary parent and self-described “data geek” JJ Blackwood holds up a bar chart demonstrating the breakdown of school closure scenario preference by school attendance at the Bainbridge Island School Board meeting Jan. 25.

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7 groups, 110 members have 10 ideas for BI school closures

The heat is on as the Bainbridge Island School district works toward a solution for a $4.5 million…