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Spartan Takes Gold in Scholastic Writing Contest
The 2013 Scholastic Writing Awards honored Bainbridge High School sophomore Caitlin Williams with the regional first-place Gold Key for her personal essay/memoir “Paterphobia.” Williams will advance...
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More Details Emerge in Case of Bainbridge Up-Skirt Voyeur
The 32-year-old Bainbridge man, Angus Andrew Leger, who was arrested for voyeurism Wednesday and who is now out on $250,000 bail, seemed to make a habit of using his lunch break from his job on the...
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Shannon Dowling and Team Star Wars Walk for Multiple Sclerosis
by Mike Lisagor and Shannon Dowling At 43 years old, Shannon Dowling is at the statistical middle of people who have multiple sclerosis (MS). She lives on Bainbridge Island with her husband Ted and...
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About 50 Bainbridge Nooksack Tribe Members Threatened with Disenrollment
Of the 306 Nooksack members currently facing disenrollment from their tribe, an estimated 50 are Bainbridge Islanders. All are of mixed Nooksack and Filipino descent. A resolution recently passed by...
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Mole Infiltrates Inside Bainbridge, Gives Shocking Exposé
I have the coolest job in the world. Well, maybe the coolest job on Bainbridge? On a whim, I answered a query on Facebook posted by Inside Bainbridge. I was sitting beside a lake in Maine pondering my...
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The Man Who Dares to Love the “Better-off-Dead” Dogs Expands Their Territory
Steve Markwell is the man who takes our most brutalized, neglected, and feral best friends—the chained, beaten, and abandoned ones so wounded or wild they’re unsuited for regular human homes; the...
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Bainbridge Hires Matthew Hamner as Its New Police Chief
Bainbridge City Manager Doug Schulze announced this afternoon that he has hired Matthew Hamner for the position of Police Chief. Hamner will leave his position in the Indianapolis Police Department as...
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Letter to the Editor: Council Member Lester Won’t Run Again
Dear Editor: It is with a heavy heart that I am announcing that I won’t seek reelection. Having taken time to listen to family, friends, colleagues, and constituents, and although many encouraged me...
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Bainbridge’s Scott James Named a 2013 Washington State Volunteer of the Year
Although he doesn’t really want anyone to single him out, Islander Scott James has been named one of only 44 people across the state to be honored by Governor Inslee as an outstanding volunteer of...
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Peerless Hockey Jock Mo Greason Has Her Sights on Division I Play
Maureen (Mo) Greason is one of the toughest Bainbridge athletes you may have never heard of. That’s because she plays most of her games away. As a member of the Western Washington Female Hockey...
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Fire Commissioner Resigns; Four BIFD Board Openings on November Ballot
On Friday, April 26, Bainbridge Fire Commissioner Glen Tyrrell announced his resignation, effective May 1, 2013. Tyrrell has served the Bainbridge Island Fire Department in various capacities for over...
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Bainbridge Crew Makes History and Takes Gold at Canadian Regatta
by Peggy Musselwhite Bainbridge crew teams swept the competition, making history for the rowing club in several first-ever wins at the Brentwood Regatta on Vancouver Island this past weekend, April...
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BHS Band Toots Its Own Horn(s) at State, Takes First in High Sax
by BHS Band Director Chris Thomas On April 26-27, several Bainbridge High School students traveled to Ellensburg to participate in our State’s Solo & Ensemble chamber music competition. To qualify...
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New Island Table Tennis Tournament King Gives a Paddling
Saturday afternoon, May 4, at the Waterfront Park Community Center, eight men and four women faced off in the second Island Table Tennis Tournament, leaving Islander Phil Hodge with the metaphoric...
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Birthday Girl “Skipper” Turns 100 on Mother’s Day, Gives Insight into Life...
Catherine Burr Tripp, or “Skipper” as she is known to most, has come full circle on the great wheel of life. By living a full century, she has done something accomplished by only about 1 in 6,000...
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Spotlight on Cops: Officer Victor Cienega on Off-the-Wall Bainbridge Calls
National Police Week, from May 13-18, honors the memory of law enforcement officers who gave their lives on the job. At Inside Bainbridge, we’re using the occasion to focus on officers who currently...
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BHS Teacher Brad Lewis Wins National Travel Award
Bainbridge High School AP statistics teacher Bradley Lewis has won a prestigious travel and teaching grant to study in Africa. From thousands of applicants across the country, Lewis has been selected...
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Bainbridge Varsity Soccer Threepeats State Academic Award
They aren’t just pretty faces. Apparently it isn’t enough that for three years in a row our Spartan varsity soccer team has finished in the top three spots at State, winning last year, taking second...
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Meet Your New Police Chief, Matt Hamner
On Police Chief Matt Hamner’s first day on the job, June 10, his office staff gave him a present: a framed historic map of Bainbridge Island. The staff had paid for it and framed it with their own...
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New Interim Director for One Call
You may know Holly Rohrbacher. As a professional events coordinator, she has worked with IslandWood, the Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Community Foundation, and Friends of the Farms. She has served on...
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What the Hwy 305 and High School Rd Shopping Center Protesters Are Up Against
Last week some 15 protesters stood at the northeast corner of Highway 305 and High School Road holding signs objecting to the proposed shopping center there. They are planning to return with more...
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LAX Girls Net All Kinds of Honors, JV Team Ends Season Undefeated
The Bainbridge Girls Lacrosse Varsity Team may not have won this year’s state championship. (That honor went to Lakeside, which beat Lake Sammamish for the title.) But you wouldn’t know it from the...
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New Police Chief Is Humorous and Profound at Swearing-in Ceremony
When introducing new Police Chief Matt Hamner to a City Council chamber full of guests last night, June 20, City Manager Doug Schulze said that Hamner stood way out from the other 60 applicants to the...
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Council Members Again Overlook Rules of Governance, Debate Policies for...
At the very end of the Wednesday (June 19) City Council meeting, during the review of upcoming council meeting agendas, Councilmember Scales asked for a point of order because, he said, Mayor Steve...
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Bainbridge Masters Crew Strikes Gold at Regional Championships
The Bainbridge Island Masters Rowers swept six gold medals, three silver, and two bronze at the 2013 Northwest Regional Rowing Championships held in Vancouver, Washington, last weekend, June 21-23....
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Bainbridge Rope Skippers Snap up a Second-Place Finish at Grand Nationals
The Bainbridge Island Rope Skippers returned from the 2013 Jump Rope National Competition in Long Beach, California, with armfuls of awards and ribbons. Bainbridge jumpers placed in the top 10 in 8 of...
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BHS Young Biz Leaders Lead at National FBLA Conference
The BHS Future Business Leaders of America chapter ended the school year and immediately went to work at the National Business Leadership Conference in Anaheim from June 25 to July 1. Twenty-one BHS...
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Municipal Court Judge Kathryn Carruthers Will Not Serve Another Term
Municipal Court Judge Kathryn Carruthers notified City Manager Doug Schulze that she will not seek reappointment when her 4-year term ends December 31, 2013. Judge Carruthers was first appointed as...
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Bosserman Withdraws from South Ward Race, Endorses Former Opponent Townsend
Bob Bosserman has announced his withdrawal from the primary race for the Bainbridge Island City Council’s South Ward seat. “When I filed to become a candidate there was no one expected to run for the...
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New Land Trust Director Makes Abrupt Departure; Interim Appointed
Hallie Stevens, who took the helm of the Land Trust late last January, has resigned from her position to return to her home state of Florida to care for suddenly emerging health needs of her elderly...
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Gun Club Poised to Expand, Citizen Group up in Arms
The Bainbridge Island Sportsman’s Club, a.k.a. the Gun Club, was just awarded a Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office grant to complete improvements to the rifle range. But a strong...
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Two Local 911 Operators Honored, One for Handling Silverdale Bank Robbery Call
At their 36th annual awards ceremony on June 20th in Kennewick, the Washington State Chapter of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) and the state National Emergency Number...
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Letter to the Editor: The Enemy Is Us, Not the School District
I have been working on IPM [Integrated Pest Management] with the Bainbridge Island School District, the Park District, and the City of BI for nearly twenty years. I was a member of the original...
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Did City Council Members Violate State Law as Well as City Policy?
by Althea Paulson Documents released by the city pursuant to a public records request reveal that Arlene Buetow, Central Ward City Council candidate, lobbied four members of the Council at their...
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Gay and Just Married on Bainbridge Island
Kendra DeAnne Field and Deanna Reace Bennett married on Saturday, July 20, in the company of 300 family members and friends at their Bainbridge Island home. Bennett and Field have been together 13...
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Longtime Supporter of Bainbridge Arts Karen Rice Passes Away
Karen Rice, who passed away yesterday, July 27, at the age of 78, was not a Bainbridge resident—she lived in Poulsbo. But she was an integral part of the performing arts scene here on the island. Her...
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Meet the Students in the Dirt Behind the Scenes at Bloedel This Summer
Four young people are spending the summer getting their hands (and knees and probably faces) dirty at Bainbridge’s Bloedel Reserve. These students are budding horticulturists and, for them, the chance...
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If You Enjoy Shopping for Back to School Supplies, Don’t Read This
Tiffny Weighall gets what it’s like to shop for school supplies in the fall. As a mom of three young people and as a former employee of a paper goods store, she understands about having to go to three...
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Bainbridge Senior Runner Paul Benton Blazes Trails, Winning Two State Titles,...
Paul Benton is a middle distance runner, specializing in the 800 and 1500 meters. He just took first place in both of those events at the State Championships in Tumwater. You’re thinking, “What State...
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Musician Jherek Bischoff Returns Home from World Tour for One Night at BPA
Jherek Bischoff is a Bainbridge-raised musician who has hit the big time. Now he’s coming back with pals to visit, for a single night’s performance at BPA this Friday, August 16. Bischoff recently...
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Celebrate Islander Akio Suyematsu’s Life and Legacy Monday
When Akio Suyematsu died one year ago on July 31 at the age of 90, it felt like a Bainbridge era had come to an end. Suyematsu, the son of immigrant strawberry farmers who had been working their 40...
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Bainbridge Lacrosse Standouts Play on Team Washington at U15 U.S. Championship
Bainbridge Island’s Hannah Elzig (#17) and Hannah Maroni (#23) were selected for 2013 Lacrosse Team Washington to play in the 5th Annual U.S. U15 National Championship. Fifty-six girls and boys teams...
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Three City Council- members Sued Over Refusal to Turn Over E-Mails
Althea Paulson, the former editor of the Bainbridge Buzz and a Bainbridge Island blogger who has written for IB, and Islander Bob Fortner filed a Public Records Act lawsuit in Kitsap County Superior...
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Letter to the Editor: From the Artists of the Bainbridge Island Working Studios
Thank you Island residents and others who attended and supported the newest venture of exposing artists and their artistic talents during the Bainbridge Island Working Studios (BIWS) premier summer...
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Without Shedding Blood, Council Member Responds to Slanderous E-Mail
An anonymous e-mail titled “Politics as Blood Sport on Bainbridge Island” that Islander Gary Tripp circulated August 25 to his Bainbridge Defense Fund e-mail list accused Councilmember Anne Blair of...
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Bainbridge Home Brazenly Burglarized in Broad Daylight
A family on Venice Loop was subjected to a break-in during the middle of the afternoon today, September 3, perhaps an indication of increased nerve among thieves. The thief or thieves climbed in...
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Surprise Spike in School Enrollment Prompts Last-Minute Class and Staff...
The Bainbridge Island School District is reporting a jump in its preliminary first-day enrollment. The District’s FTE (full-time equivalent) hit a total of 3,700 students, 115 more than anticipated....
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Did a Bainbridge Paddleboard Business Knowingly Rent During the Sewage Spill...
At the start of Labor Day weekend, on Friday August 30, upwards of 450,000 gallons of raw sewage burst through a broken sewer main in Winslow and began leaking into nearby Eagle Harbor. The following...
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Public TV Station to Film Bainbridge Teen Talking Circle
In 1993, Bainbridge photographer Linda Wolf came up with an innovative idea for getting teens to connect and work through the issues they face. She launched The Daughters Sisters Project for teen...
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Bainbridge Activist, Aviator, Author, and Actor Bob Burkholder Dies at 90
There are a lot of things to know about Islander Bob Burkholder, who died early Friday morning, September 13, at the age of 90. But perhaps the main thing to know about him, as evident from...
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