Bainbridge Conversation

The Bainbridge Farmers Market will re-open on Saturday at Eagle Harbor Congregational Church for a month-long winter stint.

The market’s growers are promising enough of a bounty for islanders to add a few locally-grown foods to Thanksgiving dishes.

Sound Food’s Carolyn Goodwin says local farmers have had a good harvest this year.

“Island farms have been spared a hard frost so far, so there are still lots of veggies to harvest,” she said in Sound Food’s latest e-newsletter. “There are even a few tomatoes still on the vine!”

The winter market will be open every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. until Dec. 19.

For a list of the produce available on Saturday, and recipes and lots of other stuff, check out Sound Food’s latest newsletter here.

Share on Facebook

Tweet This Post 

This week, a Bainbridge woman stepped from her morning shower to find a drunken teenage girl wandering her house. When asked by police where she thought she was, the teen answered “Jerome’s terminal.”

Also this week, a Poulsbo man almost punched someone and almost hit a pedestrian with his van before definitely getting arrested for drunk driving.

The blotter’s below.

Read the rest of this entry »

Share on Facebook

Tweet This Post 

KING 5 News did a recent story on a Bainbridge Island pilot project to reduce home energy consumption this winter.

If you haven’t seen it, here’s our story.

And KING’s is here.

Share on Facebook

Tweet This Post 

The City Council on Wednesday decided to punt the Winslow Way reconstruction project into 2011.

With a lawsuit preventing the city from borrowing money, the council decided a one-year delay was best option available.

Read more in today’s Sun.

Share on Facebook

Tweet This Post 

Over 500 island households have signed up to have their heat automatically reduced during peak winter usage.

The pilot project was initiated after Puget Sound Energy announced it would need a third power substation on Bainbridge to meet the island’s increasing demand.

Read more about the project in environmental reporter Christopher Dunagan’s story.

Share on Facebook

Tweet This Post 

Dirt is the topic of the 2009 Bainbridge Environmental Conference.

Set for this Sunday at IslandWood, the conference will cover how the island’s dirt is eroded and contaminated and how it can be cared for. It’ll also feature a discussion with author and UW scientist David Montgomery, whose book “Dirt: the Erosion of Civilization” inspired this year’s conference theme.

Read more about the conference here.

Share on Facebook

Tweet This Post 

The city Ethics Board agreed this week with former city manager Mark Dombroski’s that Councilman Bill Knobloch had violated the city ethics code by not filing a conflict-of-interest statement. The board went took things a step further, asserting that Knobloch also violated a portion of the code that states elected officials should avoid “the appearance of impropriety.”

Read my story here.

Share on Facebook

Tweet This Post 

I just got word that today’s featured concert at the One World Multicultural Festival is now…free.

The festival starts at 4:30 p.m. and runs until 8 p.m. at the Pavilion (403 Madison Ave.)

Organized by Liz Gadbois (who brought you Farmstock and the Taste of Lynwood), One World features Mexican, Japanese, Indian and Italian food tastings, art exhibits, crafts and local history displays.

The headliner is Abrace and the MB Orchestra, which takes the stage at 5 p.m. Expect songs in 17 languages and Brazilian and Middle Eastern dance moves.

For more info, click here.

Share on Facebook

Tweet This Post 

Through a blog post by none other than Bainbridge Islander editor Ric Hallock, I learned of a horrifying video simulation (above) of all Hell breaking loose right where (gasp!) a large percentage islanders disembark the ferry for work everyday.

The state Department of Transportation produced the simulation to show (with flames and crashes and the ripping of the earth’s crust) what would happen if an earthquake struck the Alaskan Way Viaduct.

It’s sort of long, and really needs a soundtrack (with booming drums and crashing cymbals) to go along with it, but it did is thrilling watch (for a video game…uh, I mean a video simulation). Notice at the end that the ferries are safe and sound. The lesson: if an earthquake hits, buy a ticket and set sail.

For a smaller-attention-span version (and with added screams!) see the video response below.

Share on Facebook

Tweet This Post 

If you haven’t taken a look yet, the Kitsap Sun just launched its revamped website. You can see the front page at kitsapsun.com.

Also, stop by the Sun’s new Bainbridge page. That’s where all the stuff I write ends up, and quite a few Bainbridge stories by other Sun writers. Don’t forget to bookmark it on your toolbar or set up an RSS feed (that’s that orange dot/curvy line thing on the top right of the Bainbridge Islander page).

In other Kitsap Sun news, the editorial board is looking for a few good volunteers. The current two community members are from Bremerton and Port Orchard. Figures, right? Well, now’s your chance to get an islander (you) on board and inject some Bainbridgeness into the editorial page.

Being a member of the board means you have to have ready access to e-mail, attend weekly meetings in Bremerton (don’t worry. They’re opening an organic market downtown, so you won’t starve), and you have to work well with others (Bainbridge City Council members need not apply).

Read more about the ins and outs of serving on the board in by clicking here.

Share on Facebook

Tweet This Post 

Washington State Ferries was spent $327,000 on repairs and other costs after the Wenatchee ran into Seattle’s Colman Dock on a foggy August morning.

The Wenatchee, which was arriving from Bainbridge on Aug. 30, was taken out of service for five days. That caused a cascade of boat-shifting that left the state needing to lease two passenger-only ferries from Victoria Express to use on the Bremerton run, according to a story in today’s Kitsap Sun.

WSF paid $180,000 to fix the ferry’s bow and $122,000 to lease the passenger-only ferries, spokeswoman Marta Coursey said.

Read more: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/10/ferrys-hard-landing-in-seattle-cost-327000/#ixzz0WZwBLjLr

Share on Facebook

Tweet This Post 

Might be a good idea to stay clear of the intersection of Valley and Kallgren Road. Kamikaze bunnies and pistol-waving robbers are known to lurk in the vicinity.

Blotter’s below.

Read the rest of this entry »

Share on Facebook

Tweet This Post