In another example of how the ailing national economy has spread to Bainbridge, the city finance director is predicting a 5 percent drop in revenues for 2008. Cuts to projects – and maybe new taxes – could be on the way. Read on….
Daily Archives: April 3, 2008
Catching rain
A workshop on Saturday will teach Bainbridge gardeners how to go
easy on their pocketbooks and the island’s aquifers while
satisfying the thirst of vegetables and flowers.
Read on for the details…..
Bainbridge pool molestation
A 44-year-old Bainbridge man allegedly molested a young girl in a bathroom at the Bainbridge Aquatic Center last week. Prosecutors are seeking a minimum sentence of 25 years. Read police and legal affairs reporter Josh Farley’s report below.
The straight poop on BI beaches
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Bainbridge Island is oozing unsafe levels of……well, poop, to put it bluntly. The Kitsap County Health District has found extremely high levels of E. coli, which is a form of fecal coliform, which is the bacteria found in human and animal feces. Read the story below.
Bainbridge beaches show fecal contamination
By Tristan Baurick
Extremely high levels of bacteria caused by human and animal waste were found along the island’s beaches, according to water quality tests conducted by the Kitsap County Health District.
At least four sites between Point White and Fletcher Bay showed E.coli bacteria levels of 15 times the permissible limit. Dozens of sites on the south end and in Eagle Harbor also showed elevated levels of E.coli, a type of fecal coliform bacteria.
“We’ve connected three failed septic systems to some of the contamination, and we expect to find more as we cover the island’s beaches,” said Stuart Whitford, a health district pollution manager. While septic systems are a likely culprit for much of the pollution, Whitford says other factors, including animal feces, can contribute to the problem.
The health district is a cautioning people to steer clear of beach drains, restrict children from playing in water near drains and to refrain from harvesting shellfish along the island’s southwest shore, Eagle Harbor and other areas with harvest restrictions.
