When police arrived at a North Madison Avenue house on a domestic violence call, the boozy bruiser lounging inside slyly deflected police accusations that he had a tussle with his wife.
“There are no marks on her or I,” he said.
Indeed, police had no trouble verifying that he bore no visible injuries because he was, after all, not wearing a shirt. Or pants.
Also this week: scratchin’ and bitin’ malamutes and mastiffs.
Read the blotter below….
The Serenity House, a 95-year-old home for developmentally disabled adults in Lynwood Center, closed its doors this week and will likely be demolished once its sold.
Its 17 residents have moved on to care facilities and group homes around Kitsap County. Only two residents found new homes on Bainbridge Island. Serenity’s residents ranged in age from 21 to 94.
Serenity’s operator, the Low Income Housing Institute, announced last year that it was losing money and would have to pull out. The Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority, which owns the 3.4-acre property, could no longer afford to subsidize Serenity’s operating costs, which amounted to about $16,000 a month.
Seattle-based LIHI began assisting Serenity’s residents in finding homes last year.
Many of the Serenity’s half-dozen employees had worked at the facility for over a decade.
The property’s list price is $1.95 million.
The bulk of the sale’s proceeds will help KCCHA reimburse the state $1.5 million for its assistance in purchasing the property years ago. Remaining proceeds will go to KCCHA and LIHI for costs related to operating the facility.
KCCHA abandoned plans to redevelop the property with a new assisted-living homes.
Built as a public school in 1914, the 11,000-square-foot Serenity House had fallen into disrepair.
“It’s in pretty poor shape,” KCCHA interim executive director Debbie Braughton said. “It’ll probably have to come down.”
The building also served as a sanitarium and, for the last 40 years, a group home for developmentally disabled adults and others in need of full-time care.
Sitting on a hillside across the street from the Lynwood Theatre on Lynwood Center Road, the Serenity House boasts panoramic views of Rich Passage.
Online real estate advertisements note the property’s views and redevelopment potential. The property is zoned for six residential units and commercial use along the road, according to advertisements.
Set to take shape later this month, a wall on Eagle Harbor’s south shore will tell the story of the first Japanese-Americans who were shipped off to internment camps during World War II.
The 272-foot-long “story wall” is the latest installment in the Japanese-American memorial project at the west edge of Pritchard Park.
The nonprofit Bainbridge Island Japanese-American Memorial Committee plans to break ground with a ceremony on March 30, a day that marks the 67th anniversary Japanese-Americans were exiled for the duration of the war.
Had a fun time on Friday calling up other cities and telling them how many public records requests the City of Bainbridge Island receives.
Best (printable) reaction was from the Poulsbo deputy city clerk: “Oh my god, that’s a huge amount!”
I got an even better exclamation from Mercer Island’s city attorney, but (after some pleading on her part), I agreed not to put in print. She felt it unbecoming of a person in her station. Her followup comment echoed Poulsbo reaction.
Fact is, Bainbridge residents are flooding City Hall with five times as many public records requests as comparable cities. And many are so complex that it takes staff days of digging to find and compile the requested info.
Read all about it here.
