It’s hard to put a smiley face on Bainbridge home market

A real estate broker said at last week’s Chamber of Commerce luncheon that the messenger (the media) was spreading fear that caused potential buyers to become immobilized. Headlines, she said, were a … more
 What Roberto Clemente can still teach us | Tom Tyner

Perhaps you watched the 2008 All-Star Game last week, or at least the first six or seven hours of it. And if you did, then maybe also heard Fox Sports analyst Tim McCarver call Ichiro Suzuki the best … more
 Care to share your fortuity with others?

Question: Does Bainbridge Island, where the average household’s income is somewhere around $95,000, take care of its less fortunate? Generally, the island’s social-service professionals and volunteers… more
Past sunny summer Saturdays enjoy a replay on Bainbridge

Ah! A summer Saturday! Let me list the joys of a sunny summer Saturday on Bainbridge. First, no socks. We have bare fee… more
Tasty recipes for the tailgating menu | Lovin' from the Oven

OK. So the Seattle Mariners aren’t exactly selling out Safeco Field, while the Seahawks are still months away from retur… more
Winslow Way needs to be done right

The current budget shortfall for the city means that very few of the capital projects will get funded this year. To me t… more
Reaping the benefits of what you sow | Eve Leonard

“It’s great to see everything so beautifully grown,” he said. My beautifully grownup son was visiting recently. He was r… more
Something has to go, let it be the Post Office

It certainly pays to own property, especially on Bainbridge Island. Just ask Larry Nakata. Nakata owns two very importan… more
‘Incivility’ helps keep Bainbridge leaders in line

Councilman Barry Peters recently wrote a letter accusing “a small number” of unnamed island residents of engaging in “pe… more
Unabashedly titillated by tales of underwear catastrophes

It was bound to happen some day, but its inevitability makes it no less tragic. A woman who says she was hurt when a sma… more
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