Bainbridge Island police greeted a room full of islanders Thursday with aims to foster a more neighborly persona on the island. It was the first of two town hall meetings planned by the island’s police department, which come in the wake of a $1 million judgement against Bainbridge Island in the police shooting of a mentally ill man and the resignation earlier this month of Jon Fehlman, the city’s police chief since 2009.
A fire on Coyote Farm Lane burned down an outbuilding Thursday night.
The thumbs up came after three candidates interviewed for the position with the city council in an executive session Wednesday evening. The council opened their meeting up to the public at 9:30 p.m. and made their decision.
The Bahamas Marimba Project, or “Bahamarimba” project as islander Barbara Bolles likes to call it, taught young Bahamians on Harbour Island and Eleuthera how to make and play marimbas.
Silver Screen Video has served Bainbridge Island for over two decades. Now they are moving on — across the street.
Josh Bortman, also a co-owner of another Winslow business called Pretty Stick, is branching out into another entrepreneurial endeavor — burgers.
The next VillageSpeak
When: 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 24.
Where: St. Barnabas Parish Hall.
Cost: $5 until Saturday, Sept. 22, $10 afterward on www.brownpapertickets.com.
The Bainbridge Island Spartans lost to the Black Hills Wolves 34-10 after the pack’s unexpected comeback late in the game Friday, Sept. 14.
With 53 miles of shoreline, Bainbridge Island has a unique relationship with the Puget Sound it is nestled within. This relationship will be the theme of the 12th Annual Bainbridge Island Environmental Conference, “Downstream: Surprising Connections Between your Life and the Marine Life of Puget Sound.”
Doug Schulze has been asked to be the next city manager of Bainbridge Island.
Bainbridge Island police have recently warned of scams targeting the island’s elderly, but not everyone heard the warning.
The three candidates that have emerged from a field of more than 40 will be presented to the public this Tuesday.
Islanders will get a unique opportunity to discuss their police department on Thursday at the first Bainbridge Island town hall meeting on police issues.
