“A high school student can’t be on the debate team because he can’t afford the overnight trips and is embarrassed to ask for money. A fifth-grader goes home to an empty house every afternoon because her mother works off-island to support them. It doesn’t matter that mom can’t afford after school fees for sports or dance lessons, because the student has no transportation to and from home, anyway.A new mom wants to work part-time, but can’t find child care for her three-month-old son.How can Bainbridge Island help these community members?Developing a comprehensive system of social services to take care of islanders’ needs is the goal of the Human Services Element (HSE) draft going before the Bainbridge Island Planning Commission Oct. 14, for inclusion in the island’s Comprehensive Plan.”
Gazzam Lake Park is many things to many people.Some see it as a site for a Sunday nature walk next to a sedate body of water. Others see it as an offbeat locale for off-the-beaten path activities like horse riding and mountain biking. Still others see it as the perfect place for children to perch on a swing or play in a ball game.The one thing nobody sees in this 318-acre preserve on southwest Bainbridge Island is a battlefield.
“Nearly 70,000 absentee ballots – a record for Kitsap County – will be mailed today by the county auditor for the general election Nov. 2.Also in the mail for voters is a voters pamphlet prepared by the auditor’s elections department.”
“Ralls Clotfelter believes Bainbridge residents would support a second bridge to the island and a new ferry terminal at Blakely Harbor, if only they understood why it was so important to everyone in Kitsap County.There’s no punchline here. Or maybe you just heard it.Clotfelter, a longtime Central Kitsap resident who uses the Bainbridge ferry commuting to his Seattle manufacturing business, said a reasoned discussion about future growth impacts countywide will help islanders see that a new bridge and ferry terminal is in their best interests.”
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