The Buzz
Bite-size, behind-the-scenes editorials about local personalities, businesses and nonprofits.
A few things have put Bainbridge Island on the national map. Our high-profile governor…
Lori Blevins-Schilling is no stranger to major lifestyle adjustments. She founded…
We islanders love our avian friends (except possibly that territorial owl on the…
If pickleball has a cousin in the golf world, it might be disc golf. The rapidly…
Picture an apple. The shine of its skin, the star of seeds at its center.…
Suzanne Selfors excitedly forged ahead early this year with two new ventures: a book…
If you’ve noticed more gardens popping up around the island (and on your friends’…
Ken Stern grew up surrounded by languages. His grandparents spoke Yiddish and his…
Bainbridge Island has been lauded for being the only place in the world where the…
Sgt. Trevor Ziemba, a police officer for nearly 30 years, recalls a time when he would…
By Alorie Gilbert When students and teachers file through the doors into the…
Google “the art of conversation” and you’ll find more than 1.7 million results for…
At the start, Bainbridge Island Rod and Gun Club members fished for salmon in the…
The headlines are somber—wildfires rampaging, polar ice melting, glaciers vanishing,…
By Juliet Shields Did you know that we have an animal shelter with a nationally…
Bainbridge may be host to waves of big-city style growth, but when it’s time for a…
While shuttling between her home in Suquamish and her jobs in downtown Winslow and…
Cameron Snow admits she sees the world differently than most. That became apparent in…
Imagine you’ve just spent a long day painting a school in Pokhara and pause to feel…
Through their company Earthbound Expeditions, islanders Matthew and Danna Brumley…
It’s no easy feat showing up for a 5:30 a.m. fitness class before heading off to…
You can track down ancestors on a number of internet sites these days or take a DNA…
Don’t be afraid to use your seam ripper. Dawn Janow took to heart that advice…
Bainbridge Islanders love rocks. Heck, we live on one. Lucky for us, we’re surrounded…
Richard lemieux reached his low point on a rainy Christmas night in 2005. Homeless and…
How many Bainbridge Islanders does it take to stuff and sort 13,000 envelopes in less…
Growing up above a Philadelphia funeral home, Tim Dinan didn’t think there was…
Imagine a card game that you never tire of. One that sharpens your intellect and focus…
They knock over trashcans, nest in the attic and stalk neighborhood cats. Or so go…
Thirty years ago, a trip to the Nicaraguan island of Ometepe forever changed the way…
Some fun owl facts: Owls are colorblind and have no sense of smell. The males build…
Puget sound yields an abundance of edible wildlife, but shellfish are perhaps among…
As wendy Orville turned the handle of her large Takach etching press during a recent…
Their Audiences may be young, but area authors, illustrators and musicians who focus…
Passion. People find it in unique ways. Sarah Pearl found hers when she stumbled upon…
At His Recording Studio next to Johnson Farm, Johnny Bregar has to contend with the…
For Leigh Calvez, it was love at first spout. She met her first whale, a humpback, in…
On a Busy Friday afternoon, community members gather to assist visitors at Bainbridge…
It’s as much an experience as it is a store. One that gently lingers long after…
For most folks, by the time they hit their mid-40s, their athletic prowess has…
They Gutted and remade the gallery—and blew up the name. But folks at The Art Project…
Eavesdrop on tourist conversations on the Bainbridge Island ferry and you will often…
You may know her as an actress, writer and director, but Dinah Manoff sees herself as…
In the dark winter months, we in the Pacific Northwest can get pretty desperate.…
It’s 2018. At the U.S. southern border, children are being detained and confined…
Ahhh Bainbridge Island. Farmers’ markets, boutiques and garden tours, beaches, boats…
As a youngster, Morgan Rohrbach would stop by her grandmothers’ apartments at the…
Appellations are not built overnight. The time from a wine region’s birth to its…
Need a Good Reason to get up at the crack of dawn? How about joining the Bainbridge…
Nothing can transport you back to childhood quite like climbing into a treehouse.…
