Buy American-built furniture and upholstery slipcovers to reduce your impact on global warming. Not the typical sales pitch if you’re in the market for a new sofa. However, a conversation with Bainbridge Island entrepreneur and designer Mary Terry can be very convincing. You’ll find yourself seriously considering an eco-friendly, Instagram-worthy, marine-blue sofa posing with a […]
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What to Expect from Retirement Communities of Today
Retirement communities of today feature best-in-class contemporary architecture with open layouts, clean lines and modern finishes with all the amenities one could imagine. A common trend is taking cues from surrounding areas, whether it be beautiful, lush greenery or vast desert landscape, and incorporating it into the design of the space. Environment has a tremendous […]
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Melanie Dressel and Windy Bluff
Melanie Dressel was a banker and the CEO of Columbia Bank. She knew values. She knew the value of small towns like Colville, Washington, where she grew up; and the value of her husband, Bob, and their family. She knew the value of collaboration with work colleagues and employees. And the value of giving back […]
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Howe Farm Park Community Event Focused on Stewardship
Great Peninsula Conservancy (GPC) is partnering with REI and Kitsap County Parks Department to connect people to the outdoors through a community stewardship event at Howe Farm Park in Port Orchard on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27 and 28. Volunteers will work together to rehabilitate the boardwalks and trail systems near Salmonberry Creek. All ages […]
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Why Children Should Spend More Time with Their Grandparents
Play is important for everyone, no matter their age — and when grandparents, parents and children play together, that’s where the real benefits of unstructured fun are discovered. “Play time with adults of different ages is not just a chance for families to bond; these interactions with positive role models can help children develop a […]
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Il Lucano Ristorante Italiano
The unmistakable, booming, Italian-accented, jovial voice of Michele “Mike” Simone leaves no doubt Il Lucano is Gig Harbor’s iconic Italian restaurant. Simone makes the rounds of tables, greeting customers, inquiring about the quality of food and thanking them for patronizing his business. “I love feeding people, making them happy through what they eat,” he says. […]
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The Beach Basket Gift Shop 50 Years in the Making
A great many things have changed since 1969: the world, technology, the Kitsap Peninsula, Gig Harbor. But The Beach Basket, a mainstay iconic retail store in Gig Harbor, has remained. Since 1969, The Beach Basket and the Schmidtke family have toiled through all the changes to keep their gift store consistent — friendly, affordable, traditional […]
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‘Immigration Stories’ — a Choreographic Historical Odyssey
Retelling One Family’s Forced Migration Created by Alex Ung Saturday, September 14 @ 7:30 p.m. One Night Only at Bainbridge Performing Arts (BPA) Olympic Performance Group brings the new, dynamic group The Guild Dance Company of Seattle to Bainbridge Island to perform newly created choreography. “Immigration Stories,” a choreographic odyssey by Artistic Director Alex Ung, […]
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Get Ready to Bring Your Own Bags for Shopping in Kitsap
It’s time to stock up on those reusable bags. Starting Jan. 1, most of Kitsap County stores will go plastic-free for their carryout bags, and will start charging for paper bags. New laws restricting use of plastic carryout bags will go into effect in unincorporated Kitsap County as well as Bremerton and Port Orchard. Bainbridge […]