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Peters and Bonkowski Leading in Early Returns
With 3,000 votes left to count, Councilman Barry Peters and challenger Steve Bonkowski are leading in the primary election for the at-large council seat on Bainbridge Island. Kim Hendrickson, with 27%...
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Bainbridge Island City Council Primary Results
With only 50 votes left to count and five days before the official results, Bainbridge Island has chosen Steven Bonkowski and Barry Peters as the candidates for the at-large council seat. Bonkowski...
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Video Interviews of the City Council Candidates: Question 1
In early September, Inside Bainbridge interviewed and filmed the candidates for Bainbridge Island City Council. There are eight candidates, two running for each of the four seats: North Ward: Anne...
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Video Interviews of the City Council Candidates: Question 2
In early September, Inside Bainbridge interviewed and filmed the candidates for Bainbridge Island City Council. There are eight candidates, two running for each of the four seats: North Ward: Anne...
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Video Interviews of the City Council Candidates: Question 3
In early September, Inside Bainbridge interviewed and filmed the candidates for Bainbridge Island City Council. There are eight candidates, two running for each of the four seats: North Ward: Anne...
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City Council Candidate Interviews: Question 4
In early September, Inside Bainbridge interviewed and filmed the candidates for Bainbridge Island City Council. There are eight candidates, two running for each of the four seats: North Ward: Anne...
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City Approves Solar Panels First Step: City Hall Roof to Be Evaluated
Last Wednesday, October 5, The City Council approved the first steps of a community solar project, authorizing an independent organization to evaluate the City Hall roof for potential installation of...
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Video Interview of City Council Candidates: Question 5
In early September, Inside Bainbridge interviewed and filmed the candidates for Bainbridge Island City Council. There are eight candidates, two running for each of the four seats: North Ward: Anne...
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Video Interview of City Council Candidates: Question 6
In early September, Inside Bainbridge interviewed and filmed the candidates for Bainbridge Island City Council. There are eight candidates, two running for each of the four seats: North Ward: Anne...
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Video Interview of City Council Candidates: Question 7
In early September, Inside Bainbridge interviewed and filmed the candidates for Bainbridge Island City Council. There are eight candidates, two running for each of the four seats: North Ward: Anne...
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Video Interviews of City Council Candidates: Question 8
In early September, Inside Bainbridge interviewed and filmed the candidates for Bainbridge Island City Council. There are eight candidates, two running for each of the four seats: North Ward: Anne...
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Video Interviews of City Council Candidates: Question 9
In early September, Inside Bainbridge interviewed and filmed the candidates for Bainbridge Island City Council. There are eight candidates, two running for each of the four seats: North Ward: Anne...
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Watch the City Council Candidate Video Interviews
In early September, Inside Bainbridge interviewed and filmed the candidates for Bainbridge Island City Council. There are eight candidates, two running for each of the four seats: North Ward: Anne...
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Blair, Blossom, Bonkowski, Ward Take Council Seats; No on Port
Ballot counts as of 8 p.m. Tuesday, November 8, were as follows. Decisive counts are in boldface. We will provide more election results this afternoon as ballot count updates become available....
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Election Results Update
Ballot counts as of 11 p.m. Wednesday, November 9, are as follows. Decisive counts are in boldface. Bainbridge Island Council District 1 Steven Bonkowski 55.60% Barry Peters 44.12% Bainbridge Island...
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HRB Rises and Shines at Fundraiser (w/ Photo Gallery)
Last Saturday morning (November 5), Grace Episcopal Church was packed with attendants at the second annual Rise & Shine fundraising breakfast and auction for Bainbridge Island Housing Resources...
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An Open Letter from Barry Peters to Newly Elected Council Members: Reject...
by Barry Peters December 18, 2011 To: Steve Bonkowski, Dave Ward, Sarah Blossom and Anne Blair cc: Debbi Lester, Bill Knobloch (with copies to members of the press and several hundred Bainbridge...
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Letter to the Editor: Bainbridge Island Will Have Trouble Replacing City...
by Barry Peters, Former City Councilmember (2008-11), January 31, 2012 I believe that, if this change gets majority approval on Wednesday, the four Councilmembers (Lester, Ward, Bonkowski, and...
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City Council This Week: January 31, 2012
Councilmember Scales was not there at the outset, but there was a quorum. The meeting followed an Executive Session about the collective bargaining negotiations. Councilmember Blair explained how a...
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Healing Our Community Through Conflict Resolution at VillageSpeak July 12
If you haven’t yet ridden the wave that is VillageSpeak, here’s another chance to dive in. VillageSpeak is the ongoing series of community get-togethers on a specific topic. July 12th’s topic is...
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Letter to the Editor: Request for Council Member to Recuse Herself
Dear Councilmember Blossom, Experience in recent months indicates that when a citizen wants to express a concern about a Council member’s potential conflict of interest, they will be ruled out of...
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Bainbridge’s Scott James Named a 2013 Washington State Volunteer of the Year
Although he doesn’t really want anyone to single him out, Islander Scott James has been named one of only 44 people across the state to be honored by Governor Inslee as an outstanding volunteer of...
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Cedars Unitarian Universalist Church Opens Permanent Activity & Meeting Space...
Cedars Unitarian Universalist Church still holds its Sunday services at The Island School on Day Road, but for the first time in its 54-year history it now owns a building for its offices and other...
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Bainbridge Broadcasts Its Plans for a Local FM Radio Station
by Steve Giovanis with Sarah Lane Approximately three dozen people gathered at the Waterfront Park Community Center Tuesday night, September 17, eager to discuss the potential for a Bainbridge-based...
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Navigate Your Bainbridge Tomorrow: Five Ways to Participate
Tomorrow, October 1, from 7-9 p.m., you are invited to speak your mind about the course currently being set for Bainbridge through the Comprehensive Plan Update. Comprehensive Plans are a sort of sea...
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Is That a Radio Tower, or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
Bainbridge Island City Manager Doug Schulze recently received FCC approval for a 10-year lease to operate an informational community radio station, at no cost, on two AM frequencies, 600kHz and 1700...
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Candidates Mulhern and Peltier Face off in BCB Interview
Bainbridge Community Broadcasting has interviewed City Council candidates Ron Peltier and Pegeen Mulhern, who are running against each other for the at-large seat and are the only two Council...
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BCB’s Interview with Parks Board Incumbent DeWitt and Challenger Grinter
Bainbridge Community Broadcasting’s second interview for this fall’s elections is with the two local candidates for the board of the Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Parks and Recreation District,...
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BCB’s Interview with Council Candidates Scott and Medina
Bainbridge Community Broadcasting’s third interview for this fall’s elections is with two of the three City Council candidates who are running unopposed, incumbent Michael Scott and Kol Medina. Sarah...
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