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Alec Rodriguez practices piano at home.

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Learning from mom’s lessons got piano prodigy started

The Piano Man in Poulsbo is a 15-year-old pupil.

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Marie-Elena Baker and her son Michael.

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‘Arms’ provides funds, hugs during cancer treatments

Cristina Nashman felt all alone.

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BI playwright makes off-Broadway at age 69

For playwright Elizabeth Coplan of Bainbridge Island it’s better late than never.

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Fans young and old enjoy looking at rocks at the gem show.

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Gifts, gems draw thousands to Kitsap fairgrounds

The 36th annual Holiday Gift and Food Fair took place Nov. 17-19 at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds. An…

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Attendees seeking holiday gifts check out items at a recent craft fair in Suquamish.

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Gifts in Suquamish

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David Ansley is president of the society.

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Popularity of Bremerton fungus show mushrooms

Society’s desire to become more self-sufficient is mushrooming even in the area of fungis.

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Mrs. White, played by Rel Eerkes, is overcome by all the murders and becomes hysterical.

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Don’t have a Clue? Check out this play

Bainbridge High School Theater Club has set the stage for Clue, a farce-meets-murder mystery based on the legendary…

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Randy Weaver of Bremerton has spent tens of thousands of dollars on decorations for his house, which has to be the most elaborate in Kitsap County.

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It’s scary how elaborate this Halloween house is

Everybody has their favorite holiday—one they really go all out for.

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Kids of all ages enjoy watching the model trains.

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Railroad club at Kitsap Mall keeps chugging along after 50 years

The Bremerton Northern Model Railroad, one of Kitsap County’s longtime institutions, is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

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Ezra Strawn, 12, poses with a certificate from Guinness World Records verifying her world record displaying 1,650 origami dogs May 16 at the Bainbridge Island Public Library.

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Record: Nobody better than Ezra at folding origami dogs

A Bainbridge Island girl has set a world record for displaying the most folded origami dogs.

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A group of women prepare a display in the Port Orchard Scarecrow Contest.

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Full weekend of Halloween fun in, around SK

Spooky season is upon us, and there is more than enough to see and do this Halloween in…

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The beach at Skaha Lake at Penticton, B.C., is a great place to hang out on a hot day.

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Pleasures of Penticton

“Oh, you’re American? Then everything’s 30 percent off.”

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City workers put up a 7- by 6-foot dragonfly sculpture in front of Bainbridge Island City Hall recently. It is part of the annual Something New art rotation. The ‘Prehistoric Dragonfly’ by Leon White is made from aluminum, glass and paint. White used vintage glass headlights that glow at night because he wanted its eyes to bulge out.

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Eye spy a dragonfly

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A shot from above of quilts hanging from a previous show.

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Outdoor quilt show on BI Sept. 9

The annual Bainbridge Island Modern Quilt Guild’s fall festival is back for its 11th year.

Mount Rainier looms large on the horizon.

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A walk down Larsons Lane

An evening walk along Larsons Lane NE in the Lynwood neighborhood offers many views grand and small. Earlier…

Steve Fossen on bass, upper left, and clockwise vocalist Somar Macek, drummer Michael DeRosier, guitarist Chad Quist and vocalist-keyboardist-guitarist Lizzy Daymont. Heart to Heart courtesy photo

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2 original Heart members set beat for new band

Steve Fossen, founder of the legendary rock group Heart, was supposed to be cleaning up the butcher shop…

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Book: How Germans were treated after World War 2

I am the author of “Anna’s Story: A True Story of a Young Girl’s Will to Survive in…

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Cast from a play in a previous 10-minute Festival.

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All kinds of 10-minute plays on BI in TABOO!

TABOO!, ten 10-minute plays that are funny, serious, quirky and thought-provoking, will take place Aug. 17-19 at Bainbridge…

Music at the BIMA Block Party included a number of stages and performers. Damon Williams/Kitsap News Group Photos

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BIMA party a chip off the old block

Any organization that’s been around for 10 years probably has some traditions and standard operating procedures.

The Saints Car Club Car Cruz brings up to 12,000 people to downtown Port Orchard for its annual Car Cruz. This year’s event is set for Aug. 13. Saints Car Club courtesy photos

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Saints set Aug. 13 for annual Car Cruz

Originally created in the 1950s to keep the drag racing and cruising off Port Orchard’s downtown streets, the…