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Stacy Shirley and Carol Wallack are playing with Aloha at the Founders Tournament on Bainbridge Island. Nicholas Zeller-Singh/Kitsap News Group Photos

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Bainbridge opens arms to distraught Maui pickleball players

Maui has been hit by some of the worst wildfires in recent history.

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.

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Jon Brandt (left) and Nick Lyon run Ozone International on Bainbridge Island after playing baseball together at UCLA and in the minor leagues.

Business

Pair team up in baseball first, now in business

Growing up, Nick Lyon and Jon Brandt believed they were destined to play Major League Baseball.

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Attorney and food safety expert Bill Marler and writer Jeff Benedict pose under the marquee at the Lynwood Theater during the premiere of the documentary, Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food. The film is set for worldwide release on Netflix Aug. 2.

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Food safety topic of BI man’s documentary

Would you knowingly buy chicken contaminated with salmonella or another potentially lethal bacteria?

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After Suquamish visit, canoes end long journey

After a four-year hiatus, the intertribal Canoe Journey returned to Kitsap County when 92 canoes arrived on the…

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One of the pieces in the Showcase.

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BIMA Block Party celebrates 10th anniversary

A free BIMA Block Party featuring art and music will take place from noon to 9:30 p.m. Aug.…

Although the three stores were in North Kitsap, Mora ice cream was shipped all over the country. Mora courtesy photo

Business

Island Cool Frozen Yogurt buys Mora Iced Creamery

The scoop about Mora Iced Creamery is it’s closing its doors.

High Point, the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s new 4,200 square-foot cannabis shop, recently opened off Hansville Road. Tyler Shuey/Kitsap News Group Photos

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New pot shop a High Point for Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe

High Point Cannabis has opened its new store on Hansville Road next to the Point Casino & Hotel.

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Sheriff John Gese.

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Crime up, deputies down in Kitsap

Last year was a rough one for crimes reported to the Kitsap County sheriff’s office. Serious assaults, unlawful…

Susan Goodwin speaks with the Nelson family who traveled from Kalispell, MT to pick up the canoe to return it to the Conrad Mansion Museum. Nancy Treder/Kitsap News Group Photos

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Returning canoe to family she bought it from 40 years ago

Forty years ago, Susan Goodwin spotted an old canvas-covered wood canoe at a garage sale on Bainbridge Island…

The Treehouse Cafe is located in Lynwood Center at the south end of Bainbridge Island. Nancy Treder/Kitsap News Group Photos

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There’s more nightlife in Kitsap County than you might think

If you’re wondering where the best nightlife is on Bainbridge Island look no further than right across Agate…

Samantha and Marley Christopherson of Bainbridge Island in the Seahawks suite for the Taylor Swift concert. Samantha Christopherson courtesy photos

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Not swift, but BI ‘Swifties’ shake it off, get Taylor tickets

There are fans, and then there are fans who go the extra mile and then some.

A group of Bainbridge and local clergy speak at the festival about acceptance and faith. Nancy Treder/Kitsap News Group Photos

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BI Pride Festival includes support from churches

“I support my queer and trans siblings,” Darío Feiguin, Rabbi for Kol Shalom on Bainbridge Island, said July…

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Indianola folk musician Lydia Ramsey will be performing at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art 10th anniversary Aug. 5.

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Indianola folk musician uses emotions to reach listeners

She will be performing at BIMA’s 10th anniversary in August

Madeleine Lapke teaches the rules of pickleball during the tour at the Founder’s Courts. Nicholas Zeller-Singh/Kitsap News Group Photos

Sports

2 women find niche tour business for rise in pickleball

When pickleball was created on Bainbridge Island in 1965, it began with a handful of family and friends.

A firefighter works the hose during a training exercise for South Kitsap Fire and Rescue. Elisha Meyer/Kitsap News Group Photos

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‘Pivotal vote’ to decide future of SKFR

Chief: More firefighters, stations needed, not less

Dr. Michael Watson, a practicing family physician in Kitsap County. Tyler Shuey/Kitsap News Group

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KPHD: Healthcare costs, access a ‘crisis’ in Kitsap

The Kitsap Public Health District board July 11 declared high healthcare costs and insufficient access to healthcare a…

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Best of NK, SK and CK voting begins

It’s time again to vote for the Best of North Kitsap, South Kitsap and Central Kitsap!

Trash is collected and put in a pile, behind which is a long line of occupied tents and tarps. Elisha Meyer/Kitsap News Group Photos

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Hopelessness: Thoughts of those inside, outside Bremerton’s homeless camp

A section of Bremerton’s 7th Street was renamed Dr. Martin Luther King Way a few years ago in…

The entrance to Olympic Organics in Kingston. Tyler Shuey/Kitsap News Group

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Agency drops ball concerning Kingston compost facility

A government agency dropped the ball in keeping track of a compost facility in Kingston, a Kitsap Daily…