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    Small Business
    Army green seersucker cotton Scout tee, made at Esther's Fabrics using a pattern by Grainline Studio. Handwoven sleeves by Norn Goods (on Bainbridge Island). Courtesy Esther's Fabrics
    Inspiration, instruction, and the ingredients to sew your...
    By Esthers Fabrics • March 13, 2023 6:00 am

    Bainbridge shop offers modern apparel patterns, fabrics and classes for sewists of all abilities

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    Photos courtesy of the small businesses listed below.
    Holiday Gifts that Support Local Communities
    By First Fed • December 5, 2022 6:00 am

    Small businesses are essential to a healthy community. A healthy small-business environment encourages people to stay and invest in their…

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    Patricia and Riley at Esther’s Fabrics. The friendly Bainbridge store still has a few classes before Christmas where beginners and confident beginners can make handmade gifts for the holidays.
    Make personalized stocking stuffers with Bainbridge fabric store’s...
    By Esthers Fabrics • December 5, 2022 6:00 am

    Santa’s Workshop is in full swing! Pop-up shop offers gifts for the crafter on your list

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    Piper Tupper, owner of Esther's Fabrics (left), and store manager Allison can be your emotional support for all your sewing and craft projects.
    Crafting community: Bainbridge Island fabric store is a...
    By Esthers Fabrics • October 24, 2022 6:00 am

    Piper Tupper started learning to sew when she was eight, but even in her 30s she felt intimidated in fabric…

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    Marsha Harris (left) and her daughter, Bekkie Elser, co-own the new Poulsbo Candy Shoppe on Front Street. Courtesy Photo
    Mother-daughter duo brings candy shop to Poulsbo
    By Tyler Shuey • April 23, 2022 1:30 am

    A mother-daughter-owned old-fashioned candy shop is now open on Front Street.

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    Co-owner Luis Montes with his wife Liliana who also works at the bakery. Tyler Shuey/North Kitsap Herald photos
    Mexican-style bakery no longer just online
    By Tyler Shuey • October 15, 2021 1:30 am

    Co-owner in Poulsbo hopes to expand to other parts of Kitsap

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    KEDA partners with county for small business grant program
    KEDA partners with county for small business grant...
    By Kitsap News Group staff • July 13, 2020 1:30 am

    Kitsap County has committed $880,000 for small business assistance using federal CARES funding

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    Holly Duncan helps promotes Small Business Saturday at ISH Vintage Costumes and Clothing, located at 249 4th St., Bremerton. ISH has been put on the market by owner Collette Jones.                                (Michelle Beahm | Kitsap News Group file photo)
    ISH Vintage Clothing for sale after 13 years...
    By Michelle Beahm • March 6, 2018 2:30 pm

    Collette Jones wants to find the right person to take over and ‘give it the time and energy it needs.’

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    Danielle Gilchrist, left, with her daughter Aeva and mother Marie Carins in front of Gigi’s Emporium PNW. Together they own Gigi’s Emporium and manage both locations on opposite sides of the country.<em> (Courtesy photo)</em>
    At Gigi’s, family comes first
    By Michelle Beahm • January 4, 2018 1:00 pm

    New Port Orchard consignment and boutique business has sister location in North Carolina

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    Kate Daniels, manager of the Bremerton branch of Liberty Bay Books, says Small Business Saturday is “is a time of coming together.” Liberty Bay Books in Bremerton and Poulsbo is hosting local authors throughout Nov. 25, Small Business Saturday.                                Michelle Beahm / Kitsap News Group file photo
    Give the gift of reading to loved ones...
    By Michelle Beahm • November 22, 2017 2:30 pm

    Liberty Bay Books hosts local authors on Nov. 25 for their Small Business Saturday events

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    Kate Daniels, manager of Liberty Bay Books in Bremerton, shows off one of her favorite books in the store. Daniels said Independent Bookstore Day is “a day of celebration and for people who love reading and books and talking about books and all of the things that are nerdy and fun like that.”                                Michelle Beahm / Kitsap News Group
    Celebrate independent bookstores April 29
    By Michelle Beahm • April 7, 2017 11:30 am

    Indie Bookstore Day celebrates small businesses in “a place of fellowship with fellow book lovers.”

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