Holiday events
Pleasant Beach Village has a number of holiday events coming up.
Santa Clause will be at The Manor House Nov. 29-30 and Dec. 7 and 21 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free.
Ginger Bread House Parties also will take place there. Tickets are required. Times are 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 7, 8, 14, 15 and 21. Also Dec. 6, 13 and 20 from 4-6 p.m.
Studios needed
The Bainbridge Island Studio Tours are becoming so popular with artists they are in need of more studios in 2025.
Tour manager Dinah Satterwhite they will start looking at applications in January for the August event. Any artist with a garden or studio with room to host a minimum of five artists, along with parking for guests, is invited to apply. For details call Satterwhite at 206-842-0504.
Free holly
Holly will be available for free during the holidays thanks to Weed Warriors on Bainbridge Island
Volunteers who help clean out holly at Rotary Park Ballfields on Weaver Avenue NW Nov. 29 at 1 p.m. get first choice.
The public can pick up holly at Town & Country on BI at 1 p.m. Nov. 3 while supplies last with a tag explaining why holly can be harmful to other plants.
Meet chef
Town & Country Markets is hosting a free Eat & Greet with James Beard award-winning chef Renee Erickson to celebrate the debut of her third cookbook “Sunlight & Breadcrumbs.”
She will be in Poulsbo Nov. 20 from noon to 2 p.m. and Bainbrdige right after that from 3-5 p.m.
Fisher meeting
The Bainbridge Island Fly Fishers meeting and program will be at 7 p.m. Nov. 26 at Seabold Hall, 14450 Komedal Rd NE.
Speaker Jeff Delia will focus on fly fishing for salmon and sea-run cutthroat/coastal trout. He has been fly fishing on local waters for over 40 years and has been developing fly patterns for these favorite fish since the mid 1980’s.
2 die in crash
Two people are dead following a single-vehicle collision in the 5000 block of SE Burley Olalla road between Shady Glen and Fagerud Road in South Kitsap Nov. 9.
Kitsap County sheriff’s deputies responded around 8:30 p.m. and discovered the vehicle engulfed in flames. After extinguishing the fire, two occupants were located deceased in the vehicle. A dog in the car was also killed, per KCSO. Evidence indicated the vehicle failed to negotiate a curve to the left. The vehicle left the roadway, striking numerous trees, and burst into flames.
Mom arrested
A 7-year-old child who suffered serious injuries following a single-vehicle collision in South Kitsap Nov. 6 was transported to Mary Bridge Hospital in Tacoma, which resulted in the arrest of the 29-year-old mother for driving under the influence.
She was held without bail due to a prior DUI conviction in 2022 that resulted in a conviction for negligent driving first-degree, a Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post says. The mother, who had a blood alcohol content of .18, was also booked for an additional charge of vehicular assault.
Another child, 9, was also in the vehicle and was transported to the hospital for precautionary evaluation, but did not sustain serious injuries, per KCSO. The crash happened in the evening in the 4700 block of SE Burley Olalla Road. The mother lost control of her Toyota 4Runner, crashing through guardrails, down an embankment and into a tree.
BI police log
10-27: domestic dispute, 829 High School Road NE
10-27: vehicle prowl, 6105 NE Marshall Road
10-28: vehicle prowl, 270 Olympic Drive SE
10-28: vehicle theft, no address provided
10-29: forgery, 8123 Eleanor Place NE
10-29: assault, 9300 Sportsman Club Road NE
10-29: adult sex offense, no address provided
10-30: warrant, 403 Madison Avenue N
10-30: suspicious incident, 1200 Hildebrand Lane NE
10-30: hit and run, 9330 NE High School Road
10-31; suspicious incident, 13871 Manzanita Road NE
10-31: vehicle prowl, 133 Winslow Way E
10-31: theft, 260 Olympic Drive SE
11-1: assault, 9330 NE High School Road
11-4: burglary, 5515 NE Tolo Road
11-5: burglary, 6070 NE Eagle Harbor Drive
11-6: assault, 200 High School Road NE
11-7: identity theft, 15124 Euclid Avenue NE
11-7: malicious mischief, 8500 NE Dat Road E
11-9: trespassing, 343 Winslow Way
11-10: domestic verbal dispute, 9500 block NE New Brooklyn Road
11-10: extortion, 1807 NE Virginia Court
11-10: domestic violence, 9300 block NE Wardwell Road
11-10: harassment, 253 NE High School Road
