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FRIDAY, September 6, 2013, 2013 | Vol. 113, No. 36 | www.BAINBRIDGEREVIEW.com | 75¢
Extra patrolling in Winslow after recent burglaries
Summer vacation’s over!
BY CECILIA GARZA Bainbridge Island Review
A string of burglaries in downtown Winslow over the past two months has prompted tightened security in the area. In the month of August, two businesses on Winslow Way experienced burglaries and workers at a third business found evidence of an attempted burglary. And in late July, the Waterfront Park Community Center was also ransacked. Police are still gathering Luciano Marano | Bainbridge Island Review
clues. “We have deadbolts,” said Dave Manning, owner of Bainbridge Homes Real Estate. “It’s possible that one of the deadbolts was undone, and it’s possible that someone had a key.” Employees at Bainbridge Homes arrived at work the Tuesday morning after Labor Day weekend to find six computer monitors, two iPads, an external hard drive and their large flat-panel TV monitor stolen. turn to winslow | A12
Time to hit the books Students — and teachers and staff — bid farewell to summer as classes resumed this week on Bainbridge Island. At top, Maddie Wickline, Cashmere Bowman and Gavin Smit arrive on the bus for the first day of class at Captain Johnston Blakely Elementary School Wednesday, Sept. 4. Schools around the island welcomed back students of all ages Wednesday for the first day of the 2013-2014 school year following the Labor Day holiday weekend. At right, Darrell Rapada raises the flag before the start of the school day at Ordway Elementary. At bottom, Ordway school counselor Janette Dodge guides students after they get off the school bus.
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Warning signs have been posted along Eagle Harbor after a sewer main break Saturday spilled sewage into the harbor.
Sewer main breaks City reports 438,000 gallons raw sewage spilled into harbor BY BRIAN KELLY AND CECILIA GARZA Bainbridge Island Review
Brian Kelly | Bainbridge Island Review
Brian Kelly | Bainbridge Island Review
Bainbridge Island officials reported a major sewer spill in Eagle Harbor occurred sometime after 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30. The spill was a result of a break in the Highway 305 south sewer force main.
“It was interesting trying to pull staff in on a holiday weekend like that,” City Manager Doug Schulze told the city council Wednesday. “But the crew members that were able to make it there, they did a fantastic job responding and getting the work done quickly. Schulze said that 438,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled into Eagle Harbor over the Labor Day weekend and was turn to sewer | A12