Everyone’s favorite red-headed orphan is back on stage for the Bainbridge Performing Arts production of “Annie.” Anna Banyas stars in…
Kirk Payne hears bells ringing in his sleep. It’s an occupational hazard from ringing the Salvation Army bell seven hours…
My sweet grand-daughter Kinzie is a year-and-a-half old, a wonderful age. She is walking and starting to put words together….
Sean Shelton, 7, points at snow made of soap suds that were falling Nov. 26 at Kitsap Mall
Mike Curry may no longer be a professional diver, but his many duties with Catholic Community Services — including becoming director of Benedict House last summer, Bremerton’s shelter for homeless men — has him jumping right in.
Two things, they say, will survive a nuclear attack: cockroaches and fruitcake.
POULSBO — The blazing Jul fire symbolizes light and hope in the traditional Norwegian celebration. It was a source of warmth,…
When Jeanette Tucker first started acting and volunteering at the Bremerton Community Theatre about a year and a half ago, she was skeptical about all things paranormal.
In fact, she had no idea t
When Jeanette Tucker first started acting and volunteering at the Bremerton Community Theatre about a year and a half ago, she was skeptical about all things paranormal.
In fact, she had no idea that she had joined a theater rumored to be haunted, especially in the costume loft, w
PORT GAMBLE — The words “gluten free” were foreign to most Americans 30 years ago. Today they are becoming ubiquitous…
POULSBO — A large collection of Little Norway history will be unpacked from closets, retrieved from basements and shuffled down…
For the sake of their stomachs and their farming neighbors, South Kitsap Commissioner Charlotte believes local residents should make an effort to consume locally produced foods.
It’s not a skirt, but for some, even the proud, it takes a special occasion to break out the kilt.
“We don’t have too many things in Kitsap County where you can wear it and not be laughed at,” said Larry Dugan of Chico, an organizer for the seventh annual Kirking of the Tartans, a tradition dating back hundreds of years to when the English occupiers of Scotland banned tartans, the plaid designs worn to signify a person’s clan, or family.
In secret, the Scots wore a scrap of the tartan under their clothes and had them blessed in church, just one of the traditions to be honored Sunday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Bremerton.
Not just Scots are invited, all are welcome. But those with Scottish heritage are encouraged to wear their kilts or family tartans. In addition to bagpipes, haggis will be served, the Scottish equivalent of lutefisk, a sort of oatmeal breakfast sausage served in an animal stomach.
Despite his fondness for Scotland, some traditions Dugan isn’t as fond of.
“I’d rather have Jimmy Dean,” he said.
When 15-year-old Michael Weidenheimer started competitively showing his cat in cat competitions throughout the state, it was an exercise in pride.
He met a friend who was showing her cat at the Puyallup State Fair and thought he could do better.
“I started talking a
Poulsbo’s quest for a city hall has spanned a decade. Here’s a look back at the project’s winding road to…
South Kitsap High School graduate ‘worked harder than anyone,’ mentor recalls
Having an empty nest is not something Henry and Diane Castanares are familiar with. They’ve had about 350 children in their 17 years of being foster parents.
“We don’t turn any child down,” said Diane Castanares, 59. “We take them all.”
Through the past three years, the total number of children in foster care has decreased in Washington state but at the same time, foster advocates say the demand for foster homes in Kitsap County, especially Bremerton, remains high.
And homes like the Castanares’ are the utility players of the foster care system.
SUQUAMISH —Alan Deam’s name is engraved on the face of a marble canoe on a hillside overlooking downtown Suquamish. It’s…
I was told to beware the stuff. Stay away, no good could ever come of it.
But on Sunday I confronted the menace that loomed in Bremerton. It was an imposing sight, hundreds of pounds large, piled in great heaps: It was the wiggly, gelatinous, soaked-in-lye Norwegian lutefisk.