Concert’s by the Bay, a free, weekly outdoor concert series at Port Orchard Marina’s Waterfront Park, began June 7. The outdoor concert series, organized by the local nonprofit Fathoms o’Fun Festival Association, runs every Thursday throughout the summer.
The restaurant, which she hopes to open in August, has undergone a complete makeover since the couple purchased the building that most recently housed the Clubhouse Grill, on June 8, 2011.
Have you notice a bunch of water sprouts, suckers, and undesirable growth all over your trees and shrubs? Well, that’s because you may have pruned your plants during the dormant season.
Northwest Leadership Associations have helped other local districts
Countywide, leadership had better soon step up to the reality that the citizenry, and business owners, want a proper balance of services and benefits in return for taxes paid. And, that the people are not an ATM to support failing pet projects and local government employees’ renumeration.
Typically, the Fourth of July celebration has been one of the more popular events. But after two years of decreased membership and consistent problems with the Kitsap County Prosecutor’s Office and surrounding neighborhoods, attendance at the Fourth of July Celebration has taken a dip, said Marcus Carter, the club’s executive officer.
Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Fred Needham Post 2669 of Port Orchard unveiled their newly built Veterans Wall of Honor during last week’s summer holiday. The 150-square-foot wall displays more than 1,110 commemorative bricks honoring the names of service members from all branches of the military, past and present.
The city of Port Orchard flew a special flag high above city hall during the Fourth of July holiday to celebrate the memory of an honored citizen.
You see few authentic political shockers anymore, and when Supreme Court Justice John Roberts sided with the court’s liberals to uphold President Obama’s health care reform law, that was one of them.
The Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce will host a lunch with Calvin Goings, the associate administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Cedar Springs, located at 7354 Bethel Burley Rd. in Port Orchard.
“We kept our fingers crossed and it worked,” said Fathoms O’ Fun Festival Chairman Sharron King in an email. “We didn’t get rained on.”
I have to defend the Independent after reading the June 29 letter to the editor. I know that all letters from the public are edited, so there naturally would be no “typos” there. I personally feel the POI makes very few mistakes in the rest of their printed editions.
Recently, an employee here at the Port Orchard Independent pointed out that our focus on staff-produced city, education and community news, along with our sports section, dedicated to South Kitsap, had begun to infringe on the “contributed” aspect of this community newspaper.
Ryan and Baldwin are just two Port Orchard business owners struggling to make sense of what the changes in healthcare law, colloquially known as Obamacare, will mean to their small businesses following the court decision.
The Kitsap Adult Center for Education, formerly the Literacy Council of Kitsap, needs volunteer English-as-a-second-language tutors for adult ESL students and for those preparing for citizenship.
The Committee to Elect Karen Klein for Superior Court Judge invites the public to enjoy pizza, conversation and a chance to meet Klein on July 10 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at MoonDogs, Too at 714 Bay Street in Port Orchard.
The Port Orchard Eagles’ Show and Shine car show is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 14 at the Port Orchard Eagles Hall.
The Chuckwagon Senior Nutrition Program is currently offering $40 in free farmer’s market vouchers for qualifying Kitsap senior citizens. The vouchers may be used at participating farmer’s markets to purchase fresh local produce.
The Port Orchard Eagles 2338 is hosting a Country Hoe Down and Chili Cook-off at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Port Orchard Eagles Hall.
If you don’t like something or want to get something done, you don’t let little things like the Constitution get in your way.