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What’s your kid to do?

Parents, I can sympathize. Keeping little kids amused and occupied while school is out but they can’t go…

Puget Sound Anglers hatch plan to save salmon

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Puget Sound Anglers hatch plan to save salmon

The waters around Hansville were once teaming with salmon, enough to support five fishing resorts up until the…

Great expectations for 2020

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Great expectations for 2020

Saturday, Jan. 25 will usher in The Chinese Year of the Rat. If you are a believer, this…

There would be no woods, only rubble, if the two-inch long yellow-spotted millipedes didn’t consume vast amounts of fallen leaves. Photo courtesy Catherine Whalen.

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Much to do in Hansville this December

It’s a good time to take a brisk walk in the woods. And if you do, watch your…

<em>The sparrow-sized Northern Pygmy Owl, an aggressive hunter with large feet and big eyes, has false eye spots at the back of its head that confuse predators. </em>Photo by Paul Bannick

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The owl’s year and Christmas cheer

With their haunting calls, yellow, unblinking eyes, and the startling whoosh they make as they glide invisibly in…

Hansville Happenings

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Hansville Happenings

Tuesday Talk will cover controversial weed killer

<em>The Greater Hansville Community Center’s 50th Annual Rummage Sale will be held on Aug. 10 through Aug. 11. </em> Nick Twietmeyer / Kitsap News Group

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Hansville Rummage Sale takes plenty of teamwork

Hundreds of volunteers came together this year to organize the Greater Hansville Community Center’s 50th Annual Rummage Sale.…

Summertime and the living is fun

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Summertime and the living is fun

The mountains are out and so is the sun! Time to enjoy Hansville’s two annual open-air events. Remember,…

Get your hands dirty in April

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Get your hands dirty in April

Battle against plastic

Lolita, now about 54-years-old, is doing tricks for an ever-dwindling crowd at Miami&#146;s Seaquarium. Photo by Ingrid N. Visser, Orca Research Trust

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The fight to bring Lolita home comes to Hansville

“We are on borrowed time. It’s a wonder she has survived this long,” says Howard Garrett, co-founder of…

When Buck Lake froze over for a week or two in the 1930s and 1940s, some Hansvillites ice skated till midnight. (Photo courtesy of Lyn Peterson)

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Old stories of icy, foggy, soggy days

Compared to the snow bombs in the Northeast, our weather has been relatively balmy. We’ve enjoyed many sunny,…

Looking back: The wreck of the SS Admiral Sampson off Point No Point | Hansville Happenings

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Looking back: The wreck of the SS Admiral Sampson off Point No Point | Hansville Happenings

In the shipping lane off Point No Point, about 320 feet down, the wreck of the SS Admiral…

&lt;em&gt;The &#147;Puppets Please Marionettes&#148; starring Santa and his gang will be at Greater Hansville Community Center&#146;s Children&#146;s Christmas Party. &lt;/em&gt;Shirley McManus/Courtesy photo

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North-end holiday highlights | Hansville Happenings

The brightest light in the night sky this month will be 2017’s only supermoon, on Dec. 3 weather…

The latest data shows the amount of forest burned annually in the Pacific Northwest has increased by nearly 5000 percent since the early 1970s. (Adelia Ritchie/Submitted)

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Time for a change | Hansville Happenings

Ready for some good news? On the personal front, you’re not too old to change. And on the…

Hydrofoils, such as the USS High Point launched in 1962 and operated from the Puget Sound Navy Shipyard, was designed by Boeing to “fly” above the sea, reducing drag and risk of torpedo attacks.

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‘I took a walk in the woods’ | Hansville Happenings

“I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees,” said Henry David Thoreau,…

Two fishing buddies show off their catch in the mid- to late-1950s.

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Our troubled waters, wetter winters | Hansville Happenings

Months of rain, a spate of little quakes in May, what’s next? A plague of murderous crows?

Alix Kosin and Howie O’Brien sort more than 5,000 books in preparation for the big Greater Hansville Community Center book sale June 9-11. (Annette Wright / Contributed)

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Good reads at great prices at the GHCC book sale June 9

HANSVILLE — Dynamic couple Alix Kosin and Howie O’Brien sorted through 5,000 books donated this year for the…

Nature’s wonders close to home | Hansville Happenings

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Nature’s wonders close to home | Hansville Happenings

The weather is fine, the earth is showing signs of new life, it’s time to go outside and…

(Art Ellison / Contributed)

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Where the wild things are | Hansville Happenings

I was warned. When I moved here, my neighbors said to be sure my cat and dog were…

A Bug In Your Ear by Eileen Sorg

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Spring is nearly here | Hansville Happenings

The first sign of spring has popped up in my mail box — an invitation to The Northwest…