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    Articles by Kaitlin Strohschein
    The Port Orchard Library’s roof is leaking in several places.
    Downtown library getting new roof
    By Kaitlin Strohschein • March 31, 2011 3:09 pm

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    By Kaitlin Strohschein • March 31, 2011 3:01 pm

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    South Kitsap Fire and Rescue workers cleared insulation out of a burnt Manchester house.
    Manchester resident injured in house fire
    By Kaitlin Strohschein • March 29, 2011 4:58 pm

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    Council hears both sides on marijuana dispensary moratorium
    Council hears both sides on marijuana dispensary moratorium
    By Kaitlin Strohschein • March 24, 2011 1:28 pm

    Port Orchard’s city council could revoke or modify a six-month moratorium on “accepting or processing” key paperwork “relating to medical marijuana dispensaries” in the city.

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    Kristine Ramsdell (left) and Tawnya Erickson (right) cried while posing for one of their final group pictures as royal ambassadors for Port Orchard.
    Fathoms royalty crowned for 2011
    By Kaitlin Strohschein • March 24, 2011 1:24 pm

    Port Orchard has two new members of its royal family.

    Carlene Jensen and Katalina Biondi each won the title of ambassador and a scholarship through a competition hosted by the Fathoms o’Fun organizers.

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    Fathoms o’ Fun commissions two new ambassadors
    Fathoms o’ Fun commissions two new ambassadors
    By Kaitlin Strohschein • March 22, 2011 1:56 pm

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    Port Orchard mulling the idea of a city manager
    Port Orchard mulling the idea of a city...
    By Kaitlin Strohschein • March 18, 2011 12:31 pm

    The city of Port Orchard could outgrow Mayor Lary Coppola’s managerial abilities within the next five to 10 years.

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    Police turn up heat on graffiti vandals
    Police turn up heat on graffiti vandals
    By Kaitlin Strohschein • March 17, 2011 11:26 am

    Port Orchard Police last month arrested a teen they believe was largely responsible for a recent outbreak of graffiti vandalism.
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    Torrential rainfall causes mudslides in SK
    Torrential rainfall causes mudslides in SK
    By Kaitlin Strohschein • March 15, 2011 5:17 pm

    Mudslides blocked two South Kitsap roads on Monday and Tuesday. One hit State Route 166, across the street from Suldan’s…

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    SAFE Boats International builds military vessels like this 39-foot Riverine Patrol Boat at the Olympic View Industrial Park.
    SAFE Boats still uncertain whether it will stay
    By Kaitlin Strohschein • March 10, 2011 7:03 pm

    Leaders for SAFE Boats International have not yet decided if they should continue renting space from the Port of Bremerton at the Olympic View Industrial Park, after the company’s lease expires in July 2012.

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    Helpline won’t be a vendor in farmer’s market for coming year
    Helpline won’t be a vendor in farmer’s market...
    By Kaitlin Strohschein • March 10, 2011 3:21 pm

    Port Orchard Farmers Market members can blame one person, rather than a committee, if they take issue with a particular vendor this year.

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    Marijuana dispensary aims to steer clear of city limits
    Marijuana dispensary aims to steer clear of city...
    By Kaitlin Strohschein • March 10, 2011 6:19 pm

    Ty Rundquist hopes to split the workload for his medical marijuana business, Greenthumb Medical, between two South Kitsap locations.
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    Robb and Jean Osborn
    Caught in the Middle: SK couple ride out...
    By Kaitlin Strohschein • March 10, 2011 6:05 pm

    McCormick Woods residents Robb and Jean Osborn were expecting their visit to Cairo, Egypt, during February to be as pleasant and uneventful as a previous vacation there a year earlier.

    But that was before revolution broke out in the country and the couple — along with others on the same tour — were forced to spend a harrowing five days holed up in their hotel riding out the storm.

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    Sheriff’s Office probing rash of vandalism in SK
    Sheriff’s Office probing rash of vandalism in SK
    By Kaitlin Strohschein • March 3, 2011 12:05 pm

    The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office is searching for those responsible for a recent rash of vandalism in South Kitsap.

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    Kitsap Transit, mall still hope for a compromise
    Kitsap Transit, mall still hope for a compromise
    By Kaitlin Strohschein • March 3, 2011 3:03 pm

    Kitsap Transit has re-routed seven buses to avoid the Kitsap Mall, creating a new system of bus stops that’s “kind of confusing,” concedes Gayle Thomson, a deputy clerk for Kitsap Transit. “The drivers will have to explain everything to people.

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    City, developer work out permit fee refund deal
    City, developer work out permit fee refund deal
    By Kaitlin Strohschein • March 3, 2011 2:13 pm

    When Mel Fingarson, principal of Fingarson & Associates, LLC, died in 2008 in the process of building about 20 homes in the plat of Blackjack Creek, a significant amount of the project’s paperwork hadn’t been completed.

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    Port Orchard billboard ban draws fire
    By Kaitlin Strohschein • March 3, 2011 1:56 pm

    Representatives from a Gig Harbor outdoor advertising agency whose application last summer to construct several large billboards in Port Orchard was determined to violate the city’s recent ban on such structures appealed their case at a Feb. 22 city council hearing.

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    Marijuana dispensaries stay on  hold
    Marijuana dispensaries stay on hold
    By Kaitlin Strohschein • February 24, 2011 3:24 pm

    Port Orchard’s city council on Tuesday adopted an emergency moratorium on applications for building and land-use permits for marijuana businesses and dispensaries in the city.

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    City mulls new way to handle drivers with moving violations
    City mulls new way to handle drivers with...
    By Kaitlin Strohschein • February 17, 2011 3:34 pm

    Port Orchard drivers with driving tickets may soon have a new plea option.
    The prosecutor won’t add the ticket to their driving record if they choose to pay the fine rather than contesting it in court.

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    SKFR’s service deal with Mason County a win-win, officials say
    SKFR’s service deal with Mason County a win-win,...
    By Kaitlin Strohschein • February 17, 2011 12:33 pm

    Transferring responsibility for the Tri-Lakes community from South Kitsap Fire and Rescue to Mason County Fire District 2 would benefit both groups, according to the fire chiefs from both districts.

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