Harrison Medical Center President and CEO Scott Bosch announced May 23 that all acute hospital care will likely be consolidated at the Silverdale campus in the next three to four years. He says Harrison’s board of directors is still evaluating what outpatient services will continue to be offered in Bremerton.
It all started because Andreas and Sheryl Pappas wanted good gyros right at home in Bremerton.
A former Island County Commissioner, who has sued that county on two occasions and abruptly resigned from her post two weeks ago, seven months shy of completing her first term, has filed to run for Kitsap County Auditor.
Bremerton’s newest police officer is a 2005 graduate of Olympic High School. Jacob Switzer, 26, was sworn in as an officer by Municipal Court Judge James Doctor during last week’s city council meeting.
The City of Bremerton recently put up a sign at the Kitsap 9/11 Memorial at Evergreen Park warning those in wheelchairs, or those who have other accessibility issues, to use caution when maneuvering the twisting path leading to steel beams from the World Trade Center.
The Bremerton City Council voted this week to place a six-year emergency medical services (EMS) levy on the Aug. 5 ballot.
Gordon Andrews lives just a couple of blocks from the Norm Dicks Government Center in downtown Bremerton and he couldn’t be a better neighbor. For the past few years, thanks to Andrews, the building’s spacious lobby has come alive with splashes of color. A rotating exhibit of his large-scale floral arrangements sits on the reception desk, catching the eyes of folks working in the building or just passing through to get a permit, find housing help or attend a meeting.
The Bremerton Foodline’s Sixth Annual Empty Bowl raised more than $17,500 this past Saturday.
Bremerton voters will probably be asked to approve a six-year emergency services levy for the fire department this August, pending a final decision by the city council.
Port Orchard resident Clarke Coulter is the kind of guy you’d want to be your pilot in the event of a plane crash. About 40 minutes after taking off from Bremerton National Airport in his homemade Pulsar XP Series 1 aircraft on Wednesday, Coulter got a radio call from folks on the ground informing him that they found a nose-wheel that looked a lot like his.
A Stand Down for Veterans at the Sheridan Community Center in Bremerton this past Saturday drew more than 110 veterans.
Sara Burke is gone, but not forgotten. Burke’s grave at the Ivy Green Cemetery is surrounded by flowers, a few porcelain angels and other ornaments. Tom Cressman, a city parks employee who oversees the cemetery, said it’s always been that way.
With the Kitsap Rescue Mission’s purchase of a 17,000-square-foot building in downtown Bremerton, homeless men and women will finally have a place to go to get off the streets any time of the year, not just when temperatures dip below freezing. They will also have access to a residential recovery program and other services.
“A Beautiful Thing” is filmmaker’s third production.
Bremerton resident Matthew Howard Wright, 24, has been charged in Kitsap County District Court with burglary in the second degree, two counts of theft of a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm in the second degree.
Those who haven’t tried Vietnamese cuisine have a chance to experience a whole new world of flavors at the Pho House and Grill at 3249 Perry Ave. in East Bremerton. Diners who are more familiar with Vietnamese flavors will likely flock to this emerging gem.
In split vote, city council extends life of Transportation Benefit District
Only about half of the City of Bremerton’s employees are using an electronic timekeeping system first introduced six years ago. That’s one of several findings released in a new report by Bremerton Auditor Gary Nystul. Some of his other findings show that various city departments use over 25 different paper forms to process pay; there are some supervisors who are approving their own attendance; and the only person who prepares the entire city payroll does not have a fully trained backup.
Kids at Bremerton’s brand new $4.5 million Boys & Girls Club have found themselves without daily gym space ever since the auxiliary gymnasium at the old East High School was closed due to roof damage shortly after the club opened.
Bremerton Municipal Court administrator Dawn Nelson says it will take a couple of weeks to get a final tally on the number of parking and red light camera tickets that were closed this month as part of an amnesty program.
