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CK schools to update strategic plan

Marnie Ferraro of East Bremerton has four sons in the Central Kitsap School District, ranging from a kindergartner…

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The dark side of Black Friday – Kitsap residents fleeing both to and from stores.

Jason Mcleod of Silverdale will be staying as far from the mall as possible Friday. He’s not against…

A bus pauses to take on more passengers at the Kitsap Mall Friday. Mall management informed Kitsap Transit it would have to move its stop at the mall within three months to make way for a new mall tenant.

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Kitsap Transit has 90 days to vacate Kitsap Mall

Transit buses have until the middle of February to vacate current operations on the west side of Kitsap…

Maj. Jim Baker points to the parking lot behind the Bremerton Salvation Army where he plans to host a tent city for the homeless. Tents would be placed on top of wooden pallets to avoid water seeping in from the bottom.

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Bremerton tent city in the works

Planning for a tent city in the parking lot of the Bremerton Salvation Army is underway and has…

Karen Borson

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Kitsap health officials expect ‘typical’ flu season but encourage shots.

She sees kids with runny noses on a daily basis. And handles money. Barbara Claussen, 55, who works…

Jerry Anderson

Business

Seabeck Pizza keeps it local and all in the family

His family was in the logging business, but Jerry Anderson knew it wasn’t for him. “I thought I’d…

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East Bremerton shelter organizers to try residential permits

The future of the temporary homeless shelter planned for the two-and-a-half acre property at the end of Bowen…

Carol Jackson

Sports

Central Kitsap runners won’t let winter break their stride

Valerie Nau of Silverdale began running eight years ago as a way to stay healthy and to shed…

Henry Castanares helps his son Cody

Life

Fostering stability – Shortage of foster homes in Bremerton sends kids in need to Central Kitsap

Having an empty nest is not something Henry and Diane Castanares are familiar with. They’ve had about 350…

Mike Dominguez strolls with his dog

Life

Walk the line: Kitsap Humane Society offers leash lessons

Pam Manke of East Bremerton walked her dog, Dillon, near Silverdale Dog Park last month and the pair…

Construction on the Haselwood Family YMCA continues Wednesday in Silverdale. Kitsap Regional Library officials had plans to build and operate a new branch next to the YMCA but with the library levy rejected by voters those plans will have to be revised.

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New Silverdale branch unlikely with failed library levy

With the rejection of Kitsap Regional Library’s levy lid lift, Silverdale won’t see a new branch any time…

Kristin Okinaka/staff photo Drivers make their way on Silverdale Way Monday where Chico Way and Newberry Hill Road meet. Designing for a roundabout at this intersection has started with construction planned to begin in 2012.

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Round and round we go: Designing for roundabout at Silverdale Way and Chico Way intersection begins; construction expected in 2012.

Sometimes she drives south to eventually go north. Joan Krout, a secretary for Christ the King Lutheran Church…

Moriah Brown and her son Niko

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Kitsap homeless shelters provide more than a roof over their heads

She started tearing up after getting off the phone with a representative from the state Department of Social…

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Department of Natural Resources seeks state money for Seabeck forest

Nicole Hlavaty ran along the shoulder of Seabeck Highway Tuesday and though it may not be the safest…

Joel Adamson holds up an identification card that the homeless would be issued when staying at his proposed shelter in East Bremerton managed by Bremerton Rescue Mission. Walt Le Couteur

Life

Questions hold up East Bremerton homeless shelter

Chris Byrne is all for helping the homeless, but she has a lot of questions about a proposed…

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Request for gun club shut-down pushed back

A Pierce County judge pushed back a court hearing until later this month that would temporarily shut down…

A trail in Newberry Hill Heritage Park’s northwest corner is pictured on Oct. 12. Kitsap County is in the process of acquiring 315 acres from the state Department of Natural Resources to be added to the park.

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One parcel remains to complete Newberry Hill Park

Susan Page likes nature walks, and lives just north of Newberry Hill Heritage Park. She is all for…

Haselwood Family YMCA Executive Director Geoff Ball points out where the facility’s fitness center will be located Oct. 8.

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New executive director for Silverdale Y wants it to be people’s ‘third place’

For Geoff Ball, appointed executive director for the Haselwood Family YMCA in Silverdale last month, the goal is…

Delbeck

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How to build a Ferris wheel – Carnival wraps up its season in Silverdale

It’s not all cotton candy and holding hands atop the Ferris wheel with a cute girl. There’s a…

Bonnie Adams (left) of Silverdale walks her dog Gracie with Karen Bolton of Bremerton and her dog Kali on Tuesday along the Clear Creek Trail. The Olympic College instructors got a stroll in after their morning classes.

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Signs along Clear Creek Trail will help hikers say ‘Hi, hi birdie’

Sharon and Lee Stearns were out strolling the Clear Creek Trail on Oct. 1 hoping to see some…