Planning for a tent city in the parking lot of the Bremerton Salvation Army is underway and has gained support by homeless advocates as winter weather kicks in.
“Believe it or
She sees kids with runny noses on a daily basis. And handles money. Barbara Claussen, 55, who works as a cashier at the Clear Creek Elementary School cafeteria takes no chances getting the flu and her caution has paid off.
“I’ve never gotten it,” Claussen said last week of never catching the influenza virus in the
His family was in the logging business, but Jerry Anderson knew it wasn’t for him.
“I thought I’d make a go at it and open a pizza shop,” said Anderson, owner and founder of Seabeck Pizza. “But I had to prove it.”
Seabeck Pizza, founded in 1989, now has five locations in Kitsap besides th
The future of the temporary homeless shelter planned for the two-and-a-half acre property at the end of Bowen Street in East Bremerton remains unknown, but the owner is still trying.
After a meeting two weeks ago with the county’s Department of Community Development, Joel Adamson wa
Valerie Nau of Silverdale began running eight years ago as a way to stay healthy and to shed a few pounds. Now she can’t stop.
But even though the days get darker earlier and the rainy weather is kicking in, many Kitsap runners
Having an empty nest is not something Henry and Diane Castanares are familiar with. They’ve had about 350 children in their 17 years of being foster parents.
“We don’t turn any child down,” said Diane Castanares, 59. “We take them all.”
Through the past three years, the total number of children in foster care has decreased in Washington state but at the same time, foster advocates say the demand for foster homes in Kitsap County, especially Bremerton, remains high.
And homes like the Castanares’ are the utility players of the foster care system.
Pam Manke of East Bremerton walked her dog, Dillon, near Silverdale Dog Park last month and the pair appeared to be having a nice stroll on a sunny day.
But it hasn’t always been a walk in the park.
“It’s been a lot of work the past three years,” Manke said.
Her Jack Russell terrier came from a breeder and besides never having been on a leash, Manke said
With the rejection of Kitsap Regional Library’s levy lid lift, Silverdale won’t see a new branch any time soon.
Early results Wednesday showed the library levy trailing 15.3 percent. Library officials conceded the election Tuesday.
“Had the levy passed,
Sometimes she drives south to eventually go north. Joan Krout, a secretary for Christ the King Lutheran Church located on Chico Way, is well acquainted with the backup that occurs where Chico Way meets Silverdale Way and Newberry Hill Road.
“I just take it in stride,” Krout said, adding that her biggest struggle with the intersection is making a left turn from Chico Way to get onto the highway. To avoid it, she
She started tearing up after getting off the phone with a representative from the state Department of Social and Health Services Tuesday morning.
They were tears of relief.
“I’ve been at the shelter for two weeks and I may have found my son and I a place,” said Sara Gregoire, who has been at St. Vincent de Paul, an emergency shelter for single women and their children in Bremerton.
Nicole Hlavaty ran along the shoulder of Seabeck Highway Tuesday and though it may not be the safest option, she’s…
Chris Byrne is all for helping the homeless, but she has a lot of questions about a proposed homeless shelter…
A Pierce County judge pushed back a court hearing until later this month that would temporarily shut down the Kitsap Rifle and Revolver Club, as well as a request by the club to have the suit brought to Kitsap.
An Oct. 22 court date was scheduled to determine if the case will be moved to Kitsap Count
Susan Page likes nature walks, and lives just north of Newberry Hill Heritage Park.
She is all for the expansion and development of the park, but she isn’t quite sure what the plan is.
“I think it needs to be known that it is there,” Page said.
Currently, the two parcels of land that make up the park are separated by a third parc
For Geoff Ball, appointed executive director for the Haselwood Family YMCA in Silverdale last month, the goal is for residents to think of the facility as a home away from home.
Not only does he hope the center, currently under construction and expected to open in the summer
It’s not all cotton candy and holding hands atop the Ferris wheel with a cute girl.
There’s a lot of prep work that goes into setting up the carnival that makes its home in the Kitsap Mall north parking lot in Silverdale.
Sharon and Lee Stearns were out strolling the Clear Creek Trail on Oct. 1 hoping to see some wildlife.
They are quick to clarify they don’t consider themselves “bird fanatics,” but there is something that makes them want to not only spot the feathered creatures, but know what they are seeing.
“Nothing is more frustrating than seeing birds and not knowing what they are,” said Sharon Stearns, of Bainbridge Island.
When he was in seventh grade, Marcus Fultz was bullied so frequently he pretended to be sick so he would not have to go to school.
“It got to the point where I felt like I didn’t have any friends,” said Fultz of his seventh-grade self. “I wanted to drop out of middle school because I couldn’t handle it anymore.”
Life is different now for Fultz, 17, a gay teenager from Bremerton. He is comfortable with himself and p
When he was in seventh grade, Marcus Fultz was bullied so frequently he pretended to be sick so he would not have to go to school.
“It got to the point where I felt like I didn’t have any friends,” said Fultz of his seventh-grade self. “I wanted to drop out of middle school because I couldn’t handle it anymore.”
Just like any weekday, Alisha Wayman, 17, and her friends crossed Silverdale Way Northwest Wednesday where it intersects with Northwest Bucklin Hill Road on their way to school.
Although joking and chatting with one another, crossing the street is no laughing matter, the Central Kitsap High School stud
