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    Articles by Leslie Kelly
    Public comment period opens for library site
    Public comment period opens for library site
    By Leslie Kelly • July 18, 2014 1:27 pm

    Residents of Central Kitsap have about a month to make their opinions known about where the new Silverdale Library should be built.

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    CKF&R chief recommends closure of Tracyton station
    CKF&R chief recommends closure of Tracyton station
    By Leslie Kelly • July 13, 2014 8:59 pm

    After more than four months of public meetings and debate, Weninger is asking the board to close the Tracyton Station, relocate personnel and equipment and sell the building.

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    After a couple of months in rehabilitation for his injuries
    Following months of rehab, Bremerton man is back...
    By Leslie Kelly • July 11, 2014 5:50 pm

    He was just going to the post office to get the mail. But he ended up under water in Sinclair Inlet, at the bottom of Trenton Avenue.

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    Possible sites for Silverdale Library announced
    Possible sites for Silverdale Library announced
    By Leslie Kelly • July 10, 2014 3:02 pm

    According to Jeff Brody, director of community relations for KRL, the library board received three proposals for siting a new Silverdale Library.

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    Library patrons weigh in through online survey
    Library patrons weigh in through online survey
    By Leslie Kelly • July 10, 2014 2:43 pm

    An online survey answered by more than 2,000 people informed officials at the Kitsap Regional Library that patrons want more evening and Sunday hours, and more copies of books, ebooks and audiobooks.

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    Nick Corey was a true cowboy
    Nick Corey was a true cowboy
    By Leslie Kelly • July 10, 2014 2:27 pm

    Nick Corey died July 2, at age of 83. According to his wife, he had suffered with dementia in the past few months, but died of heart failure.

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    The Coreys stand with their son
    Mr. Corey was a real cowboy
    By Leslie Kelly • July 10, 2014 2:18 pm

    Coleta Corey remembers her husband, Nick, as kind, generous and big-hearted. But first and foremost, he was a cowboy.

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    Residential market still good for area buyers
    Residential market still good for area buyers
    By Leslie Kelly • July 10, 2014 1:57 pm

    Interest rates are still low and there’s still inventory in every price range in the Central Kitsap residential real estate market, but prices are inching their way up.

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    Linda Joyce
    Saying ‘so long’ to a Bremerton powerhouse
    By Leslie Kelly • July 3, 2014 3:00 pm

    Kitsap County Commissioner Charlotte Garrido said it best. “It’s that laugh,” Garrido said as she summed up what many people think of when they think of Linda Joyce. “We all love your laugh.”

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    Carlos and Christina Jara cut the ribbon with the help of their daughter
    A new location for well-known Bremerton salon
    By Leslie Kelly • July 3, 2014 1:41 pm

    With the soft songs sung by Aaron McFadden, champagne specials and silver and blue balloons, Isella Salon Spa began a new phase of business last Friday.

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    KRL receives three proposals on Silverdale Library
    KRL receives three proposals on Silverdale Library
    By Leslie Kelly • June 30, 2014 6:59 pm

    Among the three proposed sites is the Central Kitsap Community Campus.

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    CKFR weighs comment policy
    CKFR weighs comment policy
    By Leslie Kelly • June 25, 2014 6:00 pm

    Citing a concern that the district has been “inconsistent” in handling public comments during meetings of the board of commissioners, Commission Chairman Dave Fergus asked fellow commissioners to begin a review of how to handle public comments.

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    Ron Gillespie and Joyce Merkel stand in the garden with the giant lily.
    A lily worth gilding
    By Leslie Kelly • June 25, 2014 6:00 pm

    It’s not Jack’s bean stock. But it’s close. Instead, it’s Ron’s lily stock, and day-by-day Ron Gillespie and his friend, Joyce Merkel, watch as it grows taller.

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    Harrison Medical Center’s Silverdale campus as it currently looks.
    Harrison expansion will bring big changes to Silverdale...
    By Leslie Kelly • June 25, 2014 5:52 pm

    Within five years, Harrison Medical Center’s campus in Silverdale will fill 32 acres near where Highway 303 and Ridgetop Boulevard meet.

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    Kitsap County Medical Society celebrates 80 years
    Kitsap County Medical Society celebrates 80 years
    By Leslie Kelly • June 18, 2014 7:35 pm

    Throughout its 80 years, the mission has stayed the same: To promote the art and science of medicine; to promote the care and well-being of patients; to protect and improve the health of the public; and to serve and provide leadership for the members of the society.

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    Mike O'Brien grills hamburgers and hotdogs at the kickoff of the Seabeck Conference Center Centennial year.
    Seabeck Conference Center celebrates first 100 years
    By Leslie Kelly • June 17, 2014 4:39 pm

    Supporters and neighbors of the Seabeck Conference Center flocked to the conference center grounds Saturday afternoon as a way to say thank you to the camp that has meant so much to them for the past 99 years.

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    Taylor Curtin and Sinead Brown take a moment before graduation for a selfie. They were among the 281 students who graduated Saturday evening from Olympic High School.
    Olympic Class of 2014 celebrates end of long...
    By Leslie Kelly • June 15, 2014 3:54 pm

    Donned in blue caps and gowns and surrounded by their family and friends, graduates of Olympic High School’s Class of 2014, sat quietly and listened as faculty speaker Jerry Hurd who told them to be proud of themselves.

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    Port commissioners approve extending marketing contract
    Port commissioners approve extending marketing contract
    By Leslie Kelly • June 12, 2014 1:57 pm

    Commissioners voted unanimously to extend the contract with Bob Wise, of Marsh Andersen for another year at a cost of $48,000. Wise has been under contract with the port for the past year as a consultant charged with marketing the Bremerton Marina.

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    Disciplinary action upheld by CKF&R
    Disciplinary action upheld by CKF&R
    By Leslie Kelly • June 12, 2014 1:43 pm

    The disciplinary action was taken by the district following an attempt to question Ronny Smith about information that was posted to the Kitsap Fire Watch website

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    Home sales in Kitsap County down from a year ago
    Home sales in Kitsap County down from a...
    By Leslie Kelly • June 12, 2014 1:37 pm

    Kitsap County had more inventory of homes on the market and homes were listing at a slightly higher price in May as compared to May of last year.

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