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    Articles by Leslie Kelly
    Lisa Stirrett with her warrior creation at her shop.
    Glass artist marks second year in her retail...
    By Leslie Kelly • June 12, 2014 1:25 pm

    Local glass artist to host anniversary celebration at Silverdale shop as a ‘thank you’ to community.

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    Port will keep marina consultant another year
    Port will keep marina consultant another year
    By Leslie Kelly • June 12, 2014 1:19 pm

    Despite not knowing how they’re going to pay for it, an extension of a contract with Marsh Andersen LLC of Bainbridge Island was approved by Bremerton Port commissioners Tuesday.

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    Renee Overath thumbs through historic extension records.
    Kitsap County Extension: It’s 97 and growing
    By Leslie Kelly • June 10, 2014 4:11 pm

    When Renee Overath began preparing for this year’s celebration of 100 years of extension service in Washington State, she decided to go rummaging through old file cabinets. Overath is the director of WSU Kitsap County Extension, and although the extension has only been around for 97 years in Kitsap County, she’s getting in on the anniversary anyway.

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    Kitsap home sales down in May
    Kitsap home sales down in May
    By Leslie Kelly • June 10, 2014 7:42 pm

    Homes are selling at a slightly lower rate this May as compared to last May.

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    Alexander Diaz
    Kids’ Day filled with firetrucks, ladders and fun
    By Leslie Kelly • June 7, 2014 6:28 pm

    Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue sponsored its 29th annual Kids’ Day and more than 3,500 people showed up

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    A group of Tracyton area residents and others gathered at the new bench at the Tracyton dock on Saturday to welcome kayakers to their area.
    Tracyton christens its new bench
    By Leslie Kelly • June 7, 2014 6:21 pm

    The bench was made possible by the volunteer work of Richard Larvia, who made the portion where people sit, and Dave Tarver, who sculpted the back of the bench.

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    Kitsap Regional Library delays site decision
    Kitsap Regional Library delays site decision
    By Leslie Kelly • June 5, 2014 1:19 pm

    The board of trustees has put the decision off until August

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    CKF&R looks to change its public weapons policy
    CKF&R looks to change its public weapons policy
    By Leslie Kelly • June 5, 2014 1:02 pm

    It was just a small sign posted outside of the meeting room at Station 41. It read “No Weapons.”

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    Fire inspection agreement may soon be history
    Fire inspection agreement may soon be history
    By Leslie Kelly • June 5, 2014 12:42 pm

    Notice for termination of an agreement between the Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue District and the Kitsap County Fire Marshal, to provide fire inspections in the district, is expected to be given soon.

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    Tracyton area residents petition county regarding development
    Tracyton area residents petition county regarding development
    By Leslie Kelly • June 4, 2014 7:00 pm

    The petition, which was circulated by Ron Gillespie, is asking that the county’s department of community development not grant a technical deviation to developer SMCI.

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    Ronny Smith has been named Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue's Career Firefighter of the Year.
    Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue gives out annual...
    By Leslie Kelly • May 30, 2014 3:56 pm

    Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue announced its 2013 employee honors. According to Ileana LiMarzi, public information officer for the district, ballots were distributed and employees voted for the person they found to be deserving of each title.

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    A group of Marines participate in an annual Memorial Day ceremony at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Bremerton on Monday
    Honoring the fallen in Bremerton
    By Leslie Kelly • May 30, 2014 3:25 pm

    It was windy Monday afternoon as a crowd of about 200 gathered at the Ivy Green Cemetery in Bremerton for the annual Memorial Day tribute.

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    Public hearings set on draft sign code
    Public hearings set on draft sign code
    By Leslie Kelly • May 30, 2014 3:07 pm

    The Kitsap County Planning Commission will take comments from the public regarding the proposed sign code

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    Vern Christopher and Fred Just stand in front of a restored Model-T pickup.
    Seabeck Conference Center marks 100 years
    By Leslie Kelly • May 29, 2014 12:46 pm

    The first guest to ever stay at what is now the Seabeck Conference Center checked in on June 11, 1915.

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    Fire district  managers set to get pay raises
    Fire district managers set to get pay raises
    By Leslie Kelly • May 29, 2014 12:43 pm

    Raises for management level employees in the Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue District were approved Monday by the CKF&R board of commissioners.

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    Karen Smith
    Families also honor their own on Memorial Day
    By Leslie Kelly • May 26, 2014 7:20 pm

    The sisters have come to see Memorial Day as a time to also remember those loved ones of their own

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    Veterans salute the fallen at a Memorial Day service at Ivy Green Cemetery in Bremerton Monday afternoon.
    Memorial Day: a day to honor the fallen
    By Leslie Kelly • May 26, 2014 6:51 pm

    Rear Admiral Dietrich Kuhlmann told the crowds that life is a learning experience.

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    Nave Band Northwest will be among the performers at Harbor Fest this weekend.
    Plenty of events on tap this weekend
    By Leslie Kelly • May 22, 2014 3:32 pm

    Here in Kitsap County, there’s plenty to do this weekend including the Kitsap Harbor Festival, celebrated in both Bremerton and Port Orchard.

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    A visitors’ viewing station and community kiosk is planned to be located near a crosswalk at the new Bucklin Hill Bridge which is set to get under construction in the fall or early 2015.
    CKCC wants new library built on community campus
    By Leslie Kelly • May 22, 2014 3:16 pm

    Reasons listed included its proximity to Central Kitsap High School and junior high schools.

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    An additional pier for non-motorized watercraft is under consideration at the west end of the Silverdale waterfront where Pacific Avenue dead ends. Concrete and other materials would be removed to allow access for kayakers and canoers.
    Port of Silverdale looking to add another pier
    By Leslie Kelly • May 22, 2014 3:14 pm

    They hope to add a pier for non-motorized watercraft to the Old Town waterfront

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