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Petition aims to maintain ferry service in face of cuts

Ferry passengers fighting a money saving proposal to slash late night Bremerton ferry service are circulating a petition…

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Budget cutters set sights on ferries, social services

State grapples with $4.6 billion shortfall through summer of 2013.

Shelly Bauman in a photo taken in the 1970s.

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Shelly’s left leg – Founder of Seattle’s first openly gay bar spent the last eight years of her wild, tragic life in Bremerton.

It started with a left leg. It was a dancer’s leg, belonging to Shelly Bauman, and its amputation…

West Hills Elementary

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Bremerton’s West Hills to produce to the next ‘great thinkers’

Ivy Greene was initially skeptical when she learned that West Hills Elementary, where her son Mason, 9, is…

Builders continued work last week on Chico Beach Cottages

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Kitsap homebuilders still on shaky foundations

Considering the downturn in residential home building over past years, Steve Brett counts himself lucky. As president of…

Builders continued work last week on Chico Beach Cottages

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Kitsap homebuilders still on shaky foundations

Considering the downturn in residential home building over past years, Steve Brett counts himself lucky. As president of…

Lady Eleanor

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Bremerton gifts for the 12 days of Christmas

Despite the “buy local” mantra this holiday season, some shoppers may not know where to find homegrown gifts.…

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Central Kitsap gifts for the 12 days of Christmas

Despite the “buy local” mantra this holiday season, some shoppers may not know where to find homegrown gifts.…

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‘No contact’ advisory for Dyes Inlet – 265,000 gallons of treated sewage spilled into Bremerton’s Port Washington Narrows

g in Dyes Inlet too inviting, beach goers are warned to not touch the water in Silverdale's

The Bremerton Area Chamber of Commerce’s new Executive Director Mike Strube replaces Silvia Klatman

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10 questions for new Bremerton chamber director Mike Strube

The Bremerton Area Chamber of Commerce’s new Executive Director Mike Strube began running the chamber Dec. 1, having…

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Landlord fee fails at Bremerton City Council

The Bremerton City Council voted 3-6 Wednesday to reject a new landlord fee after six months of postponements…

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Bremerton approves reduced budget

The Bremerton City Council voted 9-0 Wednesday to approve a 2011 budget that reduces city spending by 5…

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

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Lots of shelter from the storm, not many takers

Despite efforts to shelter the homeless and those without power from last week’s snow storm, Kitsap County’s severe…

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Winterfest opens Christmas season in Bremerton

Bremerton will welcome Saint Nick and celebrate the Christmas season Friday with multiple tree lightings at the city’s…

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Bremerton revisits landlord fee, despite veto threat

The Bremerton City Council will consider a new business license fee for city landlords Dec. 1 after six…

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Bremerton chicken permits to be available by Dec. 3

Bremerton’s chicken ordinance, allowing residents to keep chickens in their backyards, took effect Nov. 18, but the paperwork…

East Bremerton resident Brandy Williams buys groceries at FreshLocal from employee Semeon Yefru Nov. 19 at FreshLocal’s first birthday party. The Fourth Avenue store has been the only grocery downtown and is likely to stay that way for years to come.

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In the market for a downtown grocery

When Jean Schanen opened FreshLocal on Fourth Street in downtown Bremerton a year ago, the location was picked…

Costume and Props Director Jeanette Tucker kneels in the military room of the costume loft

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Ghosts in the house – The Bremerton Community Theatre is a haunted hotspot, filled with ghostly visitors at night.

When Jeanette Tucker first started acting and volunteering at the Bremerton Community Theatre about a year and a…

Costume and Props Director Jeanette Tucker kneels in the military room of the costume loft

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Ghosts in the house – The Bremerton Community Theatre is a haunted hotspot, filled with ghostly visitors at night.

When Jeanette Tucker first started acting and volunteering at the Bremerton Community Theatre about a year and a…

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Olympic College issues pink slips, to close Bangor branch

Four Olympic College administrators and three classified employees will be on the chopping block, along with the closure…