BREMERTON — Bremerton candidates filed for the 2015 election May 15. Several candidates are running unopposed and a few electeds chose not to run again
BREMERTON — The Bremerton City Council voted unanimously to withdraw from the Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council Wednesday evening.
City council president Greg Wheeler will now draft a letter to the KRCC informing them of the Bremerton’s withdrawal. After the letter is submitted, Bremerton will remain a member of the KRCC for six more months.
BREMERTON — In the early morning hours of May 18, a photo was posted to the Manette Neighborhood Coalition Facebook page showing a man standing in a waist-high sinkhole near the Lower Wheaton Way roundabout.
It was the second sinkhole in less than a week found along the city’s newly paved road.
BREMERTON — The candidate field for Bremerton School Board Director, Position 3 shrank from four to three today as Colleen Smidt withdrew her candidacy.
Photos from the 67th Armed Forces Day Parade hosted May 17 in downtown Bremerton.
BREMERTON — The Bremerton City Council will vote whether to remain in the Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council May 20.
The city has campaigned for a change to the organization’s voting structure since for months, calling for a reduction of power to the county commissioners.
BREMERTON — If lines to enter Naval Base Kitsap (NBK) have seemed a little long than usual lately, there’s a reason.
On May 7, the Department of Defense raised the terrorism threat level to Force Protection Condition Level Bravo, the third level of a five tier scale. It’s defined as “An increased and predictable threat of terrorism.”
Candidates for the November 2015 election began filing with the Kitsap County Auditor May 11. Filing ends May 15.
Below are Bremerton positions open for election and the candidates who’ve filed. This list will be updated as more candidates file.
BREMERTON — An EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) team from Naval Base Kitsap (NBK) responded to suspicious package found on State Route 304 near Puget Sound Naval Shipyard May 8.
BREMERTON — The Bremerton School Board announced the resignation of board member Ken Watkins at its May 7 meeting.
BREMERTON — Green Mountain Elementary teacher Kelsie Austin’s morning class had an usual interruption April 30.
Seattle radio station STAR 101.5 surprised Austin, a fifth grade teacher, with its Elementary Teacher of the Week award. Her student Linzi Geiger nominated Austin for the award.
BREMERTON — Your move, Bremerton.
The Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council (KRCC) rejected Bremerton’s proposed voting structure changes seven votes to four May 5.
Bremerton representatives have clamored for changes to the voting structure after rejecting an interlocal agreement in March.
SILVERDALE — Peter Stockwell taught middle school in Kitsap County for over 30 years.
Now his life revolves around murder.
He doesn’t kill people, his characters kill people. Some of them do, anyway.
Stockwell, 65, writes mystery novels. He started six years ago after he retired from teaching at Central Kitsap Junior High.
BREMERTON — Bigfoot’s real. They’ve seen it.
But, why aren’t there any clear photos of Bigfoot?
Because Bigfoot has a cloaking capability. It can be visible or invisible, if and when it wants.
OK, but why hasn’t anyone found bones or fossils?
Because Bigfoot is interdimensional — it lives in another dimension, but sometimes comes to ours.
BREMERTON — Recent road changes to turn lanes at Marine Drive and Kitsap Way has caused some displeasure amongst residents.
The road was re-striped and reduced from four lanes to three to allow more room for incoming vehicles. But now wait times have increased for those leaving Marine Drive.
Bremerton representatives on the Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council (KRCC) are holding strong to the changes they want in its voting structure.
They’ve considered leaving if the changes aren’t made, despite the fact that it may make it harder for the city to get state funding for construction projects.
But an end to the controversy is looming.
According to Bremerton Mayor Patty Lent, the KRCC will vote on the matter May 5.
BREMERTON — For years, customers could get almost anything local at the Bremerton Farmer’s Market: produce, food, art.
Almost everything except beer and wine.
Until now.
The Bremerton City Council amended its municipal code April 15 to allow beer and wine tasting at the Thursday Market in Evergreen Rotary Park.
BREMERTON — They’ll be in the neighborhoods. In the parks. In the marina. In stores. Around schools.
Armed with only a radio and an eye for injustice, the Bremerton Police Department’s new volunteer program isn’t just neighborhood watch — it’s “neighborhood watch on steroids.”
BREMERTON — According to Google Maps, driving around Dyes Inlet takes about 45 minutes, and that includes State Route 3 with its 60 miles per hour speed limit.
To run around the Dyes — yes, with your legs and feet — would obviously take much longer.
It took Steve Jensen, a 48-year-old accountant from Port Orchard, 3:13:14 at the inaugural Bremerton Marathon April 18.
BREMERTON — Chal Martin went to Bank of America on Sixth Street just looking to get some cash the afternoon of April 10. He left having had his wallet stolen by a man on what police believe was a meth-fueled rampage
