BREMERTON — It looks like a giant saxophone and he looks like an average sized person. But maybe it’s an averaged sized saxophone and he’s a very little person.
Well, it’s actually a contrabass saxophone — one of 12 in existence — and it’s huge.
Bremerton officials took the next step toward peace with the Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council (KRCC) April 10.
Mayor Patty Lent and City Council President Greg Wheeler sent KRCC Board Chair Robert Gelder proposed amendments to the KRCC interlocal agreement (ILA).
Bremerton representatives finally aired their grievances with the Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council (KRCC) in person April 7.
Members of the Bremerton City Council have openly mused of leaving the KRCC altogether at recent study sessions after it unanimously rejected the KRCC’s proposed interlocal agreement March 4.
Some of the brightest academic minds in the state competed against each other in Bremerton recently.
They shared ideas on using microbes that live in soil to break down polyethylene and how to isolate lipids from leftovers from the winemaking process and then turn them into biodiesel.
And most of them weren’t old enough to vote.
The story goes as many before.
Man hikes through woods with family. Man stops so family can rest. Man sees Bigfoot staring at his wife. Man spends next 15 years chasing Bigfoot.
Classic American tale, right?
Not exactly.
SEATTLE — Top five ain’t bad.
That’s where Naval Avenue Early Learning Center teacher Debbie Lindgren finished among elementary PE teachers at SHAPE America’s annual conference in Seattle March 17-21.
POULSBO — His life was short, but those who knew 2-year-old Kaden Lum say his impact will be longfelt.
“He was a very active and outgoing child,” said Don Jones, Kaden’s great-grandfather. “He loved life.”
BREMERTON — The Bremerton School District is hoping to overhaul its wireless capabilities in the coming years, from increased bandwidth to Chromebooks in every school.
If all goes according to plan, Bremerton schools could find itself in the cloud and ahead of the curve.
The walls inside the Sweet and Smokey Diner became a bit more cluttered this week.
Their barbeque pit master won four awards at the Northwest Cured Meat Championships in Seaside, Oregon March 19-21.
BREMERTON — With the speed of a rusted, barely functional locomotive, they stormed. Side by side, Marines and soldiers battled each other for position as they moved downcourt. Riding “donkeyback.”
BREMERTON — The Bremerton School Board voted to give the district the ability to use a $700,000 interfund loan for the West Hills STEM Academy expansion project at its March 21 meeting.
BREMERTON — A 44-year-old Gig Harbor man was arrested for false imprisonment March 21 after he allegedly kept a 50-year-old Tacoma woman in his taxi against her will.
Onlookers may have noticed something new this year at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Bremerton: gold and green coins.
The morning of the parade, Michelle Tomlinson-Hough, vice president of the Downtown Bremerton Association, and her daughter, Kailena, hid 400 coins along the parade line.
BREMERTON – The intersection of Sixth Street and Naval Avenue was closed from about 6-7 p.m. March 16 following a two-car collision.
BREMERTON – The Bremerton School District is considering measures to ease transitions for military children entering the district.
The Bremerton City Council is mulling a possible exit from the Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council (KRCC) if changes aren’t made to KRCC’s proposed interlocal agreement.
The council unanimously rejected the agreement at its March 4 meeting and then discussed scenarios in which the city left KRCC at its March 11 study session.
The City of Bremerton held its annual St. Patrick’s Day parade March 14 around 11 a.m. near Sixth Street and Pacific Avenue.
BREMERTON – After a month-long charity drive, corrections officers with Kitsap County Jail collected a couple hundred pounds of household goods and clothing, including 500-600 diapers, to donate to the Kitsap YWCA.
The Naval Undersea Museum unveiled its latest model March 7: a 38-inch replica of the USS Grayback, a Scorpion-class submarine used during the Vietnam War.
Not every street in an intersection with red light cameras is actually covered by a camera. From 2010-2012, 73 percent of all collisions at intersections with red light cameras occurred in the streets without cameras.
