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    Articles by Bob Smith
    Port Orchard Police Department team members pose with Amber one last time.
    Amber’s last ride | Narcotics dog charmed and...
    By Bob Smith • April 14, 2016 9:20 pm

    Port Orchard Police Department officers and staff bade a sad farewell to a faithful, dedicated and uncomplaining fellow team member named Amber.

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    The Myhre Building is finally getting an exterior spruce-up.
    Myhre’s exterior finally getting its facelift
    By Bob Smith • April 13, 2016 10:22 am

    A welcome sight is unfolding on Port Orchard’s Bay Street — the Myhre Building’s long-promised exterior spruce-up has begun.

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    Author Gregg Olsen peers into the world of troubled souls — with a Port Orchard dateline
    Author Gregg Olsen peers into the world of...
    By Bob Smith • April 1, 2016 12:59 pm

    Rylee is a Port Orchard teenager from a family burdened by shady lies, deceit and a hazy past. While the girl has a tenuous grasp of reality, she still wonders: “What is real?”

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    Port Orchard Safeway opens April 27; store to hire 75 new employees
    Port Orchard Safeway opens April 27; store to...
    By Bob Smith • March 24, 2016 12:26 pm

    From the ashes of what once was the Haggen grocery business on Lund and Jackson, a newly reconstituted Safeway will soon rise in its place.

    The empty building is being rebranded under the Safeway banner, restocked and will open to shoppers April 27, said Tairsa Worman, Safeway public affairs manager in Bellevue.

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    Public may get to vote soon on passenger-only ferry service
    Public may get to vote soon on passenger-only...
    By Bob Smith • March 17, 2016 1:45 pm

    Passenger-only ferry service connecting Southworth, Bremerton and Kingston with Seattle is being debated by Kitsap Transit board members. But the debate will end soon.

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    Two people killed in South Kitsap house explosion
    Two people killed in South Kitsap house explosion
    By Bob Smith • February 23, 2016 10:24 am

    Two residents were killed early Feb. 23 by an explosion that destroyed their home at 3585 SE Soholt Lane in South Kitsap.

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    SK grad returns home to care for Port Orchard’s pets
    SK grad returns home to care for Port...
    By Bob Smith • February 19, 2016 9:00 am

    When Amanda Smith was growing up in South Kitsap, she was surrounded by lots of pets and enjoyed them immensely, she says.

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    Maurine Simons works on a school bus wheel hub and is preparing it for installation of a tire.
    Being an auto mechanic is not just a...
    By Bob Smith • February 11, 2016 8:53 am

    Maurine Simons is an unexpected face among the five-person automotive technology crew that works inside the repair and maintenance shop at South Kitsap School District’s bus barn.

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    Crazy Lady Galleries to hang it up
    Crazy Lady Galleries to hang it up
    By Bob Smith • February 11, 2016 11:45 am

    Another small business on Bay Street is closing its doors. Crazy Lady Galleries at 724 Bay St., which features an eclectic mix of whimsical gifts and fanciful art, will soon close its business.

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    Piper Lowery was 12 years old.
    ‘Our beautiful borrowed angel’ | Fatal flu ends...
    By Bob Smith • January 29, 2016 3:00 pm

    In the end, 12-year-old Piper Lowrey really didn’t get a fair chance at life.

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    In Olympia: Young introduces bill to change educational assessment emphasis; school funding lurches forward
    In Olympia: Young introduces bill to change educational...
    By Bob Smith • January 28, 2016 1:58 pm

    Jesse Young, 26th legislative district Republican, aims to reform the school assessment process so that the state’s educational focus is on learning rather than student performance on standardized tests.

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    ‘This Old Barn’ | Howe Farm Park is returning to its agricultural past
    ‘This Old Barn’ | Howe Farm Park is...
    By Bob Smith • January 14, 2016 6:00 pm

    When the creaky, listing old barn at Howe Farm County Park is fully renovated by the end of February, visitors will get a glimpse of a Kitsap County park that’s in the beginning stages of a transformation to the past.

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    Sean Jeu
    Port Orchard St. Vincent de Paul needs to...
    By Bob Smith • December 14, 2015 5:16 pm

    Port Orchard’s St. Vincent de Paul thrift store and assistance center on Bay Street may shut down operations unless it can raise $100,000 build a new 25,000 square-foot facility on land it owns at 2525 Bethel Ave.

    Read Story

    Proposed signage to be installed on Tremont Street
    New ‘Wayfinding’ signage should help wayward drivers
    By Bob Smith • December 11, 2015 8:19 am

    Sometime next year, Port Orchard citizens and visitors will begin seeing a new face on some of its directional street signs that welcome residents and visitors to the city.

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    City Council on fast track  to find a new member
    City Council on fast track to find a...
    By Bob Smith • December 10, 2015 11:53 am

    Port Orchard’s City Council has a plan to fast-track the selection process for a new council member to assume current Councilman Rob Putaansuu’s seat.

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    Port Orchard's Festival of Chimes & Lights will kick off Saturday
    Port of Waterman’s new pier is a source...
    By Bob Smith • December 4, 2015 1:12 pm

    Earlier this year, motoring along Beach Drive NE near Port Orchard would invariably provide you a glimpse of the 90-year-old deteriorating wooden Port of Waterman pier, which had been closed to public use because of safety concerns.

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    Elegant greenhouse rising from Port Orchard resident’s back yard
    Elegant greenhouse rising from Port Orchard resident’s back...
    By Bob Smith • November 13, 2015 12:33 pm

    A lovely little brick greenhouse nearing completion has slowly risen in the backyard of Robert Zollna’s home, brick by brick and one reclaimed piece of building material at a time.

    Read Story

    City Councilman Rob Putaansuu
    Putaansuu: ‘It’s time to heal our community’ and...
    By Bob Smith • November 5, 2015 11:58 am

    Port Orchard City Councilman Rob Putaansuu glanced at his watch during his mayoral campaign’s election-night party. “It’s 8:05,” Putaansuu said. “We’ll know really soon.”

    Read Story

    Putaansuu: ‘It’s time to heal our community’
    Putaansuu: ‘It’s time to heal our community’
    By Bob Smith • November 4, 2015 12:16 am

    Port Orchard City Councilman Rob Putaansuu glanced at his watch during his mayoral campaign’s election-night party. “It’s 8:05,” Putaansuu said. “We’ll know really soon.”

    Read Story

    Rob Putaansuu
    Putaansuu racks up big win in Port Orchard...
    By Bob Smith • November 3, 2015 11:43 pm

    Port Orchard City Council member Rob Putaansuu, who campaigned on a pro-growth, business-friendly platform, has won a decisive victory over incumbent Mayor Tim Matthes in the city’s sometimes bitter Nov. 3 general election.

    Read Story

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