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Articles by Tad Sooter
Port of Kingston Commissioner Pete DeBoer (left) chats with new SoundRunner Operations Manager Ken Brazeau Tuesday outside the port office.
Port of Kingston introduces new leadership for passenger...
By Tad Sooter • May 3, 2011 11:22 pm

KINGSTON — Kingston’s SoundRunner passenger ferry will get a fresh start May 31. Despite the service’s stormy debut last fall,…

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New plan emerging for Kingston Library
New plan emerging for Kingston Library
By Tad Sooter • May 3, 2011 2:45 pm

KINGSTON — A new Kingston Library may still be packaged with a community center at Kingston’s Village Green. Kitsap Regional…

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Poulsbo firefighters douse a smoldering Kitsap Transit bus Friday night in a Viking Way parking garage.
Parked Kitsap Transit bus burns in Poulsbo Friday...
By Tad Sooter • April 23, 2011 3:01 pm

POULSBO — A malfunctioning air conditioner caused a fire that destroyed a $263,000 Kitsap Transit bus Friday night in Poulsbo,…

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New Suquamish canoe is already centuries old
New Suquamish canoe is already centuries old
By Tad Sooter • April 23, 2011 12:24 am

SUQUAMISH — For 10 years, Tana Stobs has been a canoe family in search of a canoe. Its crews travel on…

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An osprey delivers a stick to its nest atop a T-Mobile cell phone tower in Poulsbo
Calling the ospreys home: Protected birds build nest...
By Tad Sooter • April 22, 2011 12:44 pm

POULSBO — Three steel towers on a ridge top off Fourth Avenue ensure Poulsbo cell phones keep ringing. To a…

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Steve Lickar worries he won’t be able to keep his home. His insurance company won’t cover repairs because it considers the damage earthquake related
Unsettling times: Sagging Kingston hillside damages road, threatens...
By Tad Sooter • April 18, 2011 5:56 pm

KINGSTON — Steve and Joellen Lickar bought a house on Washington Boulevard last fall, drawn in by water views and…

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Transmission fluid leaks from a Dodge truck on State Route 305 Thursday after it collided with a Mercedes sedan.
Drivers and dogs shaken but OK after Poulsbo...
By Tad Sooter • April 14, 2011 7:57 pm

POULSBO — No major injuries were reported in a two-car, rollover collision that snarled traffic Thursday at the intersection of…

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Spring is in the air at Kites Over Kingston
Spring is in the air at Kites Over...
By Tad Sooter • April 10, 2011 1:34 am

KINGSTON — Penny Lingenfelter roved the Kingston waterfront Saturday dressed as though she’d just stepped out of Neverland. The green…

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From left
Life abounds in Port Gamble Bay despite lingering...
By Tad Sooter • April 8, 2011 2:29 pm

PORT GAMBLE — The herring larvae squirming in a beach net on Port Gamble Bay Wednesday were about the size of…

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A sign warns beach walkers away from contact with Lofall Creek.
Lofall Creek contamination remains challenge for county
By Tad Sooter • April 5, 2011 1:01 pm

LOFALL — Lofall Creek gurgles through a quiet Hood Canal neighborhood, inviting but off limits. Children can’t splash in its…

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Al Zachary’s father and uncles were taught in the Hansville schoolhouse
The house where Hansville grew up
By Tad Sooter • April 4, 2011 10:08 pm

HANSVILLE — Hansville is in Al Zachary’s blood. More than a century ago, a few pioneer families carved out a…

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Lenore Lynch trims an unruly plant Wednesday outside the Kingston Community Center.
Volunteers give Kingston a spring cleaning
By Tad Sooter • March 30, 2011 5:38 pm

KINGSTON — Kitsap’s Lutheran church congregations have organized service missions in some far-flung places. Their mission on Wednesday didn’t even require…

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Riders file onto the Spirit of Kingston in October 2010 on the first morning of SoundRunner service.
Port of Kingston Commission approves relaunch of passenger...
By Tad Sooter • March 24, 2011 1:13 pm

KINGSTON — SoundRunner will sail again this spring. The Port of Kingston Commission voted unanimously Thursday evening to relaunch the…

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Passengers file onto the Spirit of Kingston in October 2010 for the first morning of SoundRunner service.
Port of Kingston Commission approves relaunch of passenger...
By Tad Sooter • March 24, 2011 1:05 pm

KINGSTON — SoundRunner will sail again this spring. The Port of Kingston Commission voted unanimously Thursday evening to relaunch the…

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From left
Gelder tours district, prepares for campaign
By Tad Sooter • March 21, 2011 2:24 pm

A lot is happening fast for Kitsap County’s newest commissioner. Since taking the oath of office in Port Orchard Monday,…

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A firefighter sprays down the metal sides of a pole building Wednesday off Mainland View Lane.
Fire guts detached garage near Suquamish
By Tad Sooter • March 16, 2011 10:40 pm

POULSBO — Loran Luce kept his collections in a pole building outside the Mainland View Lane home he built 20 years ago.

Two classic cars, a truck, two motorcycles and woodworking equipment filled the metal-sided building.

On Wednesday afternoon he watched them all disappear as a fast moving fire gutted the building.

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West Sound Utility District Plant Manager John Poppe displays a sample of Class B biosolid from the district’s Port Orchard treatment center Friday.
DOE pulls plug on West Sound biosolids project
By Tad Sooter • March 14, 2011 5:21 pm

The state Department of Ecology has tossed out a controversial proposal to spread wastewater biosolids on a field in Hansville.
West Sound Utility District, which provides water and wastewater services in South Kitsap, applied for a permit to use Class B biosolids to fertilize a hay field in Hansville. Biosolids are divided into two classes.
Class B biosolids are certified to be free of 99 percent of potential pathogens.

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West Sound Utility District Plant Manager John Poppe displays a sample of Class B biosolid from the district's Port Orchard treatment center Friday.
Hansville biosolid proposal heading down the drain
By Tad Sooter • March 14, 2011 4:19 pm

HANSVILLE — The state Department of Ecology has tossed out a controversial proposal to spread wastewater biosolids on a field in Hansville.

West Sound Utility District, which provides water and wastewater services in South Kitsap, applied for a permit to use Class B biosolids to fertilize a hay field in Hansville.

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An aerial view of the former Port Gamble millsite. The Pope and Talbot mill operated for nearly 150 years.
Ecology outlines vision for restoring Port Gamble Bay
By Tad Sooter • March 11, 2011 5:00 pm

PORT GAMBLE — In 20 years, Port Gamble Bay could be whole again. Wood chips strewn on its bottom will…

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Joyce Hart is one of several Shore Woods residents demanding greater scrutiny of a plan to haul South Kitsap biosolids to Hansville.
West Sound biosolid program causing a stink in...
By Tad Sooter • March 8, 2011 12:43 pm

West Sound Utility District, which handles wastewater treatment for Port Orchard, applied with the state last month for a permit that would allow it to disperse wastewater sludge to a field in the Hood Canal Drive area.

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