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    Port of Kingston suspends passenger ferry service for repairs
    Port of Kingston suspends passenger ferry service for...
    By Tad Sooter • November 18, 2010 2:02 pm

    KINGSTON — The Port of Kingston suspended passenger ferry service to Seattle indefinitely Thursday after a second engine failed on…

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    Suquamish Tribe Executive Director Wayne George surveys the newly finished Veterans Memorial Tuesday.
    Suquamish memorial honors centuries of service
    By Tad Sooter • November 12, 2010 4:35 pm

    SUQUAMISH —Alan Deam’s name is engraved on the face of a marble canoe on a hillside overlooking downtown Suquamish. It’s…

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    Suquamish mariner takes helm of Kingston’s SoundRunner ferry
    Suquamish mariner takes helm of Kingston’s SoundRunner ferry
    By Tad Sooter • November 5, 2010 4:04 pm

    KINGSTON — Kingston’s SoundRunner passenger ferry is operating under new management after the Port of Kingston fired its ferry program…

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    Levy failure puts brakes on new Kingston library
    Levy failure puts brakes on new Kingston library
    By Tad Sooter • November 5, 2010 3:45 pm

    KINGSTON — Kitsap Regional Library has few options left for funding a new Kingston branch this week, after voters rejected…

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    Passengers depart the first sailing of Kingston to Seattle passenger ferry at Colman Dock Monday morning.
    Debut of Kingston passenger ferry draws commuters, joyriders
    By Tad Sooter • October 18, 2010 12:29 pm

    Photos by Brad Camp. KINGSTON — Onboard the Spirit of Kingston Monday morning, halfway to Seattle, commuter Catherine Borstad forgot…

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    A firefighter douses flames at a residential fire Thursday afternoon off State Route 305.
    Fire destroys home on State Route 305 east...
    By Tad Sooter • October 14, 2010 8:03 pm

    SUQUAMISH — A fast-spreading fire claimed a home off State Route 305 near George Lane Thursday afternoon. Neighbors reported the…

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    Traffic backs up on northbound State Route 3 Wednesday during a Hood Canal Bridge opening.
    Hood Canal Bridge neighbors organize as traffic, noise...
    By Tad Sooter • October 8, 2010 1:54 pm

    PORT GAMBLE — When the Hood Canal Bridge opens to let boats pass beneath, traffic backs up for miles on…

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    North Kitsap, Poulsbo fire districts studying cooperation
    North Kitsap, Poulsbo fire districts studying cooperation
    By Tad Sooter • October 8, 2010 1:23 pm

    NORTH KITSAP — North Kitsap’s fire districts could save money by consolidating services as budgets tighten. North Kitsap Fire & Rescue…

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    New schedule shows results, but ferry frustration continues in Kingston
    New schedule shows results, but ferry frustration continues...
    By Tad Sooter • September 29, 2010 12:53 pm

    Though a slimmed-down schedule helped ferries run more on time on the Kingston route this summer, commuters are still frustrated by long backups and a loss of sailings.

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    WSF will discuss results of new Kingston schedule at Tuesday meeting
    WSF will discuss results of new Kingston schedule...
    By Tad Sooter • September 27, 2010 2:13 pm

    KINGSTON — Apart from a boat breakdown and a railway gate malfunction, no sailings were cancelled on the Kingston to…

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    A joint Kitsap County and Suquamish Tribe project will replace an 18-inch diameter culvert with a larger box structure to improve water flow into an estuary on Miller Bay.
    Oil spill money goes to work in Indianola...
    By Tad Sooter • September 16, 2010 1:03 pm

    INDIANOLA — Suquamish Tribe biologist Jay Zischke remembers watching winter winds drive oily water ashore in Indianola seven years ago….

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    County commission delays decision on North Kitsap Legacy Partnership agreement
    County commission delays decision on North Kitsap Legacy...
    By Tad Sooter • September 14, 2010 2:57 pm

    PORT ORCHARD — The Board of County Commissioners put off a decision on a guiding agreement for the North Kitsap…

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    Tribe objects to proposed Port Gamble Bay dock
    Tribe objects to proposed Port Gamble Bay dock
    By Tad Sooter • September 9, 2010 6:52 pm

    The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe is fighting plans for a dock on Port Gamble Bay, concerned increased boat traffic would threaten its shellfish harvest and damage marine habitat.

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    Hansville: County wraps up roadwork as state prepares for toxins cleanup
    Hansville: County wraps up roadwork as state prepares...
    By Tad Sooter • September 1, 2010 11:58 pm

    HANSVILLE — One major public project in Hansville is wrapping up this month, just in time for another to begin….

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    Garage creations vie for glory in Hansville Coaster Games
    Garage creations vie for glory in Hansville Coaster...
    By Tad Sooter • August 30, 2010 10:13 pm

    Photos by Brad Camp HANSVILLE — Lou Krukar sped down a hill in Hansville Saturday, gripping the handlebars of a…

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    North Kitsap Legacy Partnership poised for big step
    North Kitsap Legacy Partnership poised for big step
    By Tad Sooter • August 30, 2010 7:43 pm

    PORT GAMBLE — A proposed agreement between Kitsap County and Olympic Property Group would pave the way for 7,000 acres…

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    Many bears, few berries
    Many bears, few berries
    By Tad Sooter • August 19, 2010 7:20 pm

    Many bears, few berries

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    A detail from George David's 'Angeline
    Suquamish carvings bring new life to Princess Angeline
    By Tad Sooter • August 19, 2010 7:04 pm

    Suquamish’s Angeline comes home

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    Kingston’s Village Green park district measure passing
    Kingston’s Village Green park district measure passing
    By Tad Sooter • August 18, 2010 1:46 am

    KINGSTON — A measure creating a taxing district to support a new Kingston community center building was sailing toward approval…

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    Suzanne Jones will retire from the Little Boston Library next week. A celebration in her honor will begin at 3:30 p.m. Aug. 19 in the library off Little Boston Road.
    Librarian closes book on career
    By Tad Sooter • August 12, 2010 6:48 pm

    Librarian closes book on career, Suzanne Jones

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