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    Articles by Tad Sooter
    A bear investigates a bird feeder Monday in the Jefferson Beach area.
    Fish and Wildlife officers capture bear in Kingston
    By Tad Sooter • June 8, 2010 3:35 pm

    KINGSTON — State Department of Fish and Wildlife officers trapped a black bear in the Jefferson Beach neighborhood of Kingston…

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    Poulsbo man files for U.S. Senate seat | Candidate filings
    Poulsbo man files for U.S. Senate seat |...
    By Tad Sooter • June 7, 2010 10:59 pm

    A Poulsbo man who has filed to run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Patty Murray (D-Washington) said he will not be accepting private donations for his campaign.

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    Zaradhe Yach (left) in the Ghazni clinic.
    Kingston couple aiding daughter’s humanitarian work in Afghanistan
    By Tad Sooter • June 4, 2010 1:24 pm

    KINGSTON — When John Holdeman’s day is winding down in Kingston, his daughter’s is just beginning, in a drab, five-room…

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    Boat aground in Port Gamble Bay provides test for spill response
    Boat aground in Port Gamble Bay provides test...
    By Tad Sooter • June 3, 2010 7:25 pm

    LITTLE BOSTON — The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe tested its spill response tools May 20, when a 60-foot former navy…

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    The Kingston Fourth of July Celebration needs help
    The Kingston Fourth of July Celebration needs help
    By Tad Sooter • May 28, 2010 12:27 pm

    KINGSTON — Last year the Kingston Fourth of July Celebration planning committee met its fundraising goal with three days to…

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    The recently renovated light keeper's workshop at Point No Point will be showcased in an open house at 11 a.m. on May 29.
    Renovated workshop at Point No Point lighthouse opens...
    By Tad Sooter • May 27, 2010 7:26 pm

    HANSVILLE — The U.S. Lighthouse Society tried to leave no detail spared as it renovated an unassuming Point No Point…

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    County Commission OKs Kingston park district proposal for August ballot
    County Commission OKs Kingston park district proposal for...
    By Tad Sooter • May 25, 2010 3:21 pm

    PORT ORCHARD — The proposal to create a park district for Kingston’s Village Green is officially bound for the August…

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    A 60-foot former navy boat rests on the beach on Port Gamble Bay on Thursday afternoon.
    1,200 gallons of diesel removed from boat grounded...
    By Tad Sooter • May 21, 2010 2:24 pm

    LITTLE BOSTON — A salvage company pumped 1,200 gallons of diesel fuel from a grounded boat in Port Gamble Bay…

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    Volunteers spread mulch at a recent garden work party.
    Buck Lake gardeners go native
    By Tad Sooter • May 21, 2010 1:46 pm

    Buck Lake gardeners go native. Hansville

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    North End census numbers improve
    North End census numbers improve
    By Tad Sooter • May 21, 2010 1:18 pm

    SILVERDALE — The U.S. Census Bureau’s efforts to improve census count participation in the North End may be paying off….

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    A 60-foot wooden boat washed ashore on the east side of Port Gamble Bay on Thursday.
    Boat aground in Port Gamble Bay prompts spill...
    By Tad Sooter • May 20, 2010 7:26 pm

    LITTLE BOSTON — A 60-foot wooden vessel reported aground in Port Gamble Bay on Thursday prompted an oil spill response…

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    Junior Calina Lawrence tends the windmill she built with partner Charissa Sigo during the MESA engineering design competition May 7.
    Early College fueling futures | Suquamish program offers...
    By Tad Sooter • May 14, 2010 1:29 pm

    SUQUAMISH — As a classroom of peers looked on, junior Calina Lawrence watched her model windmill waver in the breeze…

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    Museum effort in the home stretch
    Museum effort in the home stretch
    By Tad Sooter • May 14, 2010 1:19 pm

    SUQUAMISH — Suquamish tribal history will have a new home in the fall of 2011. The tribe is beginning a…

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    Slimmer summer ferry schedule draws fire in Kingston
    Slimmer summer ferry schedule draws fire in Kingston
    By Tad Sooter • May 12, 2010 1:18 am

    KINGSTON — A new summer schedule that will trim sailings from the Kingston to Edmonds ferry route was met with…

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    Kingston Lumber moving out of downtown after 60-odd years
    Kingston Lumber moving out of downtown after 60-odd...
    By Tad Sooter • May 11, 2010 4:41 pm

    KINGSTON — Kingston Lumber Millwork and Supply is moving out of the downtown location it has called home since the 1940s.
    The business is combining operations on the corner of State Route 104 and Bond Road, where it maintains a six-acre lumber yard. Owner Tom Waggoner hopes to have the move completed by the end of May, he said.

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    Rep. Inslee's Kingston health care forum subdued, compared to last one | Slideshow
    Rep. Inslee’s Kingston health care forum subdued, compared...
    By Tad Sooter • May 11, 2010 1:46 am

    KINGSTON — Health care reform was still a key topic at a town hall meeting hosted by U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Bainbridge Island) Monday in Kingston, but the crowd and emotion fell well short of Inslee’s last North Kitsap forum.

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    A county dump truck rolls over an asphalt speed table on Hansville Road. Speed tables have been a source of contention in the North End town since they were installed three years ago.
    Committee seeking speed table solutions in Hansville
    By Tad Sooter • May 7, 2010 1:45 pm

    County Commissioner Steve Bauer appointed the two committees of Hansville residents two years ago to study ways of making the controversial traffic controls more palatable to the town, while maintaining public safety.

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    Port of Kingston seeks members for passenger ferry panel
    Port of Kingston seeks members for passenger ferry...
    By Tad Sooter • May 7, 2010 1:18 pm

    KINGSTON — When it comes to branding its passenger ferry, the Port of Kingston isn’t turning to high-priced consultants. Instead,…

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    Rotary Club swinging hammers and clubs
    Rotary Club swinging hammers and clubs
    By Tad Sooter • May 3, 2010 6:29 pm

    KINGSTON —At 100 years old, the Kingston Cooperative Preschool schoolhouse can be forgiven some flaws. This spring, Rotary Club of…

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    Agreement will guide North Kitsap legacy partnership
    Agreement will guide North Kitsap legacy partnership
    By Tad Sooter • April 30, 2010 2:23 pm

    PORT ORCHARD —  Kitsap County and Olympic Property Group are mapping out the process that could bring 7,000 acres of…

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