Union Bank has announced that it is closing its Kitsap and North Olympic Peninsula branches as part of a move to shut 20 locations in the state. The bank will close its Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Sequim and Poulsbo branches Feb. 20, followed on Feb. 27 by closures of branches in Bremerton, Silverdale and Gig Harbor, according to Union Bank spokesman Alan Gulick.
The latest addition to Poulsbo’s growing number of retail stores will open its doors on Nov. 23. CVS pharmacy has quickly put up four walls and a roof on the corner of Highway 305 and Hostmark Street since the demolition of the former Northwest Design Center in June. The building is now complete and shelves are being stocked.
If you are waiting for pain to dictate how often you should see your chiropractor — or whether or not to see one in the first place — you’re waiting too long.
The Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 13, at the McCormick Woods Golf Course Clubhouse, 5155 McCormick Woods Dr. SW.
The historic Port Gamble Theater was built during the boom times of this Victorian mill town near the turn of the last century. It was vacant and in a preserved state since 1956, when the last movie reel ended.
Mrs. Muir’s House of Ghosts and Magic opened earlier this year. But the owners feel they have stretched themselves too thin, between two other nearby shops they operate, and are seeking the right person to take the business over.
DeFord Photograph was named the “2014 Small Business of the Year” Oct. 25 at the Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce’s annual Dinner and Auction at the Port Orchard Eagles Hall.
Marc Abshire accepted the Greater Poulsbo Chamber of Commerce director of operations job on Oct. 22. Abshire was selected by the chamber’s board of directors and search committee. He will succeed Jan Harrison, who resigned to concentrate on her consulting business.
Harrison Medical Center, part of CHI Franciscan Health, recently welcomed the addition of two members to the organization’s Board of Directors.
Matt Murphy assumed the role Oct. 14 after the Chamber’s board of directors selected him to fill the post after Christine Daniel resigned July 19 because of health reasons.
The latest string of new businesses in downtown Poulsbo have expressed the community’s priorities well: the children.
I recently posed the following question to my patients: Suppose, for a moment, that you had to catch a cold. How would you go about doing it?
The home we are buying has an extra little building on it. We plan to use it for an office. How do we find out if it was built legally?
The stage was set for a fierce competition: the annual rumble for lodging tax dollars. “You have your choice, to accept or reject each of the (requests) that have been recommended for funding,” Councilman Gary Nystul told the Poulsbo City Council at its Oct. 8 meeting.
Jim Laws is selling his Windermere franchise on Bainbridge Island, a top performing franchise in the Windermere network, to Carter Dotson.
Ready. Set. Ghost Walk. The Ever-Popular Port Gamble Ghost Walks begin in October.
Last month, Michelle Castro opened Mobile Therapy by MC at 2497 Bethel Road SE.
Sound Publishing Inc. has acquired, effective Oct. 1, The Daily World in Aberdeen from Stephens Media.
The Port Orchard Independent received 11 awards in the Washington Newspapers Publishers Association’s 2014 Better Newspaper Contest.
The median sales price of a home in Kitsap County was $249,950 in September, $7,000 more than in August and the sixth-highest of Western Washington counties. That’s according to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service, which tracks real estate data in 21 counties.