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Poulsbo author touts ‘stellar’ debut novel “Lake Magic”

Kimberly Fisk remembers the yellow and white dress her mother made her for the special occasion. She wore…

Carving artist Duane Pasco will speak twice in Kitsap next week

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Five Things | Get your dancing shoes on

See who Coco was before Chanel in “Coco avant Chanel,” a film about Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, who began…

Poulsbo's Erika Scott is crowned the 2010 Miss Poulsbo Saturday during the Miss Poulsbo

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Miss Poulsbo 2010 Crowned | Photo

Poulsbo’s Erika Scott is crowned the 2010 Miss Poulsbo Saturday during the Miss Poulsbo, Miss Kitsap and Miss…

Olalla resident Gregg Olsen has built a reputation writing true crime books

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The dark side of Cedar Cove

While Debbie Macomber’s romanticized Cedar Cove setting has earned her millions of worldwide fans, another local author’s fictional…

Logan Owen has his sights set on a U.S. junior road racing championship. He already has five cyclocross titles under his belt.

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Cyclocrossing to the next level

Logan Owen became weightless on wheels by leg-pressing 400 pounds. The Bremerton High School freshman, a five-time U.S.…

Logan Owen has his sights set on a U.S. junior road racing championship. He already has five cyclocross titles under his belt.

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Cyclocrossing to the next level

Logan Owen became weightless on wheels by leg-pressing 400 pounds. The Bremerton High School freshman, a five-time U.S.…

Vi Weaver

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Kingston’s Vi Weaver dedicated life to feeding the hungry

KINGSTON — Even as her life waned, the Kingston Food Bank was on Vi Weaver’s mind. Weaver was…

Firehouse Theater owner Craig Smith loads 'Avatar' onto his main screen projector. The theater is located in Kingston.

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Firehouse Theater: A man, a dream and a commitment

As far as the man could remember, he hadn’t heard of Jude Law. Sitting in the theater, before…

More than 100 swimmers braved the cold waters off Bainbridge's Pleasant Beach to ring in the New Year.

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Brrringing in the New Year | 2010 Polar Bear Plunge

The whitecaps breaking on Bainbridge Island’s Pleasant Beach were none too inviting. The rocky shoreline along the island’s…

Week in Photos (Year in Review Issue) | Slideshow

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Week in Photos (Year in Review Issue) | Slideshow

Staff Photos by Brad Camp

Seattle-based children's theater The Moonpaper Tent will hold a special performance of classical Ukrainian folktale 'The Mitten' at Bainbridge Performing Arts on Saturday

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Five Things | Calling all green-thumbs

First Friday Art Walk (held late, because of the holidays) will present encaustic beeswax and mixed media paintings…

Founding member Susan VanderWey and owner Jessica Osborn in A is for Artists Gallery

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Art and the Economy: A gallery’s hope for survival

They say timing is everything. In the case of A is for Artists Gallery, timing didn’t work out…

John Sheridan of Port Orchard started 2010 by jumping into the Olalla Lagoon Friday.

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Video: SK residents start the new year with a splash

There are many reasons one might choose to start the year by jumping into the Olalla Lagoon for…

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WSU Extension teaches bankable farming

The Washington State University Kitsap County Extension will offer a weekly course through March aiming to teach new…

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WSU Extension teaches bankable farming

The Washington State University Kitsap County Extension will offer a weekly course through March aiming to teach new…

‘Zombies of Mass Destruction

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A Year in Review: The best of What’s Up 2009 (Part two)

What’s Up rocked the second half of ’09 starting with good, old fashioned gluttony. We paid a visit…

Jamin Winans 'Ink' is being heralded as the indie world's Next Big Thing.

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Screening Room | The coolest movie you’re not watching

You probably haven’t seen “Ink.” If you have, I assume two things about you. One: You are now…

Marine Science Center volunteer Sharon Larsen shows off a starfish to visitor Justin Anderson.

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Five Things| New Year’s Resolutions worth keeping

When none of us were looking, calendars everywhere sneakily turned to 2010, leaving us to scratch our heads…

“Swimming Color” by Lili Story

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Studio offers window into the world of art | Kingston Art Gallery | January

By MARYLIN LIDEN BODE A young man came into the Kingston Art Gallery recently and was wowed by…

'Bye, bye Blackball' | A Glance at the Past | January

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‘Bye, bye Blackball’ | A Glance at the Past | January

By HARRIET MUHRLEIN At the end of World War II the ferry system on Puget Sound was owned…