Visits to local tree farms are part of the season.                                Kitsap News Group file photo

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Finding that perfect (local) tree

It’s just a few weeks until Santa comes down that chimney. Make sure he’ll be impressed when he…

Bob Carter repaired the 600 lights that decorate the Tracyton Community Tree.                                Michelle Beahm / Kitsap News Group

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600 lights for the Tracyton Community Tree

Santa Claus coming to town 6 p.m. Dec. 3

Donna Lee Anderson

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“Writing on the Landscape” can help with writer’s block | Bookends

Writers use all kinds of ways to help themselves get past that dreaded writers-block which seems to afflict…

Pages from my mother’s journal and a memory book I gave her.

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Things I never knew my mother kept | Parenting Parents

Term papers from the 1950s. Her father’s Bible. And every card she ever got.

Lone Hansen straightens PAL fellow members hangings at Central Markets upstairs cafe.

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Making Poulsbo brighter one painting at a time

POULSBO — Local artists are making Poulsbo more colorful.

Volunteers stirng lights for the annual festivities.

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It takes a village to put on Kitsap County’s biggest light show

KINGSTON — At 5 p.m. Dec. 2, Santa Claus will say the magic words and turn Kingston’s marina…

Saints drop off Christmas tree at City Hall

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Saints drop off Christmas tree at City Hall

PORT ORCHARD — The Saints Car Club is all about fast vehicles most of the year. But the…

The land on which Old Mill Park now stands was once owned by Anders and Anna Nelson, who arrived in Silverdale from Seabeck before 1909. (Central Kitsap History Club)

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Old Mill Park/Westfall-Schneebeck Lumber Company | Past & Present

The land on which Old Mill Park now stands was once owned by Anders and Anna Nelson, who…

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St. Gabriel’s Winter Bazaar is Dec. 1-3 in Port Orchard

PORT ORCHARD — St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church in Port Orchard once again is staging its annual Winter Bazaar…

‘Breathe’ features actors’ sizzling chemistry | Screening Room

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‘Breathe’ features actors’ sizzling chemistry | Screening Room

Nick Taylor, the owner of Port Orchard’s Dragonfly Cinema, also is a film reviewer and columnist.

Keyport trumpeter celebrates 96th birthday

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Keyport trumpeter celebrates 96th birthday

Yvonne McAllister has been playing since the Jazz Age

Climbing a mountain leads to philanthropic venture

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Climbing a mountain leads to philanthropic venture

At the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro is, at best, a strange place to make new friends. But that’s…

Quinn Ward

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A day off from school | Kid Wisdom

Recently my kids all had a day off school, which meant we didn’t have to rush around on…

Suzanne O’Clair

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An abundance of dark brings light | Stars Over Kitsap

T he new moon brings the darkest time of the month and the sun in Scorpio is one…

Cheryl Miller | Passages

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Cheryl Miller | Passages

Cheryl Miller

Donna Lee Anderson

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Time to write your memoirs | Bookends

Have you ever wished you could ask your mother or grandmother a question? Obviously, it’s too late after…

Festival of Chimes & Lights is drawing near

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Festival of Chimes & Lights is drawing near

PORT ORCHARD — If the cold and rainy fall weather doesn’t remind you of the holiday season, the…

Cinema | ‘Loving Vincent’ is a vibrant look at van Gogh’s last days

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Cinema | ‘Loving Vincent’ is a vibrant look at van Gogh’s last days

Nick Taylor at the Cinema

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Breakfast with Santa set for Dec. 2

PORT ORCHARD — Kids and families on the lookout for Santa can now set their clocks to the…

Bonnie Chrey helps a library patron check out a book from the Tracyton Library. Anyone can use the independent library.                                Leslie Kelly | Kitsap Daily News

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Volunteers are the heartbeat of Tracyton Library

30 years independent of regional system