Hi-Lo’s 15th Street Cafe owners Heidi and Lowell Yoxsimer show off their Volkswagen van outside their restaurant in Bremerton. The van was their idea of restaurant “expansion

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Food for Kitsap’s Soul

Good times, bad times, it’s always a good time to eat. And in Bremerton, independents weathering the storm…

Rochelle Wagner prepares to run plates to customers at Aloha Kitchen in Silverdale. Wagner has been serving there since it opened in November.

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Food for Kitsap’s Soul

Good times, bad times, it’s always a good time to eat. And in Central Kitsap, independents weathering the…

From left to right

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Hi-Lo brings neighborhood together in Bremerton

When Heidi and Lowell Yoxsimer set out to open a new restaurant on the corner of Bremerton’s 15th…

Sofia Robinson

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For those who miss the islands, Aloha Kitchen in Silverdale is a bit of home

Stuck between corporate giants Verizon and Starbucks in a strip mall, a new business opens up and it’s…

Christopher Carter/staff photo Sofia Robinson

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Silverdale’s Aloha Kitchen: A taste of the islands, far from home

Stuck between corporate giants Verizon and Starbucks in a strip mall, a new business opens up and it’s…

From left to right

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Bremerton’s Hi-Lo brings neighborhood together

When Heidi and Lowell Yoxsimer set out to open a new restaurant on the corner of Bremerton’s 15th…

Christopher Carter/staff photo Sunny Rocheleau

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Big Apple Diner: Never meant to be ‘Elvis-cutesy’

Atop a stool and looking up from a plate of sausage and a pancake topped with an egg…

Noah’s Ark has served burgers

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Noah’s Ark serves new generation

Leticia Ward waited 15 years and traveled 2,000 miles for a special reunion — with a mushroom burger.…

Lynsi Burton/staff photo Kate Reid

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Yes, there is a Kate, and no, she’s not from Jersey

Kate Reid, co-owner of Kate’s Jersey Subs and Righteous Pie in Manette, says that her deli offers what…

Lone Rock Grocery and Deli co-owner Bill Evalt serves a customer Wednesday at the store in Seabeck. Evalt and his wife

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Nobody feels alone at the Lone Rock Grocery and Deli in Seabeck

Lena Watson loves the Reuben sandwiches. So much so, Waston jokes, that she may have to stop ordering…

Cora’s Diner co-owners Rick and Cora Foxworth serve everything from hamburgers to adobo.

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Cora’s Diner in Bremerton: a hole in the wall that will fill the hole in your belly

When he worked across the street at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Allen McIntosh walked to Cora’s Diner…

Lone Rock Grocery and Deli co-owner Bill Evalt serves a customer Wednesday at the store in Seabeck. Evalt and his wife

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Nobody feels alone at the Lone Rock Grocery and Deli in Seabeck

Lena Watson loves the Reuben sandwiches. So much so, Waston jokes, that she may have to stop ordering…

Delilah Rene and her children worked this past week to create an elaborate collection of flower beds on Bay Street.

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Delilah cultivating a ‘gorgeous’ downtown Port Orchard

Radio show host, café owner, painter, author and champion of children’s causes, now the indefatigable Delilah Rene is…

Summit Entertainment's 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' opens June 30 (many theaters hold midnight screeners June 29) and plenty of Kitsap fans are expected to be there.

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Kitsap Twilight fans put ‘Eclipse’ hooplah to a good cause

Put a finger on a map at Forks, the famed setting of author Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, and…

The 3rd annual Port Orchard Street Scramble begins at 10 a.m. (registration at 9 a.m.) Saturday

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Port Orchard Street Scramble celebrates start of summer

Saturday’s Street Scramble in Port Orchard will be a lesson in concentration as much as it will be…

Katharine Beddoe and Zander Martin star in CSTOCK's youth production of 'Cinderella

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Youth present storybook ‘Cinderella’ on CSTOCK stage

Thirty local kids, ages 6 to 19, will take the stage at Central Stage Theatre of County Kitsap…

The Thunderbird Pro Rodeo takes over the Kitsap Fairgrounds June 25-27 to benefit Corey's Day on the Farm and the Northwest Burn Foundation.

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Thunderbird Pro Rodeo back for sixth year

What started as a small charity rodeo has burgeoned into an award-winning event in Kitsap County.

Glenn Huff

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Delay of summer weather dampens the spirits of Kitsap famers

Urban farmer Jean Schanen of Bremerton fears this will be “the summer that never was.” Under rainy skies…

Glenn Huff

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Delay of summer weather dampens the spirits of Kitsap famers

Urban farmer Jean Schanen of Bremerton fears this will be “the summer that never was.” Under rainy skies…

Hansville Coaster Games organizer Chuck Strahm speeds down Benchmark Avenue Monday on a homemade tricycle.

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Ready to roll: Preparations underway for first Hansville Coaster Games

HANSVILLE — Equipped with a motocross helmet and a homemade tricycle, Chuck Strahm has been reliving childhood memories.…