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Everything Bremerton: Can’t you read the signs?

Tis the season, the campaign season, that is. Practically overnight a forest of brightly colored, cleverly-scripted campaign signs…

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Metro park district is the right move for Kingston

Metro park district is the right move for Kingston

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Brown’s rivals accentuate their differences

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Endresen ill-cast in her latest role with PSRC

“Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it.” — William Shakespeare Macbeth: Act 1, scene 4…

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Their alternatives to taxes still sound like taxes

Jason Mercier and Carl Gipson’s July 17 Guest Opinion (“Yes, we can replace B&O tax”) offers a great…

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Use building code delay to assess impact

For the moment, homeowners and prospective homebuyers appear to have dodged major cost increases from new energy code…

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Everything Bremerton: My faith in humanity

It began with the lowest of lows June 28 after finding out the Warren Avenue Pee Wee Clubhouse…

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In our opinion: Seabeck Cemetery is a chapter in Kitsap’s history

What lies beneath the salal in Seabeck is a cultural treasure belonging not just to locals, but to…

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In our opinion: Is the Bremerton City Council chicken?

But it’s hard to imagine the reasons for the Council’s resistance to a proposal to allow residents to…

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Superintendents’ 2 percent pay cut isn’t enough

Superintendents’ 2 percent pay cut isn’t enough

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Spending, not I-747, to blame for budget woes

As usual, we’re looking for scapegoats rather than solutions — and trying to divert attention from the real…

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County just about out of budget Band-aids

The Kitsap County commissioners face a daunting task in drafting the budget for next year, since there is…

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Yes, we can replace the B&O tax

Acknowledging the widespread dislike of the state’s onerous business-and-occupation (B&O) tax Gov. Chris Gregoire recently said, “If you…

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But seriously, folks, five commissioners?

Port of Bremerton commissioner Bill Mahan, apparently auditioning for a post-retirement gig as a standup comedian, got off…

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Summer has arrived, Bremerton, commence the complaining

In order to prepare ourselves for the customary nine months of winter, ranging from the somewhat bitter to…

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Everything Bremerton: It’s a long way down holiday road

Like everyone else, the Smidt family has been cutting back on some of the luxuries we indulge in…

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Summer temps mean common sense is needed

Summer temps mean common sense is needed

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BP spill proves it’s time to wean ourselves off oil | As It Turns Out | July

Some journalists are comparing BP’s oil spill debacle in the Gulf of Mexico to war. Quite right. We’re…

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In our opinion: What’s the next surprise, your honor?

If Bremerton Mayor Patty Lent knew her finance director of five months, Barbara Stephenson, didn’t plan on sticking…

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Homeless man found dead in East Bremerton woods

A homeless man was found dead in a forested area of East Bremerton June 23 just before 6…