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Finding the right words | Colleen Smidt
As parents we plan and work and think about the hard, occasionally uncomfortable conversations we need to have…
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Goodbye — and hello — to the USS Enterprise | As It Turns Out
Much attention has been given the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) recently regarding its retirement from active service after…
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Food Bank has helped us; we need to help it | In Our Opinion
The Kingston Food Bank is an important part of the local safety net. While ShareNet Food Bank is…
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Let’s work for what is good for Port Gamble Bay
We are members of the North Kitsap 99%, a group of Kitsap County citizens who meet on a…
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Generosity can sometimes be contagious | Neighbor Helping Neighbor
When a local Payless employee saw some of the shoes in her store were on sale for a…
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Raab Foundation Bellringer Fund needs your help | In Our Opinion
As of Thursday, the fund was a third of the way to its year-end goal. That could spell…
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Naval Avenue School set to celebrate its centennial | Colleen Smidt
The Naval Avenue School will be celebrating 100 years of operation in January. Not the building itself of…
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Editorial | Dr. Strange time | Dennis Box
The election is over and now everybody on planet earth, including me, gets to drivel on about the…
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An educator in need of education | In Our Opinion
North Kitsap School Board member Scott Henden asked about the meaning of tribal sovereignty at the Nov. 8…
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The truth about salmon recovery | Being Frank
I love this time of year. The chinook, coho and chum are coming back and we’re filling our…
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Editorial | Money matters, to an extent | Rich Elfers
The 2012 election was the most expensive political war in American history. Republicans and Democrats spent $6 billion…
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Editorial | Paper boys not paper girls | Dennis Box
I have found a number of different stories while I’ve been spending time in Bremerton, Silverdale and Port…
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Shopping locally makes a big difference locally | In Our Opinion
In recent surveys on NorthKitsapHerald.com and KingstonCommunityNews.com, a majority of respondents said they plan to do most of…
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NASA’s flight simulator at the Museum of Flight
I have always been fascinated by space. As a kid growing up, and still now, I was a…
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A bipartisan goal: Good constituent service | Lee H. Hamilton
The rigors of the campaign are still fresh, but for newly elected House members and senators, the hard…
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Support the Lions/Raab Foundation Bellringer Fund | In Our Opinion
If you gave to the Poulsbo Lions Club/Raab Foundation Bellringer Fund in 2011, you made a big difference…
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Let’s continue to work for what is good for our bay | My View
It is now apparent that the Board of Commissioners has decided to exclude any project-specific wording describing the…
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Military wives cheated by Patraeus scandal | Sarah Smiley
Twelve years ago, Dustin arrived at a new squadron, and at the Hail and Farewell (the Navy’s efficient…
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The story of the Thanksgiving food basket | Editor’s Notebook
As you know, a lot of people are having a tough time this year. Volunteers and staff members…
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Another look at the Electoral College | As It Turns Out
Several people I’ve talked with recently mentioned they didn’t entirely understand our Electoral College. It seems a good…