Opinion

Bargain hunters: Beware!

Wherever you are this weekend, take stock of your surroundings. If you’re a deal seeker and you’re not…

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North Kitsap bridges not falling down

After watching the tragedies in Minneapolis unfold since Wednesday, it has prompted questions about bridge safety all over…

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County, KRL cuts won’t be pretty

Kitsap County residents will be getting a crash course in a lower quality of living next year, no…

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Too many cooks won’t spoil the soup in Hansville

It seems like the community of Hansville, as well as other North End areas, is doing what many…

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Preserving the past in Poulsbo

It’s an idea that has been years in the making, and with development pressing in on all sides,…

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Bobby Fischer would be proud

The “Game of Kings” in Kingston just seems to be too good an opportunity to pass up. If…

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Dredging up ill feelings

The Driftwood Key Club’s $800,000 proposal to remove sediment from Coon Bay has been in the works for…

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City hall options cut down further

After nailing down a viable site on 10th Avenue, what seems eons ago, the pursuit to land Poulsbo’s…

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Taking a walk among warriors

Cancer. In one way or another, at one time or another, we can, have, are or will be…

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How slow can you go?

North Kitsap drivers aren’t getting much love of late as it seems the general attitude here is to…

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Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

As a kid, the Fourth of July was pretty much all about one thing: fireworks. Oh, there were…

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Third, Fourth all about legacies left behind

The Web site, Dictionary.com defines legacy as “anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or…

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Farewell to Little Norway

Saturday will quite possibly be the last time the words Charles Melton, Staff Writer, will appear on the…

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Summer is major horse time

As the bright sun beats down on the back of my neck, I carefully open the gate and…

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Will graffiti wall be vandal candy?

The Kingston Skate Park has a dismal history of vandalism, but whether history will repeat itself once a…

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High event fees will deter public

We’re not certain whose bright idea it has been to start charging an arm and a leg for…

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OK graduates, so now what?

We figure everyone else is asking the question, so why not your local newspaper? After all, we’ve watched…

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Underaged drinking not a mistake to make

We all make mistakes, it’s human nature to sometimes pick the worst decision available to us. That haircut…

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Parking: the talk of the town

Parking in downtown Poulsbo has been an airless tire in need of a permanent patch for years. To…

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Get Medieval this weekend

There’s nothing like it. Walking over the hillside in an already historic town and walking smack dab into…