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Pause and remember those who gave all | In Our Opinion
On Monday, we encourage all to shut off their smart phones and pause from barbecues and picnics and…
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Help kids with Children’s Hospital Purchase a Miracle program
This month through June 15 is the Children’s Hospital Purchase a Miracle Program. Seattle Children’s Guild members from…
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Memorial Day: Pause and remember those who gave their lives
This Memorial Day, honor guards will snap to attention as flags ripple in the breeze. Amid the green…
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Sarah Smiley: Thoughtful and conscientious son a teenage success story
Two years ago, my memoir, "Dinner with the Smileys," exposed with painful transparency my difficulty raising a pre-teen…
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Get to know the candidates in the 2015 election | In Our Opinion
The winners of the Nov. 3 election will work for you. Get to know the candidates. Your vote…
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My own ‘Back to the Future’ moment
After many years working as a corporate communications professional and most recently as a commercial copywriter, I’m back…
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IN OUR OPINION | Get to know the candidates in the 2015 election
Port Orchard voters will elect a mayor and four city council members
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The Petri Dish: Amended carbon bill could reimburse polluters
Cap-and-trade seemed dead and buried among the year’s fallen legislative ideas — until it wasn’t this week.
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Letter to the editor: Remembering Clear Creek trail blazer Randy Peterson
What is the measure of a man? Do you measure his career in the Coast Guard defending our…
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Editorial: Get to know the 2015 candidates
It's candidate filing week, and on the first day 50 candidates had filed to run for positions on…
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The Petri Dish: State Auditor gets erased
It took 207 days of campaigning through two elections in 2012 for Troy Xavier Kelley to secure the…
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Potential for growth in jobs, economy
The Port of Bremerton’s exploration of export and import opportunities with Taiwan presents some very exciting, and very…
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Potential for growth in Kitsap jobs, economy | In Our Opinion
The Port of Bremerton’s exploration of export and import opportunities with Taiwan presents some very exciting, and very…
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Question: Is mom always the anchor of the family?
While at a stop light the other day, I watched a young mother walk her toddler son to…
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My Turn: Let’s take a walk down Memory Lane
I'm first up among Community Advisory Board members to write a column for the Bremerton Patriot and Central…
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Keep discussions of public business in City Hall
We like our pancakes and eggs as much as anyone. And we think the Family Pancake House is…
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Why we should all be the Baltimore mom in yellow
Last week, in the middle of the Baltimore riots that followed Freddie Gray's funeral, there was one glimmer…
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Editorial: Voters support emergency medical service funding
Voters overwhelmingly supported renewal of the Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue EMS levy on April 28, 77.8 percent…
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Navy Wise: Son’s Alice in Wonderland Syndrome brings fear, then knowledge
The first time it happened, our son was 5-years old. It was the middle of the night, and…
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Mayor Lent: Invest in Washington’s ferries
Washington’s ferry system, the largest in the country, is an iconic symbol of the state and one of…