The first day of school has finally arrived.
The signs of the beginning of the school year are evident on the roads of the North Kitsap area today as the infamous yellow school buses make their way to and from schools across the North Kitsap School District.
When summer arrived in the NKSD, the 2007-08 school year seemed eons away for Kingston Middle School band instructor Jeff Haag.
POULSBO — Robert Stroud is swinging his way into retirement with hammer in hand. The former Air Force chaplain isn’t sitting back and taking it easy, with painting and flooring projects already on his to-do list.
LITTLE BOSTON — As each line is etched further into the cedar, Port Gamble S’Klallam carvers Jake and Floyd Jones draw a new connection between the students of Wolfle Elementary School and the tribe. A large symbol of that bond will soon be raised in front of the school in the form of a story pole the brothers have been working on since last spring.
HANSVILLE — Residents and visitors racing to get to work, errands or the ferry from Hansville will soon be forced to check their speed as Kitsap County continues to work toward installing 10 speed tables throughout the North End community.
The Greater Hansville Area Road Safety Advisory Committee has been working since the plan was approved with Kitsap County crews and Public Works staff to hammer out an exact timeline for the installation of the traffic calming devices.
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POULSBO — Despite being a first-timer to the political field, Joe Price isn’t letting that keep him from running against Councilwoman Connie Lord for Position 2 on the Poulsbo City Council. Tired of sitting on the sidelines, Price said he is ready to jump in and work, no excuses, no wasting time.
SUQUAMISH — Lisa Abbott said when she first discovered she was partially of Suquamish heritage, she didn’t want to move to this side of the Puget Sound. Having grown up as the only Native American in an all-Caucasian family in Seattle, her desire to rediscover her history was tepid at best.
POULSBO — Norwegian pianist Knut Erik Jensen is ready to tickle the ivory as he pays tribute to a century of Edvard Grieg music at 2:30 Sept. 15 in the Martha & Mary chapel. Jensen will mark the occasion with a rich variety of the composer’s greatest works in both life and music, combining piano with spoken words.
LITTLE BOSTON — As the dedication for the new Little Boston Library approaches, the structure is drawing attention from state and national authors — all because a local writer feels words are important and should be available to everyone.
POULSBO — Little Norway’s InterLocking Software Corporation has ventured into the realm of science with its new online Habitat Work Schedule (HWS) database development. The system was recently selected by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and will allow area residents easy up-to-date access to the status of salmon recovery projects occurring in their own backyards.
POULSBO — A major Noll Road development planned by the Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority has been cancelled, and nearby residents are expressing their relief.
The Mesford development, a self-help affordable housing community slated to contain 146 homes on 18.59 acres, was dropped at the end of August due to restrictions on lot density.
POULSBO — Many downtown business owners are giving a thumbs up after a 5-2 Aug. 29 city council vote that gave Poulsbo Mayor Kathryn Quade authority to partner with the Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority in an attempt to create suitable downtown city hall plans. Now the dust has settled and it appears Little Norway’s new city hall will land within the city’s downtown corridor, area merchants are looking forward to the development’s added benefits.
POULSBO — The age of “five and dimes” may seem a distant institution of an era past, but to Bernyce Manville, dime-stores are just a memory away. Now celebrating her 100th birthday, Manville looks back with fondness on her years running Little Norway’s five and 10 and the enjoyment her employees and customers brought her.
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KINGSTON — Stillwaters Environmental Center administrative director Naomi Maasberg said she felt tears welling up as she watched a helicopter carefully place a log in the Carpenter Creek Marsh near the center. The work, part of a large woody debris drop, has been about a year and a half in the making and she said the emotion of seeing it finally completed was almost too much.
POULSBO — In a unanimous vote Wednesday night, Poulsbo City Council members agreed to reject all previous city hall proposals, including those of the final two agencies, Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority and Pioneer Property Group, which unsuccessfully met Mayor Kathryn Quade’s July 18 request to create a blended proposition.
POULSBO — North Kitsap School District board members, staff and teachers might not have been having a “conversacion en Español” last Thursday, but as far as the food was concerned, the area’s Hispanic community was the talk of the town.
POULSBO — The Poulsbo Noon Lions Club will be raising funds for its pride this Labor Day weekend, offering a feast of cherished antiques to prowling collectors and the interested public Saturday and Sunday at the Poulsbo Armory.
POULSBO — The much awaited and anticipated Washington Assessment of Student Learning exam results from the 2006-07 school year were released Thursday morning by State Supt. of Public Instruction Terry Bergeson. The scores are particularly important because the class of 2008 must pass the writing and reading portions of the WASL exam in order to graduate. Meeting the WASL standard on the math and science assessments is not a graduation requirement until 2013.