KINGSTON — From a 760 square foot trailer behind Bayside Community Church to an almost 2,300 square foot building in an industrial park just outside of Kingston, the ShareNet Food Bank is moving up in the world mid-April.
It’ll also be improving how it helps people in need, providing not only a food bank, but a thrift store and — a bit further down the road — classes aimed at helping residents get back on their feet.
INDIANOLA — In the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, members of the Friends of Miller Bay will be pulling out their green clothing and soup ladles — all in an effort to raise their own pot of gold.
And though they may not be able to locate a leprechaun on the luckiest day of the year, the group is hoping supporters will join it in a celebration to find some “green.”
POULSBO — Any questions about where Little Norway’s interim police chief is coming from were clearly answered March 7 by the Poulsbo City Council.
In a unanimous vote, all seven council members agreed with Mayor Kathryn Quade’s request that Bellevue-based Prothman Company provide the interim chief and assist the city with its search to find retiring Police Chief Jeff Doran’s replacement.
In school halls and administration offices, the past year has been filled with angst, accomplishment, ambition and anxiety toward the newest state graduation requirement — the Washington Assessment of Student Learning.
POULSBO — As the current Miss Poulsbo Brenna Gardner-Brown prepares to end her reign, she’ll do it with a little bit of rock and a whole lot of roll — in Vegas style to be exact.
Six contestants will vie for the title at the 53rd Miss Poulsbo Pageant at the Bremerton High School Performing Arts Center. It begins at 6 p.m. March 24, but for the winner, a journey also begins as the crown carries with it the opportunity to compete in the Miss Washington Pageant.
PORT ORCHARD — A construction moratorium for certain areas of Kitsap County will expire on March 17, much to the chagrin of citizen groups and one county commissioner.
“Citizens did not have the opportunity to participate in this matter,” said North Kitsap Commissioner Chris Endresen. “I am not happy with the way this ended up.”
KINGSTON — The Kingston Inn will not be returning to the Little City by the Sea.
Almost a year and a half after the popular North End eatery burned down in an electrical fire on Sept. 20, 2005, owner Mike Prestley told the Herald Friday all plans to rebuild on the property have been halted.
“The bottom line is to build the restaurant on the same footprint is too expensive,”
POULSBO — After more than three decades of service, Poulsbo’s Waterfront Park has spent the last three months getting a much-needed facelift. Whether it was worth it will be known to one and all Thursday during the popular site’s grand opening.
Crews from Fischer General Contracting recently completed the long-awaited restoration of the failing bulkhead along Liberty Bay and also added new sidewalks and grass.
SUQUAMISH — A trip to the Cowling Creek Hatchery Thursday afternoon was somewhat of a somber goodbye for Suquamish Elementary students, but it was surely a refreshing hello to freedom for the chum salmon fry which were released into the North End waterway.
Inline with a more than 20-year tradition at the school, Suquamish Tribal Fisheries Biologist Paul Dorn said, third grade classes combined their efforts to raise 200 salmon eggs from embryo to fry. The students received the chum eggs early in January and March 8, they released the fry for what will be the beginning of a tremendous journey.
“We felt really responsible for the salmon,” said third grader Quinn Dassel. “We had to test the pH levels in the water and take care of them.”
KINGSTON — Known simply to Kingston residents as the “Slough,” a North End estuary that gets downright stinky every summer will soon be on the mend. Culverts, used to convert the slough into fish rearing ponds in the 1970s, will be replaced with bridges either this summer or the following year, which will improve the health of the habitat.
It is still unclear whether it will improve the smell, so residents shouldn’t hold their breath — unless driving by the slough, of course.
LITTLE BOSTON — Tuesday marked another page turned in the Port Gamble S’Klallam’s story to complete the House of Knowledge campus and help restore the tribe’s culture. The foundation for the Little Boston Library, the final building in the complex, was poured Tuesday, marking the start of construction and the rising of exhilaration for tribal members.
KINGSTON — There are two things that are certain in the drama surrounding the future of Spectrum Community School: 1) Spectrum will remain as a school, and 2) principal and founder of the school Chris Wendelyn will be reassigned.
KINGSTON — After a wait rivaling that of a pharmacy line, the Kingston Rite Aid is moving forward again. One step at a time.
This week, crews from Millennium Building of Edmonds were busy, moving dirt, laying gravel and preparing the State Route 104 and Miller Bay Road property for a gigantic slate of work ahead.
KINGSTON — Almost a year and a half after the popular Kingston eatery, the Kingston Inn, burned down in an electrical fire on Sept. 20, 2005, owner Mike Prestley told the Herald Friday all plans to rebuild the property have been halted.
The Kingston Inn will not be returning to the Little City by the Sea.
POULSBO — City finance director Al Juarez remembers the first time he and his wife visited Little Norway more than 10 years ago.
“We were living in Olympia and it was during the summer,” Juarez said. “Everything was in bloom and it was just bustling with activity.”
The couple returned during the Christmas season and found the city in the midst of its traditional holiday celebrations, he said.
BREIDABLIK — On March 15, a dream will become reality for more than 260 local veterans as American Legion Post 245 marks the grand opening of the Poulsbo American Legion Hall in Breidablik.
The celebration will kick off at 7 p.m. at the hall near the intersection of Pioneer Way and Breidablik Lane.
POULSBO — When the Poulsbo City Council extends two citywide ordinances tonight, the expectation of the development and real estate communities is that neither will impact the 2008 construction season.
The council enacted moratoriums on any development within 200 feet of any critical areas and on planned unit developments at its Sept. 10, 2006 meeting. The prohibitions are set to expire on March 10.
POULSBO — After two decades of working off the same levy, the Poulsbo Fire Department will seek a lift from voters in the hopes of improving service and adding personnel.
Officials agree that the extra $1.7 million potentially raised annually will help offset the increased demand for services the department is experiencing. PFD’s call volume jumped 16 percent in 2006 — making it the highest increase in Kitsap County over 2005 tallies.
POULSBO — Poulsbo teen Michael Schrader’s recovery has been nothing short of a miracle.
On the eve of Black Friday in November 2006, he and a car full of friends were heading toward Silverdale when they changed their minds and opted to turn around, exiting on the Mountain View Road overpass of State Route 3. The decision changed his life.
With the failure of Proposition 1 in February, dreams of a Kitsap Transit run passenger-only ferry have sunk into the abyss. Other organizations, such as the Kingston Express Association, have sailed in, potentially filling the gap Aqua Express left in October 2005, and a bill authored by 23rd District state Sen. Phil Rockefeller could keep dreams alive a little longer.