POULSBO — What once was considered the site of Little Norway’s new city hall might finally find its purpose as Poulsbo’s newest park location.
After engineering consultants from Parametrix determined that the 2.75-acre parcel wouldn’t work for a municipal campus, the city council decided its best use was as open space or recreational area.
If that headline made you groan, or maybe chuckle, consider it a warmup for attending the 63rd season opener show at Bremerton Community Theatre Sept. 15.
“Noises Off†is a full-force farce, or actually a farce within a farce. Or a farce of a farce. Confused? Again, good warmup exercise.
When I write an article, I usually wind up identifying with it in someway. When I discovered that the Kingston Quilt Shop was giving quilts to a funeral home for children to be buried with, I didn’t immediately think there was anyway for it to affect me.
It took a few days and a moment of looking at the Project Linus Web site before I started thinking of my own blankie, Green Blankie.
POULSBO — Poulsbo Junior High’s extreme makeover is complete, now it’s time for the celebration. Wrapping up a $5.2 million renovation at PJH during the summer, the North Kitsap School District is inviting one and all everyone in the community to the school’s grand opening ceremony.
The ribbon cutting, speeches and subsequent tours all begin at 6 p.m. Thursday at PJH, across from North Kitsap High School off of Hostmark Street.
HANSVILLE — With the general election on the horizon, local candidates are ensuring their platforms are heard by stepping out into the communities they hope to serve. Among them is Christine Rolfes, the Democratic challenger for the second position on the 23rd District in the House of Representatives, and Sherry Appleton, who is seeking reelection in the 23rd District.
OK, so we do this type of editorial every year but apparently, not everyone in North Kitsap is a) reading it (perish the thought) or b) retaining it’s message until June. So, here we go again.
And again, and again, and …
Bainbridge Performing Arts presents two productions this weekend that are a departure from the organization’s standard fare of plays, musicals or classical concerts.
The first presentation in the “DECLASSIFIED†series is a performance by the Puget Sound-based Black Box Opera Theater, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 15.
POULSBO — With the fish window rapidly closing and rains forecast for Thursday and Friday, state officials are concerned about the progress of the State Route 305 widening project.
Crews from Stan Palmer Construction of Port Orchard were expected to finish installing the necessary pilings to support the culverts under the highway Monday night, but the work hasn’t been easy.
KINGSTON — Chattering away in their quilting corner, Connie Simila and Jacque Noard carefully place brightly colored squares together. With each patch, they come closer to creating a quilt, and with each quilt they come closer to piecing together the huge void left behind by the death of a child.
POULSBO — After a first half that was stuck scoreless in a back-and-forth battle of missed shots and stolen balls, NK junior Stephanie Skelly worked the interior Klahowya defense with a shifty change of direction and a swift boot to break loose for the first goal of the game with less than four minutes until halftime.
The Indian sitar has been around for hundreds of years, but for American audiences it will forever be associated with the Beatles and their sitar teacher, Ravi Shankar. The mysterious, mystical sound found its way onto Beatles recordings, thanks to Shankar’s disciple, George Harrison, and into the American consciousness.
They worry about their children’s education, the environment, climbing rates of drug addiction, their sports teams, fashion and the opposite sex.
Author Ethan Casey humanizes a people that most Americans know only as victims or terrorists on the evening news.
KINGSTON — Orchestrating a garden show for more than 400 5- to 10-year-old exhibitors on a school day is no easy task. Then again, neither is achieving a quarter century of service to North Kitsap’s youth.
Organizers of the Blanche Gray Garden Show — the Kingston Garden Club — routinely accomplish the former and will mark the latter with their upcoming shows at Gordon and Wolfle elementary schools Sept. 14 and 21, respectively.
POULSBO — A tomato with a unique history paid big dividends for Ann Pyles as she walked away with the top tomato in the Poulsbo Farmers Market Tomato Taste Off Saturday.
Pyles won first place in the paste, salad and slicing categories as her Mortgage Lifter tomato tantalized judges’ taste buds to win the third annual event.
POULSBO — David Kretschmar is known as “Bicycle Dave,†but that moniker might change as word of his new store in downtown Poulsbo spreads.
After more than 17 years operating Rainier Cycle Sports in the north end of Tacoma, Kretschmar decided it was time for a change of scenery and businesses.
“I was looking to move out of the I-5 Corridor, and I came up here and found a good place to live and I bought it,†he said.
KINGSTON — In the midst of the hullabaloo surrounding Aqua Express’ and Kitsap Transit’s attempts to restart the Kingston-Seattle passenger ferry, an independent group has decided to dive into the deep waters of the commuting business.
They feel they’re well qualified, too, being commuters themselves.
Dust off the protractor, remember the book bags, notebooks and No. 2 pencils … and don’t forget to give mom or dad a kiss good-bye before trouncing down the road through the early morning air to the bus stop.
KINGSTON — Eleven years after submitting a plan and permits for the Apple Tree Point Development project, the process is finally ready to get underway.
The proposal, delayed by residential concerns and court appointments, has finally had all the kinks worked out, and county planners are ready to unveil the project to the public.
Patriot Day is Monday, but for most Americans the day will be remembered by its original name — the name that stuck — Sept. 11. It was a day of infamy that, in a nutshell, led to a surge of unity, a call for vengeance, an unfruitful search for the mastermind and WMDs, an unpopular war, the overthrow of a dictator, and a continued question mark about the future safety of the United States from the threat of terrorism,
POULSBO — Crossing State Route 305 will become a little more difficult Monday as Iverson Street between SR 305 and 8th Avenue will be closed until Oct. 19.
During that time crews from Stan Palmer Construction of Port Orchard will be installing culverts under the highway.
At the same time, no left turns will be permitted at the SR 305/Lincoln Road intersection and access to Lincoln Road from the highway will be right in, right out.