The City of Poulsbo and the Hansville community could bring in planners to help guide them in the direction they need go for creating a desirable future. They could hire someone from the outside to take a look at the area and say, “Yep, these are the demographics and cultural trends that are taking place in your community and here’s what we’re going to do to plan out your future.”…
POULSBO — More than the color of the leaves is changing in Little Norway as the city council addresses a mountain of issues in the next four weeks.
In that time period, council members will receive a tentative schedule for the State Route 305 widening project, make a decision on the proposed municipal campus site, begin the exploration of possibilities for the now-closed Marine Science Center and finally arrive at the preliminary draft of the city’s 2006 budget.
POULSBO — While there has been a noticeable amount of tree trimming on the west side of North Kitsap, the reason for doing so will help keep the area’s electrical grid from blacking out during fierce winter storms.
Puget Sound Energy is responsible for the trimming, as the utility company will be installing an additional transmission line to the electric grid in the North End by early 2006.
SILVERDALE — It didn’t really matter which Smith got the ball for the North Kitsap Vikings Friday.
Led by sophomore James Smith, the Vikings were able to secure their best win yet under first-year football coach Steve Frease, crushing Central Kitsap 40-14 at Silverdale Stadium.
POULSBO — The last time Jerry Lamb was scheduled to visit, he was involved in a traffic accident that delayed his trip.
Now, after making all the repairs to his truck and demonstration equipment, he’s coming back Thursday as his new technology will be on display at the Sons of Norway at 5 p.m.
“He’s done the same thing for Bainbridge Island and the (Suquamish) Tribe, now he’s coming here,” said Councilman Jim Henry.
For many years, I made biannual trips to my skin doctor, pardon, dermatologist, to have precancerous lesions removed before they reached the cancerous stage.
Most of them were on my face, some on my arms, the parts of your body usually exposed to the sun when you’re growing up. It’s too late now to worry about staying out of the sun.
KINGSTON — After last weekend’s scarecrow-making party at Farm Kitchen, the area’s notoriously loud blackbirds should be avoiding the North End this fall.
About 160 people showed up Saturday to make 81 scarecrows within a three-hour period — a number which had organizer Anna Joe Savage in disbelief.
POULSBO — It was hard to miss Jana Brown Sunday afternoon as she led about 40 walkers during the 3.1 mile walk through Little Norway as part of the Association of Washington Cities Walk Across Washington campaign.
Brown, whose yellow T-shirt and yellow flag outshone the sun on the blustery day, said she was pleased with the event’s overall turnout.
HANSVILLE — One might think that a 190-page document in a white binder titled the “Greater Hansville Area Futures Project” is a product of Kitsap County Department of Community Development.
However, it’s not — instead, it’s the result of eight months of research by a group of volunteers who care very much about the northern most tip of North Kitsap — from Little Boston and Eglon to the end of Foulweather Bluff.
KINGSTON — It’s hard to get a full collection of airplanes printed onto a shirt, which could appeal to veterans or those with a general interest in aviation.
So Dave Chandler created another way for aircraft enthusiasts to display their love for the flying machines.
POULSBO — Almost a week after a sewer line broke and leaked raw sewage into Liberty Bay, city officials are confident the problem is fixed but the investigation into the cause continues.
Public Works Director Jeff Lincoln updated the city council Wednesday night about the ongoing investigation into the cause of the spill and addressed concerns about the potential for another incident.
POULSBO — When the city council went looking for temporary additional parking downtown, the vacant Poulsbo Historical Society museum site seemed to be a logical choice.
However, instead of finding a solution, city staff found that the society was late in delivering its final plans for the museum, which caught everyone involved off-guard.
An alert reader was listening to her police scanner Wednesday morning and called the Herald to tell us of another accident at the Bond and Stottlemyer intersection.
The call came literally as I finished writing about the head-on collision that had taken place earlier that morning on Bond Road and was writing about a boating accident from the previous weekend and two reports from Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office.
POULSBO — Efforts to open a new marine science center in the now-closed Marine Science Center hit a potential minefield Wednesday night as the city council got its first look at the legal possibilities.
The recently formed Poulsbo Marine Society Incorporated, which has been spearheaded by Bight of Poulsbo founder Bill Austin and a host of community leaders, had asked the city for permission to use the building as quickly as possible.
Central Kitsap is often thought of as one of the dominant volleyball teams in the Narrows League, thanks to having players like Lindsey Fryer of late.
North Kitsap? Not so much.
But that state of mind could change in the near future, as evident from the Narrows League opener between those schools Tuesday.
POULSBO — Sometimes the best things in life are free, especially if they are lifesaving devices.
And the Poulsbo Fire Department hopes residents within its boundaries take advantage of its latest free offering — smoke detectors.
Imagine saving a life. That is the “tag line” for the Puget Sound Blood Center (PSBC).
Presumably, the point is to get people to think that they can save a life by donating blood. To get folks to see beyond themselves and see what benefit they can get by giving a pint. It is an admiral goal.
KINGSTON — After six years of using its teepee primarily for conflict resolution, the students and staff at Spectrum Community School finally decided it was time to properly honor it Thursday morning.
And they did it the best way they knew how — expressing themselves through their own unique ways.
There are now six Bainbridge Island 11th graders who are being privately tutored in American History because they and their parents object to a textbook used in American Studies class authored by a man said to be “the most influential historian in America.”
POULSBO — Her spikers often talk about their aspirations of going undefeated in the junior high league, but Panthers volleyball coach Amy Johnson puts two goals above the rest.
“My goal as coach is the same every year,” she said. “Have fun and love the game of volleyball.”