POULSBO — Tasty, fresh baked baklava is a delicacy best found in places like Istanbul, Turkey or towns and cities along the Mediterranean Sea.
Or, Thompson Road just off State Route 3 on a Wednesday afternoon.
POULSBO — From the looks of it, Poulsbo Elementary has become a little more of an airport and a little less of a school.
Although there is no tarmac or runway, there are terminals at each door, and destinations in each classroom where groups of students attending North Kitsap School District summer school have focused on a country or region of the world.
PORT GAMBLE — It was a truly family affair for many at the 46th annual Kitsap Arts & Crafts Festival last weekend.
Whether it was children helping their artistic parents sell their goods or parents pounding away on the instruments in the children’s corner with their kids, there was something for everyone to take part in.
Summer temperatures in North Kitsap aren’t the only things heating up these days.
While a three-candidate race for the Position 1 seat on the North Kitsap School Board had ensured lively debate and a competitive race last week, Position 3 had only one resident — active Poulsbo schools volunteer Melanie Mohler — apply for the job.
That is, until last Friday.
Aside from the heated races for Poulsbo’s city council and mayor and the North Kitsap School Board of Directors, election season in the North End is going to be quiet this year.
And so marks the departure of Poulsbo’s City Hall from its longtime stomping grounds of Jensen Way. Maybe. As officials there look into building Little Norway’s municipal campus on 10th Avenue and Lincoln, one can only speculate at the taxpayer dollars that will be spent. Or saved.
KINGSTON — Jacque Norad and Connie Simila hope to have Kingston in stitches by this fall.
Not only with the witty banter that takes place between the two friends but also with quilting classes, bright fabrics and needlework.
SUQUAMISH — The Suqua-mish Tribe is accepting applications through Aug. 5 from non-tribal residents who want to have a say in what goes on at Old Man House Park.
Now that the park is officially owned by the tribe, it is forming an advisory board that will make recommendations to the Suquamish Tribal Council about management of the nearly one-acre park.
POULSBO — The long road toward implementing new street standards in Little Norway appears to be nearing its end after months of city council discussion.
Balancing street width and the need for solutions to the city’s parking problems drove much of the six-month exploration into the issue as residents, city officials and emergency services personnel sought to find common ground.
POULSBO — Three incumbents will face challengers in the upcoming elections, while a new face appears poised to take office in January.
While all three challengers in the mayor’s race announced their intentions early, two councilmen will have to battle to keep their seats for another four years.
NAMPA, IDAHO — When the dust clears after a high-stakes tournament like the Babe Ruth Regional, North Kitsap Manager Mike Jones weighs, as objectively as he can, the improvement and growth of his team — even if they’re not the champions.
Such was the case this year, when despite a 3-1 record, the Babe Ruth 15s came up short of qualifying for the World Series, a tournament they made as 14-year-olds.
KEYPORT — Imagine if thousands of grizzly bears descended upon Kitsap County, looking to feed on human flesh and devour the peninsula’s population.
From a tree’s or plant’s perspective, that’s exactly the plight most every species faces when dealing with a particularly devastating kind of moth.
Muriel Williams is such a presence at Poulsbo City Council meetings, she ought to have a reserved seat with her name on it. So often does she attend that her few and far between absences prompt the immediate question, “Where’s Muriel tonight?” The longtime community watchdog often takes her comments before the council: “Hello, my name is Muriel Williams and I live in this city…”
POULSBO — After a $76,000 study concluded that a $600,000 investment in the original site for a municipal campus in Little Norway was a bust, city officials are hoping for better luck the second time around.
KINGSTON — It’s a good thing the Port of Kingston takes excellent care of the grass at Mike Wallace Memorial Park, because there is going to be a lot of entertaining taking place there in August.
Kingston Tunes on Tuesday is returning to the area, starting next week, featuring a local band or variety act every Tuesday throughout the month of August.
SUQUAMISH — Of the 26 traditional Native American vessels that came ashore Wednesday evening in Suquamish, there were a few that didn’t quite look like Salish canoes.
But they had every right to be there, as they had traveled a long way to be a part of the annual journey that celebrates the ancestral highway and traditions of coastal Native Americans.
POULSBO — The dream of the workers in John Steinbeck’s classic “Of Mice and Men,” is to find themselves a small parcel “ … an’ live on the fatta the lan.’”
For the kids of Kitsap County, Poulsbo’s Raab Park Youth Garden shows them that with a little dirt, seeds, a shovel or two, and with tender gardening care, they can do just that.
Although the Kitsap Gators summer baseball club has racked up a 20-12 record on the field this year, a void has been left that no one could fill.
That space was created in the tragic passing of North Kitsap High School’s Kyle Sizemore, who died in a car accident on Hansville Road in March.
POULSBO — The wireless company that “never stops working for you” will be working to answer questions about a proposed tower in Little Norway on Wednesday night.
PORT GAMBLE — Last Thursday’s grand opening of the latest commercial tenant in Port Gamble was more than just an open house luncheon — it was the introduction to a new chapter in the next phase of redevelopment of the old logging site.
