KINGSTON — The Port of Kingston Board of Commissioners announced this week that it will not “voluntarily” sell to the state the 3-acre parcel that houses the Kingston/Edmonds ferry terminal.
HOOD CANAL BRIDGE — It’s only been two years since construction began to repair the floating bridge that connects Kitsap and Jefferson counties. While Washington State Department of Transportation officials said they have been trying their best to keep the impacts to drivers to a minimum, construction is, well, construction and with it comes traffic delays and in some cases, closures.
A man stands. The room is filled with the smell or cigarette smoke and bad coffee. He is ringed by a group of North Kitsap residents. All are sitting patiently, waiting for him to speak…
POULSBO — If the proposed 10th Avenue location for the city’s municipal campus goes the way of the Morris property, the project shouldn’t face another two-year delay.
Even though city officials aren’t anticipating any problems with the site, a list of other potential locations has been created if the need should arise.
POULSBO — Loree Bayne may have been born in Pennsylvania, but she fully embraced the spirit of Little Norway becoming known to all as the Queen Viking of the Sons of Norway.
Bayne, who died July 29, will be remembered during a memorial service at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Sons of Norway lodge in downtown Poulsbo.
POULSBO — Even though it wasn’t on the agenda, the selection of the facilitator for the city’s visioning process lit the fuse to a powder keg exchange between council members Wednesday night.
Finance committee members Jeff McGinty and Mike Regis had discussed the issue at length with Public Works Director Jeff Lincoln earlier in the evening, but didn’t bring it to the full council.
POULSBO — One month before city officials announced the selection of the proposed 10th Avenue location for Little Norway’s municipal campus, a local leasing agent made an alternate proposal.
POULSBO — A favorite saying of Daruma, the founder of Zen Buddhism who lived sometime during the 5th or 6th century, was: “To fall seven times, to rise eight times — life starts from now.”
POULSBO — The myriad of positive physical and mental skills one can develop from tae kwon do is expansive, and each person who chooses to become a martial artist has personal reasons for doing so.
For Arissan Ugles, it was the Pink Power Ranger.
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.
