POULSBO — The kickoff event for the North Kitsap Relay for Life was a night that could easily stand as a microcosm of the actual event.
TACOMA — The bleachers were packed and the windows were fogged at Foss High School’s unseasonably warm aquatic center for last weekend’s West Central District III boys swimming tournament.
Anyone made a ferry trip to Seattle lately? It’s getting to be quite the frightening experience, what with a machine gun-toting boat watching the stern and all.
POULSBO — It used to be a place where people gathered to talk business, politics, and even play a little dice or have a beer.
Saying good-bye to Hazel and Joseph
Shrieking children ranging in ages from infancy to 10 years old, running around the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal Gym Thursday were the most appropriate environment for the tribe’s special guest that evening.
Recent changes to the Poulsbo Senior (now Citizen) Volunteers may not be the best thing since sliced bread.
POULSBO — Former Municipal Court Administrator Deborah Dally was arrested this week after admitting to embezzling money from the city since 1996.
North Kitsap received some great news this week as supporters of the Boys & Girls Clubs announced a potential partnership between an organization here and the club in Snohomish County.
POULSBO — It’s been just six months since the 2002 Relay for Life but organizers are already thinking about lacing up their tennis shoes and having another go at it.
The Relay for Life was started 18 years ago by a physician from Tacoma who ran a local high school track by himself for 24 hours to raise money and awareness for cancer.
When treating a sweetheart right on this upcoming Valentine’s Day, most like to do it best with the sweetness of chocolates and fragrance of flowers.
KINGSTON — For more than a year, it’s only been an idea.
But now, a Boys & Girls Club in North Kitsap is one step closer to opening its doors.
“Oh, before I forget, I promised I would give this to you. It’s for the calendar.”
For those of you in North Kitsap who haven’t heard, now more than ever a few Kingston businesses need your helping hands.
KINGSTON — Five businesses at George’s Corner, on the corner of Highway 104 and Hansville Road, were burglarized on Friday night.
POULSBO — When Poulsbo Junior High PTA Treasurer Renee Parmalee was seriously injured in a car accident Jan. 5, members of the North Kitsap community responded.
POULSBO — Jewelry Designer Garry Thompson can’t decide if he’s more proud that one of his recent pieces was a hit with his customer, or that it was a winner with his peers around the globe.
POULSBO — Little girls clothed in their Sunday best tried their hardest not to scuff their patent leather shoes and to use their napkins instead of their dresses.
POULSBO — Erling Olsen’s home is a menagerie of eagles.
There’s the bronze eagle that used to ride atop the fastest of the Mosquito Fleet boat he inherited from his grandfather.
Every once in a while, Kitsap County residents get a terrible reminder that they live in dangerous times and even a dangerous place.
Last week’s rapes in East Bremerton evidenced this.