HOOD CANAL — It seemed fitting that the Hood Canal Bridge Legislative Tour was held in the basement of St. Paul’s Church in Port Gamble last Friday — everyone involved in the $205 million project to replace the west half of the bridge is taking a leap of faith of sorts.
Residents of Hansville argued persuasively to repair rather than replace the old Point No Point Resort boat launch Tuesday night, in a meeting with representatives from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Kitsap County Parks and Recreation, and Kitsap County Commissioner Chris Endresen.
POULSBO — After enduring an unsightly clear cut, burn pile ash and smoke over the past year, residents of Meadow Run and Glen Haven might have to abide to something else they didn’t plan on when work on a new 29-home development started in their neighborhood last year — lower property values.
POULSBO — “I’d say we could have put it through college by now,” Poulsbo Planning Director Glenn Gross replied Thursday when asked if it felt good to finally put the city’s Urban Growth Area “baby” to bed.
PORT GAMBLE — Shining like a gigantic C3-PO on steroids, he emerged and entered the ring of combat.
Beginning in August, curbside recycling customers in unincorporated Kitsap can toss mixed paper, cardboard and most plastics into their recycling bins.
“Oooh, Aaah, Uh Oh”
Thousands may miss the “rockets’ red glare” this year if fundraising for Kingston’s Fourth of July Fireworks fails.
POULSBO — Spring may be in a constant struggle to emerge here in the Pacific Northwest but there is a touch of summer in downtown Poulsbo. Having the feel of a homey beach bungalow, Caron’s has officially opened on Front Street and now provides the finest in coastal living to everyone under the obscured sun.
POULSBO — When Don Johnson first arrived at North Kitsap High School in 1963, the school held about 500 students.
SUQUAMISH — It used to be a brown-grassed, muddy field. Now it’s a pond ringed by green grass and a walking path.
POULSBO — Shana McLaughlin, one of the engines of the North Kitsap fastpitch team for the last three years, will next take to the mound for Wenatchee Valley College.
KINGSTON — Tax breaks for property owners who follow the rules and consistent penalties for those who don’t topped the list of items that rolled off the assembly line Wednesday night at North Kitsap’s idea factory, also known as Speak Out.
POULSBO — North Kitsap Friends of the Library are helping local residents open new portals to adventure, romance, suspense, drama, history and art in Poulsbo.
Although the teams are smaller or dissolved completely compared to last year’s record-breaking numbers, Kitsap will still Race for the Cure on Sunday.
County officials canvassed Kitsap in late March to gauge public sentiments about environmental protection, growth needs and economic development in the region.
POULSBO — North Kitsap loves soccer like Memphis loves Elvis, and this weekend, you could tell.
POULSBO — “We’re really busy,” City Planner Glenn Gross reported last week. It wasn’t the new dilemma created by stricter annexation guidelines or the near completion of the Poulsbo Urban Growth Area that had caught his attention though.
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — It was a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time for Hollywood Video robbery suspect John W. Grantham last Friday.
In five decades of marriage, Joan Watte never saw her husband shed tears.
POULSBO — Poulsbo may have its hands tied in terms of inking annexation agreements with owner of property outside the city limits but the ropes will loosen early next month when a contract is scheduled to be signed with Puget Sound Energy.