The January 2015 edition of Kingston Community News consists of 32 pages of local news, features, opinion, your favorite columnists, and a 2015 calendar. The January KCN is available now in mailboxes and in local businesses.
Lawrence E. Zane was born on Dec. 9, 1941, two days after the attack on Pearl Harbor propelled the United States into the Second World War. (Actor Beau Bridges and singer-songwriter Dan Hicks were born that day too). President Roosevelt gave one of his “fireside chats” over radio that day to prepare Americans for the war ahead. The U.S. conducted its first bombing mission of the war, in Luzon, the Philippines. Zane’s exit from the world was presumably quieter, and lonelier, than the times in which he entered it.
The Village Green Foundation Board of Directors will begin accepting bids for the community center’s construction in January.
$800 million a year in education funding would come from the governor’s proposed capital gains tax on the sale of stocks and bonds and other assets.
District 26 Sen. Jan Angel said Gov. Jay Inslee’s proposed transportation plan announced earlier this week is a “can of worms.”
Mullenix Ridge Elementary School has prided itself for being the “best in the west” and Leann Georgeson’s kindergarten class room proved how creative the students can be.
Several Port Orchard City Council members expressed their concerns over a recent decision by Mayor Tim Matthes regarding their email accounts during the Dec. 16 work study session.
The suspect in a Dec. 5 burglary on Laura Loop near Highway 305 was arrested Dec. 18 by Kitsap County Sheriff’s deputies. Deputies were still looking for firearms reported stolen in the burglary.
Ron Weeks, left, president of the Saints Car Club, and Jerry Newland, right, Saints Car Club board member, present checks to South Kitsap Helpline Executive Director Jennifer Hardison and Tammy Valentine, volunteer. Saints Car Club member Don Carstenson donated more than 100 Christmas trees to SK Helpline.
Deputies honored for efforts on New Year’s Eve shooting in South Kitsap
Students from Mountain View Middle School in Bremerton are paying it forward this holiday season by honoring the past at the Washington Veterans Home in Retsil.
Kitsap County Sheriff Steve Boyer will be honored for his more than 16 years of service during a Dec. 22 ceremony.
In October, the Kitsap Conservation District was selected from 47 districts to be recognized as the Northwest Area Team of the Year by the Washington State Conservation Commission.
Charges were filed in Kitsap County District Court from Dec. 8-16.
According to a voice message sent from school principal Rebecca Johnson, student and staff safety is the top priority at the school and so they called law enforcement in to investigate to be on the safe side.
All federal, state, county, city government offices, and school districts will be closed in observance of Christmas.
Sound West Group of Bremerton has approached the city with interest of purchasing the 24,829-square-foot property in downtown Poulsbo.
1. Men really do age.
Flip through any family photo album in our house, and I’m willing to bet money you’d find my husband, Dustin, looking exactly the same: khaki pants, striped shirt, same haircut, unintentional 5 o’clock shadow. He does not change.
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 successfully completed flight deck certification Dec. 12, after a 16-month Docking Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA) period.
Like others, I walk past many bell ringers during the season. Sometimes I give. Sometimes I don’t.