WinCo Foods’ opening of its Bremerton supermarket April 1 marks its 18th location in Washington state. The 55,000 square-foot Bremerton WinCo is located at 4969 Kitsap Way.
Former Bremerton District 3 City Councilman John Law died March 29. He was 83.
Described as a dedicated leader of his district, Law served on council from 1994 to 2001, and was elected council president twice in 1995 and 2001.
Coffee Oasis, located on Burwell Street, serves commuters’ coffee and is also a center for homeless teens and young adults. With many programs set up for teens and young adults between the age of 13 and 25, including case management, job training and mentoring, soon a teen shelter will be added to its bevy of services available for Kitsap’s young homeless.
Did you know that Bremerton is the host city for the annual Washington State Science and Engineering Fair? Did you know WSSEF is wide open to all public, private, online and home schooled students in grades 1 to 12 in the state of Washington? Did you know that $1,000,000 in prizes and scholarships are awarded through this fair? Did you know that many school PTA’s and the City of Bremerton have scholarship funds set up to pay for each local student’s $15 entry fee? You did not know any of this? Well, neither did I.
Cash Mob Bremerton started from a Facebook page that Robin Henderson created a few weeks ago. Henderson, a 20-year Bremerton resident, thought starting a cash mob would be a way to bring the community together while also supporting local businesses. Cash mob is a movement where people “mob” a business at a set time and date, usually spending at least $20.
Parking regulations in downtown Bremerton could soon be changed to allow six hours of free parking in hopes of a dual effect to deter serial parking offenders and encourage shoppers to stop downtown.
From 3 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 31, at Olympic College, meet the Kitsap Admirals.
The Kitsap Admirals Dancers, the dance team and cheer squad for the Kitsap Admirals, Kitsap County’s first ABA professional basketball team, will hold dance team auditions Saturday, May 5.
A 15-year-old student at John Sedgwick Junior High School was arrested on March 22 and transported to juvenile detention. He was booked for possession of a dangerous weapon on school facilities.
This week we asked the City of Bremerton to let us see under the three walnuts that constantly sit upon their budget table. Again, they refused to lift shells.
This past week a retreat was held between Bremerton City Councilmembers, Bremerton Mayor Patty Lent and nearly all of the main city department heads. Because of my full time job, I am hard pressed to make public meetings that start before 5 p.m., so I arrived about 40 minutes into the nearly four-hour session. Finding the mayor’s conference room where the meeting was being held was also not very easy.
The Bremerton Ice Center operators say plans to serve beer and wine during hockey games and events won’t turn the local skating rink into a night club.
For Rick Santorum, or anyone else for this matter, they believe that he could beat Mitt Romney only if Newt Gingrich withdraws from the race, is to indulge in mathematical fantasy.
Harry Truman was a different kind of president. He probably made as many, or more, important decisions regarding our nation’s history as any of the other 32 presidents preceding him. However, a measure of his greatness may rest on what he did after he left the White House.
Last week, a South Kitsap elementary school locked down because there was a possible threat to the school in connection to an attempted Silverdale bank robbery. Last month, Armin Jahr Elementary School in Bremerton also locked down after a gun accidentally discharged while in a student’s backpack, and the bullet from the gun struck another classmate.
Top of the day to you, Bremerton. The middle of March brings us the promise of spring, a change in our clocks and the annual Bremerton St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
A Spaghetti Feed and Silent Auction Fundraiser is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 16 at the Manette Saloon and Sidebar, 2113 E. 11th St., Bremerton.
Bremerton High School is one of among 14 schools or organizations that were awarded a Washington STEM Entrepreneur Award in March.
The Professional Fire Fighters of Kitsap County Benevolent Association will release commemorative glassware through Cloverleaf Sports Bar & Grill in Bremerton with discounted pints through Sat., March 17.
Various changes to the driving-under-the-influence law have unanimously passed the Legislature and will become effective upon the governor’s signature.