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More than 40 people participated in the Protest March Against Hunger

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Building community, meeting needs: Local organizations serve free meals

The following organizations and churches provide free meals to help meet local needs and build community relationships ...

Transmission fluid leaks from a Dodge truck on State Route 305 Thursday after it collided with a Mercedes sedan.

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Drivers and dogs shaken but OK after Poulsbo crash

POULSBO — No major injuries were reported in a two-car, rollover collision that snarled traffic Thursday at the…

Erin Jennings

Life

Ask Erin: Social network challenges | Kitsap Week

How do I gracefully “unfriend” people who I see frequently in my community or who are mutual friends…

LS1 Christopher Cady greets his son Joshua as he returns home from school. Cady is one of the final three military fathers out of 600 in the nation recommended for the Military Fatherhood Award. Cady is raising his son

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A hero’s hero: Christopher Cady is a finalist for Military Father of the Year | Kitsap Week

Christopher Cady is adjusting to being in the public eye. “Today I had a guy in the bathroom…

Port Gamble resident

Life

Port Gamble grandmother shares her story in new book | Kitsap Week

Author tells of a traumatic time with her daughter and the joy that followed.

Poulsbo Mayor Becky Erickson gives a spot tour of the unfinished Municipal Court courtroom in the new City Hall in October. The City Council will vote April 20 on a plan to move the police department into offices next to the courtroom.

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Poulsbo City Council will vote April 20 on police department move

The Poulsbo Police Department’s move to City Hall could cost as much as $190,000, but Mayor Becky Erickson…

Obituaries

Frances Jeanne Jaeger

Frances Jeanne Anderson Jaeger, left us on April 13th, 2011, at the age of 90. She was born in Astoria, Ore.,…

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Bill Stewart, executive director of the Kitsap Economic Development Alliance, is retiring

Bill Stewart, executive director of the Kitsap Economic Development Alliance for three years, has announced his intent to…

Kathy Prasch ... retiring after five years as North Kitsap High School's principal.

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Prasch is stepping down as principal of North Kitsap High School

Kathy Prasch, North Kitsap High School's principal for five years, will retire at the end of this school…

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Downed wires cut power to 400 in Kingston

KINGSTON — Power lines fell on Ohio Avenue in Kingston Monday, causing a few small fires and cutting…

Olympic College Poulsbo campus accommodates hundreds of students from the region.

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State House proposals could mean higher tuition, tougher university enrollment

Colleges and universities are preparing for funding cuts and this year’s high school graduates are almost guaranteed to…

Kindergarten students Jackson Gore

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North Kitsap School District budget: Enrollment decline, state budget cuts converged into ‘perfect storm’

As North Kitsap School District officials planned for the 2010-11 school year, unseen forces were at work, converging…

Spring is in the air at Kites Over Kingston

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Spring is in the air at Kites Over Kingston

KINGSTON — Penny Lingenfelter roved the Kingston waterfront Saturday dressed as though she’d just stepped out of Neverland.…

North Kitsap hurdler Reagan Colyer bursts ahead of the competition during the 100 meter hurdle race at the first Lil' Norway Invite.

Sports

North Kitsap women win first Lil’ Norway Invitational | Slideshow

Despite gray skies throughout the day, the athletes at the first Lil’ Norway Invitational were able to compete…

Elizabeth Clark died on April 7 in Harrison Hospital in Bremerton. She was a resident of Bainbridge Island.

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Elizabeth Anne Clark | Passages

Elizabeth Anne Clark of Bainbridge Island passed away April 7, 2011 after a determined three-year battle with cancer.…

Richard Walker

Opinion

To be a reflection of the communities we serve | Editor’s Notebook

This is an invitation to apply for the North Kitsap Herald’s Community Advisory Board. But first, I’d like…

Top: A media relations directive sent by Communications Director Robyn Chastain to school administrators and principals. Bottom: Chastain's directive conflicts with the Public Information procedures adopted by the school board

Opinion

School board should protect media access | Editorial

What do the following stories have in common?: “Grant helps expand tribal history study in middle schools” ...…

Michael O’Friel grinds the pool coping during Florida Bowlriders Cup at the Kona Skatepark.

Sports

Michael O’Friel places in top 10 in Florida Bowlriders Cup

SILVERDALE — For Silverdale pro skater Michael O’Friel, skateboard competitions are a way of life. The 18-year-old Central…

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Life abounds in Port Gamble Bay despite lingering contamination

PORT GAMBLE — The herring larvae squirming in a beach net on Port Gamble Bay Wednesday were about the…

Poulsbo Mayor Becky Erickson hopes to establish an emergency reserve fund for the city's buildings

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‘Remarkable achievement’ for city budget

After cutting 10 percent of its workforce and trimming expenditures in every department, the City of Poulsbo has…