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SEED should be treated like business — a bad business — and abandoned

With the confidence borne of someone who won’t have to face the voters again until 2011 (assuming he…

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ARTS & CRAFTS MPROV COMEDY CLASSES: Presented by the Changing Scene Theatre Northwest, will be Sundays 10 a.m.…

Burnett’s brush strokes spread color throughout Bremerton

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Burnett’s brush strokes spread color throughout Bremerton

Amy Burnett is at it again. During June’s First Friday Art Walk this Friday, she’ll be officially donating…

“Sex and the City:”  Here’s to the fans

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“Sex and the City:” Here’s to the fans

Nothing pulls the sequined sling-backs out of the closet like an elite Manhattan event, and Friday night there…

Not fun, guy: fungi, other ailments put Washington madrone trees in decade-long funk

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Not fun, guy: fungi, other ailments put Washington madrone trees in decade-long funk

Five of the homes we’ve lived in here in Kitsap County have had a madrone Arbutus menziesii in…

Above: Elizabeth Reed Smith at work magnifying glass in one hand

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Gallery at Grace gets forested

ndianola by way of England artist Elizabeth Reed Smith works with some of the most formidable symbols on…

One of the most famed places in American music — the Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall.

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Cappella choir off to Carnegie

Growing up, Stephanie Charbonneau always wanted to be part of a girls’ choir. She was a musically talented…

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State Rep. Pearson: Flawed laws allowing Kitsap County transient sex offender to live less than five miles from victim, elementary school

I was as shocked when I heard about the release of a homeless sex offender in my district,…

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Olympic College workshop targets displaced homemakers

Oftentimes when a marriage ends or a spouse dies or becomes disabled, it’s difficult for the survivor to…

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State ferry chief decries lack of funding during visit to Kitsap County

In the midst of touring ferry-served communities, Washington State Ferries director David Moseley spoke in Kitsap County last…

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Dangerous SR-16 intersection to finally get a fix?

State proposal on table to begin work in AugustAfter years of promises and false starts, steps are now…

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Tacoma Narrows Bridge toll hikes OKed for next month

It’s official — the tolls to cross the Tacoma Narrows Bridge will be a dollar more come July.…

Pvt. Brandy Swackhammer signs a 3rd Infantry Division flag for Port Orchard resident Jason Overfield

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SK man gets birthday greetings from troops

After sending out hundreds of birthday greetings over the past few months, Port Orchard resident Jason Overfield got…

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Ferry change causes Sunday back-ups on Vashon Island

A smaller boat was moved to the Washington State Ferries’ Point Defiance/Tahlequah route Sunday, creating back-ups on the…

Shannon Watson poses in front of her father’s music store.

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Owner of D.J.’s Music store dies

The founder of the local music store D.J.’s Music, Donald Joseph Watson, 77, died Monday. His memorial is…

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Superintendent search lacks ‘transparency?’

Transparency wasn’t the buzz word in a vocabulary lesson — it just felt that way at Wednesday’s South…

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The ‘other guys’ grow, while SK stagnates

Sometimes it seems that South Kitsap — Port Orchard in particular – is one step behind the competition…

Opinion

SKSD search process penny-wise, pound-foolish

Probably the most important position in South Kitsap — and by far the highest paying government job —…

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Kitsap launches prescription drug discount card

Kitsap County today launched a discount card program to help consumers cope with the high price of prescription…

The Kitsap County Health District this week designated North Kitsap’s Liberty Bay a Marine Recovery Area.

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Liberty Bay cleanup a priority

t Marine Recovery Area status up for adoption June 3.