POULSBO — Poulsbo’s pot ban. Blessing for bay cleanup. Downtown maritime museum. New port commissioner’s plans.

Those are the top stories in the July 17 North Kitsap Herald, available now at newsstands and in stores.

The July 17 Herald has 44 pages in two sections, in addition to more savings in our local and regional advertising circulars. The Kitsap Week cover story is about ways you and your pup can be safe in the summer heat.

Inside the Herald, you’ll find local news, Newsmakers, Editorial, Letters to the Editor, At Your Library by Sharon S. Lee, Worship With Us, Beautiful You, At Your Service, Public Meetings, Political Notebook, Sports & Outdoors, North Kitsap Calendar, Legal Notices, Obituaries, Kitsap Week Life and Culture, Kitsap Calendar, Kitsap Nightlife, Kitsap Birding, Northwest Wines, Suzanne O’Clair’s Stars Above Kitsap, Classifieds, Weekend Open Houses, Kitsap Services, BookEnds, Kitsap Week Sudoku, Kitsap Week Crossword, and Greater Kitsap Dining & Entertainment.

The Herald has been the Voice of North Kitsap since 1901 and has a circulation of 12,500. Kitsap Week is included in five Sound Publishing newspapers in Kitsap County and has a circulation of 65,000. For convenient home delivery of the Herald, call 360-779-4464 or email circulation@northkitsapherald.com.

You can read the Herald page by page online at www.northkitsapherald.com/green_editions. Get regular news updates on NorthKitsapHerald.com and on Facebook.

Regionwide news is available at your fingertips:

— BainbridgeReview.com
— BremertonPatriot.com
— CentralKitsapReporter.com
— KingstonCommunityNews.com
— NorthKitsapHerald.com
— PortOrchardIndependent.com
— VeteransLife.com