POULSBO — Time is ticking away for the North Kitsap Pool, and the city of Poulsbo took its first crack Wednesday night at trying to find a solution.
NORTH END — North End independence celebrations are just around the corner, but they certainly aren’t free from the economic woes plaguing the country.
POULSBO — Grant Romaine, a former detective for the Poulsbo Police Department, has filed a $10 million notice of claim against the city of Poulsbo.
Nothing pulls the sequined sling-backs out of the closet like an elite Manhattan event, and Friday night there was one of those happening at just about every movie theater in every town in the country.
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Former police detective Grant Romaine alleges emotional distress and civil rights violations.
The numbers are in for the 2008 Viking Fest celebration, and in more ways than one it’s shaping up to be a record-setting year. Though not all those ways are on the plus side.
Viking Fest board president Ron Krell said funding for the event is running lower than ever before, with about $8,000 of ground to make up still. He and Executive Vice President Kathi Foresee estimate the corporation will barely break even this year, and will have to cancel some scholarships to make that happen.
The Viking City got a taste of the Viking Age Monday morning during a one-hour power outage. And an area squirrel may have gotten a taste of more than he bargained for.
According to Puget Sound Energy spokesperson Joseph Harris, it was a squirrel that sparked the circuit shutdown leaving 1,804 homes and businesses in the dark between 8:38 a.m. and 9:46 a.m. Downtown Poulsbo and the Poulsbo Village, among other areas along State Route 305, were without electricity.
The “Little Mo” has resurfaced from the depths after sinking and leaking roughly 25 gallons of oil into the water off the shores of Keyport.
Officials believe the boat, which was berthed at a private dock at the end of Grandview Boulevard, sank because of an incorrectly placed bilge hose.
The boat has been raised and is now floating, said Department of Ecology (DOE) spokesperson Larry Altose.
The State Route 305 widening project that began nearly two years ago is nearing its last lap. According to project manager Jerry Moore, paving the highway from Bond Road to Hostmark Street is in line to be finished next month, with the entire project wrapping up in October.
A diesel oil spill in the waters near Keyport is dissipating after local and state officials responded to the call Thursday.
At an unknown time Wednesday night, a 32-foot wooden tug boat sank at berth in a private marina at the end of Grandview Boulevard. The docks are near Keyport’s public marina.
Poulsbo’s new city hall is still gearing toward a January 2010 opening, and now the city council is discussing how to fund the project’s completion.
KEYPORT — Local and state officials are assessing the extent of an oil spill in Keyport. The Poulsbo Fire Department…
Newly opened connector to SR 305 unclogging shopping traffic.
Poulsbo’s attracting a big crowd in housing crunch.
POULSBO — Little Norway’s Book Stop is turning a chapter in its business life, and marking an impressive feat.
POULSBO — The Poulsbo Fire Department asked, and Little Norway citizens answered.
POULSBO — Poulsbo’s newest Public Works director has officially stepped into the job. Barry Loveless, who comes to the city from Kitsap County’s Public Works department, started his new posting May 12, and will work side-by-side with outgoing director Jeff Bauman until Bauman’s retirement at the end of the month.
POULSBO — The streets of downtown Poulsbo overflowed with festivities during the 40th annual Viking Fest this weekend. Boats filled the bay, flip-flops pounded the pavement, Vikings sounded their lurs and the colorful Paradise Amusements carnival set up camp, all illuminated by three days of unadulterated sunshine.
POULSBO — Games were afoot in downtown Poulsbo Saturday and Sunday during the 40th annual Viking Fest fete. Poulsbo Parks and Recreation Director Mary McCluskey said a record number of runners turned out for Saturday morning’s road races. Four hundred took on the one mile; 375 dared the five-mile jaunt. And 100 kids showed their stuff in the sprinting competitions on Front Street, which was lined with supporters cheering on competitors of all ages.
