McNeill, who teaches paranormal investigation courses in the Seattle area, will speak at Port Gamble’s first Ghost Conference on Oct. 29-30. Joining him will be folklorist Margaret Read MacDonald, psychic medium Ankhasha Amenti and Kitsap thriller writer Gregg Olsen.
City officials are pointing to proactive policing and a rise in offending motorists opting for community service as reasons for a falloff in traffic ticket revenue.
A wage contract between the City of Poulsbo and Poulsbo Police Officers Association is expected to go to arbitration in early 2011 after more than a year of negotiations led to no agreement.
The Greater Poulsbo Chamber of Commerce is facing a financial shortfall after its membership significantly declined in 2010.
A massive scarf with the capacity to warm dozens will be rolled down Front Street this weekend for an official measuring.
Mitigation work on a 200-foot section of Dogfish Creek in the heart of Poulsbo is close to completion. Crews excavated overgrown foliage, created a healthier stream bed and planted a variety of trees along the creek between the Poulsbo Village and State Route 305.
A third generation dinner volunteer, Kristan Stenman was one of 20 lefse-makers preparing for the church’s 98th annual lutefisk dinner on Saturday, Oct. 16. Volunteers rolled, balled and flattened potato dough in clusters, a fast-paced assembly line working smoothly from years of experience.
After cutting staff by 10 percent the City of Poulsbo still faces a shortfall of more than $228,000 in 2011, according to a preliminary proposed budget released Wednesday.
A veteran service office in Poulsbo that has assisted more than 1,000 military members and their spouses will close this month after a search for a suitable place to relocate turned up empty.
Poulsbo Post Office supervisor Deborah Corrigan scanned a report and shook her head. The sheet reads 28,000, the number of letters received by the post office that morning.
“We didn’t get any mail today,” she said.
A 70-lot residential development underway in Poulsbo could be a sign area buyers are primed to meet a growing supply of new homes.
Kitsap’s recent spate of “radical weather” has been a good learning experience, according to Larry Bazzell, who grows more varieties of produce than two hands can count.
The final elements of Poulsbo’s new city hall are coming together as officials plan a mid-November move-in.
A plan to connect walking trails at the head of Liberty Bay with trails along its eastern shore could move forward with the help of $250,000 in funding from the Federal Highway Administration.
Port of Poulsbo officials say the summer boating season was a moderate success considering the down economy.
POULSBO — The Poulsbo Police Officers’ Association is challenging a plan to eliminate nearly a dozen city jobs, and has released an independent audit of the city’s budget situation that suggests layoffs aren’t necessary.
Mayor volunteers Saturday office hours under increased workload.
Ken Bailey will offer support in times of crisis, will be a liason to the community and a friend to officers, and sometimes simply provide a “ministry of presence” as the Poulsbo Police Department’s first chaplain.
A Washington Growth Management hearings board denied a motion to reconsider an appeal against Poulsbo’s 2009 Comprehensive Plan on Tuesday, according to Poulsbo Planning Director Barry Berezowsky.
Citing budget cuts and an insufficient workload, the Kitsap County District Court closed its Poulsbo location this week, consolidating all services to the county courthouse in Port Orchard.
