They haven’t lost a single conference game and are poised to earn the No. 1 seed to the playoffs, which is why the Kingston Buccaneers are the number one target.
Travel will be reduced to single-lane, alternating traffic for 21 days between Feb. 9-28 while crews from the Washington state Department of Transportation (WSDOT) clean the bridge. The bridge will be down to a single lane from 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 7:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The Muscovy duck can be seen at the Port of Kingston most days.
Two Buccaneers took third place after hard-fought matches during the 38th Matman Classic at Central Kitsap High School Jan. 17.
Scott Laursen follows similar rules for vaping as his mother did for cooking: don’t serve anything you wouldn’t consume yourself.
Full-day kindergarten will be free and half-day kindergarten will be eliminated in the North Kitsap School District beginning next school year. Some parents are concerned that six hours of school is too long for a 5-year-old, and without a half-day option one parent said she may opt to homeschool her child.
Olympic College Athletic Director Barry Janusch announced on Jan. 5 that the men’s and women’s programs would be cut from the budget.
The Kingston and North Kitsap gymnastics teams opted out of the optional Washington Open Winter Invitational to save money towards more equipment.
Free full-day kindergarten will be offered at all elementary schools in the North Kitsap School District for the 2015-16 school year. The North Kitsap School Board approved free full-day kindergarten at the Jan. 8 school board meeting.
The nearly unbeatable South Kitsap Wolves lost to the Kingston Buccaneers Jan. 3.
The dredge was completed Dec. 18. It cost $317,880.92.
The Mornington Breakers traveled to Kingston to face one of the better girls basketball teams in the area Dec. 31. The Kingston Buccaneers, however, fell short of the expectation.
A Kitsap County Sheriff’s investigator found the driver of a North Kitsap Fire & Rescue fire engine “failed to give right of way” to the driver of a Yamaha scooter who was killed July 4, and is recommending the driver of the engine be cited for failure to “keep right except when passing, etc.”
The Greater Kingston Area Chamber of Commerce is thinking of ways to pull businesses together.
Beth Worthington was elected president of the North Kitsap School Board for 2015, during the board’s annual reorganization on Dec. 11.
School board adopts policy protecting participation of transgender students.
Kitsap’s Carl Jantz and Rich Rudman were selected as one of five teams to race off-road in the History Channel show “Alaska Off-Road Warriors.
The Kingston and North Kitsap gymnastics programs look to be in a more secure place this season.
The 18-year-old who threatened to shoot a gun in Kingston High School pleaded guilty and was released from custody Dec. 12. Matthew Allen Smiley was sentenced to three months in the Kitsap County Corrections Center, the standard sentence. Because he received credit for time served and it was his first offense, Smiley was released after pleading guilty.
The project is expected to be complete by Dec. 30.
The Main Street Cafe celebrated its grand opening on Dec. 11. Its soft opening was on Nov. 29. The cafe is owned by Darren Gurnee, owner of the Main Street Ale House.
The defense attorney for the 18-year-old who allegedly made threats of violent acts against Kingston High School has not approached the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office to negotiate the case in the three months since the teen was booked into county jail. Matthew Allen Smiley was booked Sept. 5 after people warned that he had allegedly made threats to shoot a gun at the school. He remains in county jail on $2 million bail.
If there is one thing the Vikings learned during the game against the Bainbridge Island Spartans, it’s that they need to get taller.
