In contrast to stories of threats and bricks through windows from health care reform opponents, two of Kitsap County’s federal representatives tell a more subdued story of the measure’s consequences.
For Bremerton High School’s new principal John Polm, the cross-state move from the small town of Chewelah to Bremerton is a return to the West side.
Polm and his wife Julie are from Longview, and after more than 20 years in eastern Washington, he is ready to come back to the other side of the mountains.
Fourteen Bremerton city employees will retire in the next three months as part of an effort to save the city…
Bremerton’s new city and school leaders have picked up the mantle of their predecessors and are pushing ahead with a…
Fred and Iklil Nye have had a difficult time finding the education best-suited for their two young children.
As Bremerton residents, they had no public Montessori option in district, so their son Ian attended Crownhill Elementary while he was on the wait list for Jackson Park Elementary’s public Montessori program in the Central Kitsap School District. He was accepted to Jackson Park in the middle of the school year, but was then denied admission again the next year. Because he didn’t flourish as well at Crownhill, the Nyes decided to homeschool their children this year.
If you ask Pastor Art Speight, head of Taking It To The Streets Ministries in Bremerton, civic engagement is alive and well in Kitsap.
In fact, the homeless advocate says that so many people are eager to help his ministry that he must turn some away.
“We are overwhelmed with volunteerism,” Speight said. “People are becoming a lot more aware and I think they are concerned about the plight of the homeless or people that are in desperate situations.”
Harrison Medical Center has more than 400 volunteers at its five locations, making deliveries to patients, escorting visitors, working at the gift shop and assisting in administrative tasks. The hospital has so many volunteer applicants it started a wait list.
If you ask Pastor Art Speight, head of Taking It To The Streets Ministries in Bremerton, civic engagement is alive and well in Kitsap.
In fact, the homeless advocate says that so many people are eager to help his ministry that he must turn some away.
“We are overwhelmed with volunteerism,” Speight said. “People are becoming a lot more aware and I think they are concerned about the plight of the homeless or people that are in desperate situations.”
Harrison Medical Center has more than 400 volunteers at its five locations, making deliveries to patients, escorting visitors, working at the gift shop and assisting in administrative tasks. The hospital has so many volunteer applicants it started a wait list.
For Andy Mackie, teaching music is the key to saving the world — and himself. When he came to West…
The Bremerton City Council unanimously approved the purchase of the Park Avenue and Sixth Street Kitsap Bank building as the new site of the municipal court Wednesday.
The $1.7 million deal is expected to be finalized in the next few days, City Attorney Roger Lubovich said.
A 15-year-old female Bremerton High School student was found naked and unconscious in an Olympic College restroom Thursday afternoon.
The girl was taken to Harrison Medical Center for observations, according to an e-mail sent by the college.
As the state Legislature heads into a special session Monday to pass the state budget, the future of Frances Haddon…
Armageddon is an unlikely scenario if, or when, the big one hits Central Kitsap.
But what residents can expect if the earth moves like it has recently in Haiti, Chile and Turkey — and Hawaii to a lesser extent — may be a really long commute home.
Armageddon is an unlikely scenario if, or when, the big one hits Bremerton.
But what residents can expect if the earth moves like it has recently in Haiti, Chile and Turkey — and Hawaii to a lesser extent — may be a really long commute home.
Silverdale’s new dog park — now under construction — could open before its originally scheduled July debut, with enough money….
Workers put the finishing touches on the new Fairfield Inn and Suites last week, moving new furniture, completing the front landscaping and cleaning up the construction dust.
The 132-room hotel, which takes the place of Bremerton’s old City Hall, now open for business, is another major construction project the city says is a step toward opening up downtown in the evening and weekends.
The search for Bremerton’s new Public Works director began Thursday.
The city is searching nationwide for candidates and hopes to fill the position in the next three months. According to the city’s job description, the salary for the new Public Works director will be somewhere between $108,689 and $132,427, depending on qualifications.
Lions Park in East Bremerton will undergo a face lift starting next week, including the removal of its waterfront poplar…
Even though the Bremerton City Council chopped the head off a measure to allow residents to keep a limited number…
All-day kindergarten, librarians, physical education and music classes are among programs the Bremerton School Board advised the district Finance Committee…
West of downtown Bremerton and south of 11th Street, residents are reinventing their neighborhood. In recent months, neighbors of the…
