Firefighters say it’s easier to get into Harvard or Yale than it is to become a career firefighter. Who would have thought that risking your life could be so desirable, in a field in which it’s difficult to find work?
As the cast of “Election” began rehearsal Monday afternoon, the roles representing the world of student politics became clear — the average guy versus an over-achiever running for student council president; a fast-talking news reporter; and the rest of the students barely showing an interest.
The City of Poulsbo is expecting $31.5 million in total revenue in 2013, $9 million for their general fund operating revenue. This is a 3.2 percent decrease from the 2012 budgeted revenue, which Finance Director Deb Booher attributes to a projected decrease in sales tax revenue.
UPDATE: A space heater was found to be the cause of the fire. Five people and a dog are displaced following a house fire off of Hansville Road Friday morning. No injuries were reported.
Proposed changes to the city’s zoning code would allow more flexibility for home businesses, but the City Council is still debating the role of other “neighborhood commercial” businesses.
Kitsap Audubon is leading the charge in increasing local participation in a nationwide bird conservation program.
UPDATED: Viking Feast Ice Cream, Poulsbo’s homemade ice cream factory, suffered a fire over the weekend. The silver lining: co-owner Thor Skald said they are having a “fire sale.”
The City Council approved the mayor’s Parking Pilot Program on Wednesday, hoping to free up parking spaces in downtown’s Anderson Park-way for shoppers and other short-term visitors.
Bookstores are not exactly thriving businesses these days, but Poulsbo is determined to save one of its own.
Tired of seeing the buildings, reminders of Hansville’s fishing resort era, become more weathered, community organizer Fred Nelson and other volunteers decided to do something about it.
Before chain restaurants came to Silverdale, before Poulsbo’s downtown was revitalized, there was steak and live music seven nights a week at Whiskey Creek in downtown Keyport.
1898 house, cleared to make way for Fish Park expansion, was a remnant of an old farming neighborhood that held its own
For many, a museum is an arrangement of antiquity, a collection of old tools, relics and objects used by souls long gone. But in Suquamish, the museum lives and breathes memories.
The city’s planning department is working with the owners of Liberty Bay Marina to finally right some long-standing wrongs.
Bob Lee of Illinois takes his causes to the streets and highways of the west.
Some residents are still unhappy with the city’s walking trails plan and have filed a petition with the Growth Management Hearings Board to have three issues reviewed.
The Port of Poulsbo’s income has remained steady in the last few years, but with the completion of some big projects behind them, port staff anticipates putting $13,000 into cash reserves in 2013.
Dedicated Kitsap golfers aren’t letting the lack of swanky clubhouse facilities deter them from White Horse Golf Club. As the Suquamish Tribe-owned golf course builds a new clubhouse, play is up, according to Bruce Christy, general manager.
Thanks to the Kathleen Sutton Fund, women can concentrate on healing, and not worry about how they’ll get to treatment.
Talk of a hotel in Poulsbo’s historic downtown has begun again, this time backed by feasibility studies and a reputable development company volunteering its time to study the site.
