For 20 years, Bay Street Coffee Company has been running what barista Isaak Hammers called “our little empire on this corner.” And starting Oct. 17, they will kick off their 20th anniversary with a week-long celebration.
Stephanie Rohrbaugh recently entered a short story writing competition held by Neoglyphic Entertainment, a “storytelling company built for the digital age,” according to their press release.
This year, about 72 businesspeople from Kitsap County gathered on Sept. 23 for the annual Linda Joyce YWCA Charity Putt Put event, to play putt putt, bid on silent auction items and eat food, and raise about $4,000 to $5,000 for the ALIVE shelter.
She learned that henna tattoos don’t just come from India, as is most often associated, but from numerous cultures, each with their own history and style. This is now something that she teaches in her introduction to henna class she now teaches in downtown Bremerton.
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the Northwest Derby Company is home to the only adult roller derby league in the county. Nearing the end of its fifth season, co-captain of the team Aimee Durgan (also known as Brawlyanna) said it got its start as a co-ed recreation team based in Port Orchard called Skate Club. When that ended, they developed Northwest Derby Company in January 2012, part of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association.
Joe Kennedy, former football coach at Bremerton High School, was denied his request for a preliminary injunction Sept. 19 by U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Leighton.
Stephen R. Jabs, 53, was sentenced to 41 years in prison for sexually assaulting five girls he had baby-sat.
At the Aug. 31 school board meeting, the two organizations agreed to a memorandum of understanding (MOU), which will be the first step to building a permanent auditorium on the Ridgetop Middle School campus, to benefit both the school and the theater.
The Trails at Silverdale will add three new tenants over the next three months: Purpose Boutique, Sierra Trading Post and The Habit Burger Grill.
No one was hurt, but two houses were destroyed in an arson fire Monday night on McKenzie Avenue.
The Coffee Oasis is hosting its third Garden Gala Sunday, Sept. 18, and inviting people to “join in the mission of changing the world for homeless youth, it stated in a news release.
Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s Association care, support and research programs. The walk, including both a one- and two-mile option, begins at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 18 at the Louis Mentor Bremerton Boardwalk, after a ceremony starting at 9 a.m.
Scott Callantine, 47, of Bremerton, was recently awarded a spot on the eight-person U.S. Parachute Team after competing in the Parachute Association National Skydiving Championships in Rochelle, Illinois.
The elementary school, which has been undergoing major renovations since June 2015, delayed its opening until Tuesday, Sept. 6.
Two people were injured, and one later died, when a car was driven into a bus stop about 11:49 a.m. Sept. 8 outside the state Department of Social and Health Services building on Auto Center Boulevard.
Sept. 3-5 marked the 27th annual Blackberry Festival in downtown Bremerton, featuring airplane flyovers, musical acts, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) displays and, of course, a wide variety of food, blackberry-themed and otherwise.
Senior Chief Roy Brown, assistant director of Navy Band Northwest, said the class was “comprised of chief select petty officers from all around the Northwest region who were selected by their commands to attend this legacy academy.”
Not every student can get their education needs met at a traditional high school. Sometimes, students require more one-on-one attention they can’t get in large schools, or a student will have non-school responsibilities that could interfere with a full-time class schedule.
It’s not just about allowing women to go topless in public places men are allowed to go topless. This issue is very much about normalizing, not sexualizing, women’s breasts.
Now in its 27th year, the Bremerton Blackberry Festival will take place Sept. 3-5 in downtown Bremerton.
