The College Instruction Center has been planned for over six years. A groundbreaking ceremony was finally held Dec. 17, 2015.
In the Bremerton area, when it comes to thinking about activities one might engage in to keep busy, a few regular options might pop into mind: going to the movies, going to the Admiral Theatre, shopping or dining out. But one overlooked activity is also worthy of consideration: ice skating.
Joe Kennedy, suspended assistant varsity football coach and head junior varsity football coach of Bremerton High School, has filed a charge of religious discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the Bremerton School District.
Theft during the holiday season can be especially pervasive, and the Bremerton Police Department wants everyone to be prepared just in case. The BPD have released the following tips to help prevent theft during the holidays.
Online Options is an alternate education opportunity for students that enables them to take some or even all of their classes online, or to supplement their regular class schedule with online, after-school classes.
Santa Claus helps locals light up the tree for the first time of the 2015 holiday season.
The consolidated plan must be adopted and submitted every five years, in compliance with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations. The plan is a prerequisite to receiving federal funds and serves as the city’s application to HUD for those funds.
The fire, which started around 10 p.m., caused about $3,500 of damage, according to Jeff Prichard, deputy fire marshal with the Bremerton Fire Department.
An unattended stove caused major structure damage, but no injuries, in a house fire Nov. 24 in Bremerton.
The total proposed revenue and total proposed expenditures are $152,931,712. In 2015, the total budget was $136,082,276. The proposed budget is increased by $16,849,436.
On Nov. 12, the school board held their first meeting since that game Oct. 29. The room was, unsurprisingly, packed. The public comment section at the beginning of the meeting was, predictably, long.
According to the latest enrollment report, provided at the Oct. 15 school board meeting, the district budgeted for 5,056.4 full-time equivalent (FTE) students in the district. As of the report, there are 5,155.42 FTE students.
Culinary students at Olympic College in Bremerton got a taste of both Tuesday, Nov. 10, when they held a “Food Truck Brawl” on campus.
Shea, who co-owns the store with her mom Penny Morse, travels to shows and teaches workshops around the country in relation to her bead artwork, and she’s all set to celebrate the 12th anniversary of opening her shop, Echo Artworks Bead Shop and Gallery, located at 626 N. Callow Ave., Bremerton.
Preliminary election results grant Richard Huddy the District 6 position with the Bremerton City Council, with 71.1 percent of the vote.
Assistant football coach Joe Kennedy and his legal representatives with Liberty Institute announced Oct. 26 their intention to file a lawsuit against the Bremerton School District for “denying his (Kennedy’s) request for religious accommodation.”
Part of the conversation in the public has been that Kennedy has a right, under the First Amendment of the Constitution, to pray, and that anyone, of any religion, should be allowed to participate in post-game expression of their religion.
The projection was presented to the school board at the Oct. 16 meeting. In the next month, it will be honed and finalized, and presented in its final form to the board at the Nov. 12 meeting. If approved the proposal will be filed with the Kitsap County Auditor by Dec. 11, in order to have a measure on the Feb. 9, 2016, ballot.
At the regular school board meeting Oct. 15, before the game but after Kennedy declared his intention to pray after the game, the subject of Kennedy’s post-game prayers was addressed by members of the public and board members alike.
This project originated when a 1995 seismic vulnerability assessment “identified a risk that we could basically lose a bridge, lose a water main,” said Ned Lever, Bremerton’s managing engineer for utilities.
