The 2014 Tis the Season magazine won first place in its category in the Local Media Association 2015 Advertising & Promotions Contest. The magazine is a publication of the Bainbridge Island Review and the North Kitsap Herald.
Someday, proponents say, popping a mint into your mouth for a little boost from THC will be looked at no differently than pouring a cup of coffee for a caffeine jolt.
Rite-Aid, including those in Poulsbo and elsewhere in Kitsap County, have been acquired by Walgreens. The $17.2 billion acquisition was approved Oct. 26 by the boards of directors of Rite-Aid and Walgreens, but it must still be approved by the federal Securities and Exchange Commission.
Come enjoy the seasonal magic during our annual Country Christmas weekend Dec. 12-13.
The town is fully dressed for the occasion with ornaments, garland, and thousands of bright white lights. Port Gamble merchants are stocking their shelves and their sidewalks with holiday shopping in mind.
New shops upgrade spaces, contribute to eclectic feel
Sheri Bockelie is celebrating 25 years as owner of the Poulsbo Gallery of Hair Design, in the Poulsbo Village Shopping Center. In early 1990, the salon’s owner decided to downsize from two salons to one, and to sell the Poulsbo Village salon so she could focus on the salon in Port Orchard.
Pardon the alliteration, but just down the street from their place to eat, the Pickards have opened “Sweet Heat.” And it’s, ahem, pretty neat.
“While the signs on our buildings [have changed], the people inside are the same you’ve come to know and trust,” Banner announced on its website, BannerBank.com.
HANSVILLE — After 40 years, Big Maple Tree Farm is closing.
Owners Don and Suzanne Sandall, 90 and 80 years old respectively, say they’re too old to continue maintaining the property.
“After trimming trees for 40 years it’s getting kind of old,” Don said. “I’m 90 years old now … it just got to be too much.”
Tizley’s Europub and the Suquamish Tribe’s Grovers Creek Salmon Hatchery are featured in a five-part culinary guide to Washington by the New York-based Munchies website and digital video channel.
The edgy series hosted by chef Tarik Abdullah takes viewers from Seattle to the San Juan Islands to the slopes of Mount Rainier and features the state’s most iconic and unusual foods, including salmon, geoduck and lutefisk.
The first thing that might strike a customer walking into Coast Do It Best Hardware is the variety of merchandise. Nuts, bolts, and wrenches? Got that and more.
POULSBO — The Poulsbo Lodging Tax Advisory Committee is recommending the City Council approve the following grants for 2016.
Gov. Jay Inslee, U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, and education and industry representatives helped the Port of Port Angeles break ground Sept. 21 on a new Composite Recycling Technology Center, at the port’s Composite Manufacturing Campus. Ed Stern, a Poulsbo City Council member, participated as chairman of the Central Puget Sound Economic Development District.
PBS program showcases Sluys Bakery on national broadcast
Restaurant strives to differentiate itself from chains
Restaurant features similar menu to its predecessor
Lori Maxim, Sound Publishing vice president and regional publisher, has named marketing veteran Dawn Leibold as advertising director for the Central Kitsap Reporter, Bremerton Patriot and Port Orchard Independent newspapers.
All employees of Poulsbo’s recently closed Albertsons were offered jobs at other stores in the region.
A Viking Avenue business owner will replace city-owned trees he removed between the curb and sidewalk in front of his business on June 27. In fact, Darren Hudson, owner of Hudson Auto Center, plans to go one step further — according to Mayor Becky Erickson, Hudson is working with city staff on a landscaping plan and will install irrigation so the new plantings will be watered regularly.
The positions range from engineers and contract specialists to skilled trades such as maintenance mechanics, electricians, and utility system operators. These positions are located at Naval Base Kitsap — Bangor, Naval Base Kitsap — Bremerton, Naval Station Everett, and Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.
