If you like to read and like to know what’s going on in your community, this is a banner day for you.

The latest edition of the North Kitsap Herald includes the 2011 North Kitsap Almanac, Kitsap Week/West Sound Life and Culture, Kitsap Classifieds, Real Estate Now, Work/Life Balance: A Resource Guide for Today’s Worker, USA Weekend, and advertising inserts and money-saving coupons.

That’s a total of 126 pages in four sections. For only 50 cents a copy in stores and newsstands.

For convenient home delivery of the Herald, call (360) 779-4464 or e-mail cdano@northkitsapherald.com.

In the Herald’s news section: Our top stories are of the selection of three finalists to succeed County Commissioner Steve Bauer, and of Bauer’s shift on the North Kitsap Legacy Partnership. You’ll also find our Opinion section, Letters to the Editor, Editor’s Notebook, North Kitsap Calendar, Sports, Business, Kith & Kin, Engagements, and Newsmakers.

In the Herald’s inside section, Kitsap Week, you’ll find part two of Erin Jennings’ series on growing food, as well as the latest real estate listings and Classifieds.

In the 2011 Almanac, you’ll find updated profiles of North Kitsap communities, information on school performance, weather data, and an Economic Indicators section.