POULSBO — One of the few remaining school districts in the area to do so, North Kitsap students can participate in extracurricular activities, from baseball to band, free of charge.
With impending district-wide budget cuts on the horizon, however, that is likely to change.
POULSBO — The state of one of Little Norway’s final resting places is a topic that comes to a head almost annually for staff at Poulsbo Public Works.
And this year, they’re aiming to find out what the public thinks should — or perhaps should not — be done.
With Earth Day coming up (yes, those folks in Kingston couldn’t wait) this weekend, it’d be nice to know that everyone working in potentially volatile situations was taking extra precautions to protect the environment. Yes, it would be nice but so would a lot of things, winning the lottery, for instance.
POULSBO — Coming into Monday’s game versus undefeated Central Kitsap, the only thing Vikings’ fastpitch coach Dan Kolda expected was one tough contest.
North had just lost a nail-biter the Wednesday before to the Narrows’ league leader, South Kitsap, 3-2 in eight innings. But Central was toe to toe with the Wolves, leaving the North coach with the assumption that the Cougars were equally as tough.
POULSBO — Racquet taps are the new high-fives on the North Kitsap High School tennis courts.
After winning tough points in doubles, it has become tradition to smack racquets in acknowledgment of their partner’s ferocious effort and skill. For on-looking fans, seeing many of these given between NK’s girls doubles tandems during Monday’s match against Bremerton was an excellent sign.
PORT ORCHARD — The North Kitsap School District moved a step closer in its bid to build a high school in Kingston Friday, in what is likely to become a key decision that will allow clearing and construction of the new school site to commence.
KINGSTON — The early morning rain may have affected attendance levels this year at EcoFest, but as one organizer said, things weren’t too bad once the sun finally showed up in the early afternoon.
“I’m seeing sunny blue skies,” said Stillwaters volunteer Sheila Sullivan. “I’m starting to dry out.”
POULSBO — North Kitsap brides-to-be usually have to do some serious traveling to find the perfect gown.
Unless, that is, they visit American Rose Bridal.
POULSBO — While retention ponds may serve more of a functional purpose for drainage rather than as a landscaping feature, Boy Scout Wesley Vincent thought the ponds next to the Poulsbo Library on Iverson Road needed some sprucing up.
And on Saturday morning, in the pouring rain, he had about 30 people — friends and family from school, church and Troop 1590 — plant 29 shrubs, willow trees and sedge grasses along the steep banks.
POULSBO — Just because the Poulsbo Firefighters Association isn’t hosting its annual Firefighter’s Ball this year for the first time in nearly 70 years doesn’t mean the tradition has gone up in smoke.
The donations received from the event are generous enough but it’s the attendance, or rather, lack thereof, that bothers organizer Jerry Cooper.
KEYPORT — Visiting the battlefields of Gettysburg in 1900, Brigadier General Hollon Richardson reminisced about his part in the historical battle.
He recalled standing in the presence of President Abraham Lincoln.
And he brought home a legacy that grows to this day.
POULSBO — North Kitsap Herald sports and schools reporter Josh Farley put the first of what will likely be many awards feathers in his cap last week when he was formally recognized by the Suburban Newspapers of America.
Reverberations of two fatal teenage car accidents occurring three weeks apart in February and March are still commonplace throughout the North Kitsap community.
They come in the form of conversations between parents and their children, the former of whom advise the latter to drive safely.
Indianola and Suquamish residents must not ever feel the need to dial 911. At least one might surmise that from their attendance — or lack thereof — this week at informational meetings hosted by North Kitsap Fire & Rescue. Two nights. Two meetings. No public interest.
SUQUAMISH — When Washington native Broughton Coburn brought 84-year-old Aama — a Nepalese woman who lived in an rural mountain village her entire life — to the United States in 1992, the experience was sure to be a clashing of old civilization and new.
But when those clashes occurred between Aama, on her end-of-life pilgrimage, and ordinary Americans, Coburn was often placed in an awkward moment.
POULSBO – For Poulsbo’s Colleen Smith, it’s all about the money. City money that is. After 25 years of holding the title as the city’s first utility billing clerk, Smith is not ready to let it go. Now, 57 years old, the Accounts Receivable Technician can’t walk away from the residents and merchants she has grown attached to or the job of managing their utility money.
INDIANOLA — The weather conditions at the Doe-Kag-Wats estuary Tuesday morning were similar to what they were like 15 months ago when disaster struck the beach.
This time though, while again windy, rainy and cold, there was no oil washing upon the shores of Kitsap and the estuary’s grasses were green, not brown.
POULSBO – Following a tragic bicycle accident when he was 9 years old, doctors anticipated that North Kitsap High School student Chad Steyer-Morgan would never be able to walk or even talk again.
The doctors’ noted inhibitions would have likely included winning gold medals in the swimming portion of the Special Olympics.
POULSBO — The North Kitsap School District’s Attendance Boundary Task Force, whose goal is to balance enrollment at all of NK’s public schools by the time a new high school in Kingston is built, has made many compromises in what has become a heated issue.
But there is one conundrum that no compromise can overcome.
POULSBO — Two years ago, Miss Viking Fest Pageant organizer Kari McKinsey was hoping and praying for at least six contestants.
This year, too few vying for the crown won’t be a problem.
