KINGSTON — After being decked with boughs of holly and swags of evergreens last weekend, the Little City By the Sea is ready for the holiday season to begin, starting with the eighth annual Kingston Country Christmas Dec. 4.
POULSBO — Language, dancing, cooking and arts are just some of the ways visitors can experience the Norwegian culture at the Poulsbo Sons of Norway.
Saturday, lodge members are inviting the public to come see how they celebrate the season.
DRIFTWOOD KEY — The entrance channel that is supposed to allow residents to sail out of Coon Bay and into Hood Canal at any time is in desperate need of dredging — a fact that has been well-known among Driftwood Key residents for three years. And while community members agree that the dredging is needed, how it should be done is where many are conflicted.
POULSBO — This Thanksgiving weekend, more than likely, members of the Poulsbo Noon Lions have stopped more than once to give thanks for the community.
SUQUAMISH — A community plan isn’t a community plan unless the community is involved.
That’s the problem Kitsap County Department of Community Development long-range planner Keri Weaver is having with updating the Suquamish Rural Village Plan.
POULSBO — Earlier this year, the City of Poulsbo renewed the effort to put together a funding package for the State Route 305 widening project.
And this week, the final piece to the puzzle was put into place.
POULSBO — At North Kitsap’s boys’ basketball practice, head coach Aaron Nations often asks his players one question.
“What will you sacrifice to win?”
POULSBO — The North Kitsap Lady Vikings basketball team only won four games all season last year to finish near the bottom of the Narrows’ League, Bridge Division.
SUQUAMISH — After 50 people showed up to the “Imagine Suquamish” brainstorming session in June to discuss how to improve the community, nearly 20 attended the follow up meeting last Tuesday to discuss the event’s results.
POULSBO — As the Huskies and the Cougs were preparing to duke it out in Pullman last week, Poulsbo Councilman Ed Stern was starting a grudge match of his own. But this one was aimed at boosting the spirits of the Bellringer Fund.
KINGSTON — It’s no surprise that the North End had an increasing influx of residents, however, developers are starting to take advantage of this growth with hopes to appeal to local business owners.
POULSBO — While at a football game this fall, North Kitsap High School exchange student Stephanie Koop encountered some of the most unusual perceptions of Belgium, her home country, that she’d ever heard.
“Belgium? Isn’t that near Spain?” One student asked her.
What do Feb. 1, 1901 and the word “support” have in common? If you advertise in or read the North Kitsap Herald, quite a bit.
POULSBO — The after-Thanksgiving and pre-Christmas shopping rush is almost upon us.
But there’s one surprise Poulsbo Police Department Detective Grant Romaine hopes won’t be under any local trees this year.
Identity theft.
KEYPORT — Creepy crawlies. Unwanted visitors. Pests.
They can run but they can’t hide from Marty Huff and Josh Cantrall.
The pair opened Kitsap Pest Control in March, specializing in those little, or not so little, things that can really bug homeowners.
POULSBO — Go all out — or just get out altogether.
That was the consensus the North Kitsap School Board arrived at Nov. 18 regarding the future of the district’s education programs at the Marine Science Center.
POULSBO — It was a perfect clear and crisp November morning for planting trees, which is just what nearly 20 volunteers did at Poulsbo’s Fish Park Saturday, bringing the facility one step closer to becoming an active recreation area.
POULSBO — Just two days into collecting shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child, Tracy Wall said 6,000 was beginning to look like a pretty small number.
That is, thanks to the generosity of community members and the donations that had begun pouring in.
For several years now, downtown Poulsbo has been a victim of its own success. And while many of the storefront signs in the popular district seem to change with the seasons, there is one constant — a severe lack of parking.
POULSBO — After announcing it was in dire straights this week, the Bellringer fund saw North Kitsap community members do what they do best.
Dig deep.
