Imagine living in a place where the shops, parks, medical offices, work, restaurants and schools are all within easy walking distance — a multigenerational neighborhood that offers a range of living choices and costs, a place with trees, walking trails and bike paths, and a park.
There was a time, at the beginning of the 20th century, when most Americans lived in villages or village-like neighborhoods within a city. Residents could walk to work, their children walked to a nearby school, and most of life’s needs — the butcher, the baker and candlestick maker, if you will — were also within easy walking distance.
The Port of Poulsbo will ask voters to expand the district’s boundaries to the city limits, as well as Poulsbo’s Urban Growth Area. The port commission voted March 3 to place the measure on the Nov. 8 ballot. Port Manager Brad Miller said Lemolo and Scandia — two areas that overwhelmingly opposed an annexation measure in 2014 — will not be included in the proposed port district.
After 175 years, the ancestor is returning home. The National Museum of Natural History plans to repatriate to the Suquamish Tribe the remains of a person removed in 1841 from his or her burial site in what is now Port Orchard.
Brownsville Highway about one mile south of the Keyport turnoff remained closed at 9:30 a.m. March 11
Edward Charles Gerstenberger August 30, 1921 – March 11, 2016 Edward Charles Gerstenberger of Poulsbo passed away peacefully on March…
The Kitsap Public Health District issued no-contact advisories for several bays March 10 because of sewer and stormwater overflows in Poulsbo and Lemolo, and a combined sewer overflow in Bremerton.
A teacher shortage is slamming school districts in Washington and, as the Legislature reaches the end of its regular session, lawmakers are still looking for ways to relieve the strain.
After a rough night, life began to return to normal Thursday afternoon
June Valentine George February 14, 1934 – March 10, 2016 June Valentine George, 82, passed away on Thursday, March 10,…
Case Levenson, Jonathan Evison, and the relationship that became the basis for a book and film, “The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving.”
POULSBO — Sonia Vrooman Lien Kahanamoku, who found her birth family while in her 70s and chronicled her journey toward…
John Belgarde February 5, 1933 – March 8, 2016 John Belgarde died March 8, 2016 with his wife Nancy and…
Although facing some stiff competition, the Poulsbo Piranhas delivered a strong performance in their first day, taking home 16 first-place ribbons.
An adult male suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center after his motorcycle apparently crashed on Hansville Road near its intersection with Old Hansville Road March 6.
Hansville Road is completely blocked by a serious-injury crash, North Kitsap Fire & Rescue reported on social media at 4:24 p.m. March 6.
Roberta Ann (Berta) Oliphant February 11, 1956 – March 5, 2016 Berta Oliphant passed away peacefully at home with her…
Read June Cotner and Barb Mayer’s newest book, “We Are Women / Celebrating Our Wit and Grit,” and it may change how you look at women, particularly the females in your mom, grandmother and great-grandmother’s generations.
Following a natural disaster, such as a major earthquake, you and your neighbors can expect to be on your own for up to seven days. That’s according to many emergency-response agencies. In other words, your neighbors will be your first responders.
Stanley Dale Overby February 15, 1922 – March 4, 2016 Stan, 94, passed away on March 4, 2016. He was…
