Silverdale News

Citizens, law enforcement agencies, community groups, businesses, youth organizations and local, state and federal officials from more than 16,200 communities in all 50 states, U. S. territories, Canadian cities and U. S. Armed Forces installations worldwide, will join together for National Night Out 2014 next week.

Special guest Mary Mariko Ohno, a transplant from Tokyo, Japan, filled a small portion of the library with Japanese music, chants, singing and dances for onlookers.

"The whole old thrift shop space will be the showroom, and donated furniture, household and decorator items will be sold to generate funding to help Fishline and its clients," Fishline Executive Director Mary Nader reported.

Federal budget cuts cancelled their show in Seattle last year, but the Blue Angels are back, and they landed at Boeing Field Monday.

A driver on the Hood Canal Bridge called 911 on July 28, after an encounter with someone who appeared to be a law enforcement officer.

The Kitsap County Prosecutor's Office issued a "decline" notice at the end of April, according to Deputy Scott Wilson, Kitsap County Sheriff's Office spokesman.

It saddens us to say "so long" to our Silverdale office near Kitsap Mall. However, only our street address is changing, not our commitment to covering stories in Silverdale.

Started in Old Town in 1972, the Whaling Days festival has evolved into one of Kitsap County's largest and most popular events.

A civilian employee of Naval Base Kitsap - Bangor was struck and killed by a truck that went off the road and onto the sidewalk when the driver lost control of the vehicle during a turn, Washington State Patrol reported July 23. Sandra S. Vicks, 55, of Bremerton died at Harrison Medical Center.

Scout Charlie Near, of Kingston, climbs a beach ladder from Third Beach to the headland trail crossing Taylor Point, one of the impassable portions of the beach along the trail, while other Scouts wait their turn.

A 21-year-old Kingston man accused of shaking his 4-month old baby to death was arrested on Monday.

Worried she may have stepped in sheep droppings, Marie Frati, 8, checks her shoes after feeding the sheep at Pheasant Fields Farm in Silverdale, Wash., recently.

Residents of Central Kitsap have about a month to make their opinions known about where the new Silverdale Library should be built.

Jenifer McIntyre is a Washington State University researcher who is trying to understand the effect of stormwater on salmon.

Cecilia Kellogg-Kilmer was shocked to find out that Olympic Medical Center plans to close its hydrotherapy pool in Port Angeles later this summer.

A Bremerton woman, 32, was arrested on probable cause after causing a deliberate car accident on Central Valley Road.

Bob Scales has picked up endorsements in his race for Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney from the Kitsap County Association of Realtors and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 282, his campaign has announced.

Due to significant maintenance costs and the age of the Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue's Tracyton fire station, Chief Scott Weninger is recommending to the board that the station be closed.

KRL will need about 1 to 1 A1 2 acres for a 10,000-square-foot library and at least 40 parking spots, as required by Kitsap County code, said Steve Rice with Rice Fergus Miller, KRL's architect.

Vincent Paul Crane died on July 7, 2014 at his home in Silverdale. Vincent was born Nov. 1, 1943 on Staten Island, N.Y. to the late Vincent and Clare Crane.