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Exploring the story: Fourth Street edition
Photo of tour by Tad Sooter. There was just something about Fourth Street’s economic divide that cried out for more than a story. And so, on Tuesday night — following Sunday’s publication of “In...
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IN PHOTOS: Redwood rendezvous in Bremerton
Photo of the big Sequoias on Veneta Avenue by Steven Fisher. Sometimes, the answers just lead to more questions. On Saturday, I led a group of more than 50 people on a tour of two prominent urban...
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Story Walk: Come see the meandering Madrona with me
If you’re not busy Saturday afternoon, have I got an offer for you. Have you ever hiked the 16 acres of trails in the Eastpark Nature Area? It includes a rare grove of Madrona trees (see above) in...
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IN PHOTOS: A walk in the woods on a gorgeous day
Photo by Richard Huddy. I hope you were able to come out Saturday for our Story Walk through the Eastpark Nature Area. Around 50 of you did, exploring the dense clustering of Madrona trees that...
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Come walk Washington Avenue with me Saturday
On Saturday afternoon, I invite you to come walk and tour Bremerton’s Washington Avenue, a road that this year will be completely torn up and put back together again. As part of my monthly Story Walk...
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IN PHOTOS: Washington Avenue, past and present
Photo by Larry Steagall. About 40 people came out for the third Story Walk in Bremerton of the year, meeting at Evergreen-Rotary Park on a surprisingly sunny Saturday afternoon. This time, the focus...
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Come walk the new Wheaton Way with me
Little known fact: there’s actually no such thing as “Lower,” or even “Old” Wheaton Way. It’s just a title we Bremerton residents use to distinguish a meandering little thoroughfare from the much...
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IN PHOTOS: Story Walk on Wheaton Way
Photo by Laura Henderson of the beginning of our walk. David Wheaton was a Canadian working in Portland when he came to Bremerton to be the superintendent on the Manette Bridge project. It was 1928...
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Story Walk: Come walk the new Westpark with me
Saturday’s Walk will start at 1 p.m.; meet at Bay Vista Commons, 191 Russell Road. One of my first times in Westpark was riding shotgun in a patrol car, trolling for suspects with warrants for their...
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A Roxy rendezvous
Roxy today, Roxy yesterday. Photo by Meegan M. Reid. At the height of the second World War, Bremerton was dotted with theaters. A city of more than 80,000 — double what it is today — had a seemingly...
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Cheat sheet: where the beer flows in Bremerton
July + Bremerton = beer. And all you need is right here in Kitsap: Nearly 400,000 gallons were produced by the county’s 11 craft breweries this past year. I’ve got some big brewery festivities to tell...
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Storywalking history, the Roxy, and all things hoppy
Outside the first brewery. Photo by Greg Salo. I was overjoyed this past week that so many of you turned out for two different Story Walks. It started Thursday at the Kitsap Historical Society &...
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Story Walk: Come see the meandering Madrona with me
If you’re not busy Saturday afternoon, have I got an offer for you. Have you ever hiked the 16 acres of trails in the Eastpark Nature Area? It includes a rare grove of Madrona trees (see above) in...
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IN PHOTOS: A walk in the woods on a gorgeous day
Photo by Richard Huddy. I hope you were able to come out Saturday for our Story Walk through the Eastpark Nature Area. Around 50 of you did, exploring the dense clustering of Madrona trees that...
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Come walk Washington Avenue with me Saturday
On Saturday afternoon, I invite you to come walk and tour Bremerton’s Washington Avenue, a road that this year will be completely torn up and put back together again. As part of my monthly Story Walk...
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Is the Cove turning a corner?
Off we go. Thanks to Richard Huddy for the photos. What’s the future hold for Anderson Cove? The Bremerton neighborhood is getting a new park soon and some new life is emerging on nearby 15th Street...
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An abundance of asbestos: why the old East High hasn’t come down
Shame the producers of a SyFy zombie drama did not stick around Bremerton after filming aboard the USS Turner Joy recently. They could have found the disrepair of Bremerton’s former East High School...
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Behind the scenes at Bremerton’s symphony
STORY WALK: Back Stage Pass at Bremerton’s Symphony What: Join Reporter Josh Farley Friday, Oct. 9 at 6:30 p.m. for interviews with Music Director Alan Futterman and the musicians who keep this proud...
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Who will live in Bremerton’s new apartments?
The 606. Jude Willcher was looking for a better deal on her rent. The Seattle resident, who currently lives on First Hill, looked at all points north, east and south. RSVP for the Kitsap Sun’s Story...
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The evolution of the Evergreen Park neighborhood
Photo by Patrick Kerber. Despite a relentless rain shower, we had one heck of a turnout for Saturday’s Story Walk of Evergreen-Rotary Park. The park — and the neighborhood around it — is changing...
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