Summer Reading Programs at the library | Check It Out

It’s Summer Reading Time! Kids can “Dig Into Reading” and teens can “Read Beneath the Surface” as our themed programs progress through the summer.

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4:03 PM June 6, 2013

Super Shear

Some days one can look at a time lapse cloud animation and come away amazed...and today is one of them.  A day where the winds are simultaneous blowing at many different directions and speeds above us, producing an effect that either is startling or gives you a case of meteorological disorientation. Today (Wednesday) was one in...

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Blogs 9:35 PM June 19, 2013 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

Summer Thunderstorms

An area of summer thunderstorms and cumulus convection is moving through tonight, and for many of you this is the first rain in weeks.Let's look at recent radar imagery every two hours.5 PM:  lots of showers on the coast and offshore.7 PM:  the coastal showers moved inland and substantial thunderstorms hit eastern WA.9 PM:  Puget...

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Blogs 10:58 PM June 17, 2013 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

Halos and contrails: Is there a connection?

The short answer is YES!Today I received pictures from several of you regarding some wondrous halos in the sky.  Others noted an  impressive collection of contrails...and there is no accident that both apparitions appeared at the same time:  the ultimate cause is the same.Here is a very nice picture from Brendan Fields showing both appearing...

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Blogs 10:23 PM June 15, 2013 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

Summer events are getting started in North Kitsap | This 'N That

The annual Salmon Run, sponsored by the Suquamish Warrior veterans and Vietnam Legacy motorcycle club, will start on June 28 at noon and continue June 29.

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3:53 PM June 6, 2013

Mary Louise Lien | Passages

Mary “Louise” Soderberg Lien died May 2 at the home of her dear friends Joe and Janet Alecci, surrounded by close friends and family following a courageous battle with cancer.

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3:52 PM June 6, 2013

Elmer Martens| Passages

Elmer Arnold Martens, last surviving child of Petersburg, Alaska, pioneers Loui and Ragnhild Martens, died April 14 of natural causes with his family at his side.

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3:51 PM June 6, 2013

Erickson graduates summa cum laude from NAU

Kyle Erickson, a 2009 graduate of North Kitsap High School, graduated summa cum laude from Northern Arizona University on May 10.

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3:51 PM June 6, 2013

Your chance to ride in a fire truck in the Fourth of July parade | NKF&R

LEAD THE PARADE: Help NKF&R firefighters support Kingston’s Fourth of July Celebration by making your donation to that cause through us.

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3:50 PM June 6, 2013

PGST Foundation: Helping to foster understanding | Noo-Kayet, Our Village

Over the past decade, there have been a lot of milestones for the Port Gamble S’Klallam.

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3:49 PM June 6, 2013

Go to Port Gamble and avoid the June gloom | Port Gamble Gazette

As usual, Port Gamble will kick off the month of June with a faire of medieval proportions.

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3:49 PM June 6, 2013

Community Blogroll

  • Cliff Mass Weather Blog
    Cliff Mass is a UW professor of Atmospheric Sciences. He blogs about the local in the Pacific Northwest.
  • Johnny At Large
    A Kingston writer and photographer explores North Kitsap's back yard.
  • Kingston Girl
    A fifth-generation Kingstonite blogging about the town (syndicated from kingstongirlie.blogspot.com).