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Staff photo by Heather Trimm
Robin Smith stands at what was once her front door. A retaining wall now blocks the former entryway directly on the property line. Smith, the landowner and the city are currently debating the situation.
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WALL DISPUTE: CLOSE QUARTERS IN BREMERTON
Between a ROCK WALL and a HARD PLACE
When Robin Smith opens the front door of her home, she has a sweeping view -- of a gray concrete retaining wall 12 inches from her face....
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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
County trashes illegal dumpers
Where do all these trashy people come from, anyway?...
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BREMERTON
Public safety projects on time, under budget
A year after Bremerton voters overwhelmingly approved funds for new downtown facilities for the fire department, the police department and the court system, the public safety projects remain on time a...
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POULSBO
New warehouse expected to boost Boxlight companies
The Boxlight family of companies in Poulsbo has doubled the number of packages shipped in the past two years. But it hasn't been easy....
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Welcome home messages
The Sun is preparing a special welcome home section for USS Carl Vinson and USS Sacramento, two Bremerton-based ships that have been deployed since January and are due to return home this month. As pa...
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ROAD WARRIOR
State working to improve signal on Highway 303
The in basket: The traffic signal on Highway 303 at Bentley Drive (Wal-Mart) has generated some more comment....
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NO UNSUNG HERO
Unsung Hero will return next week. To nominate someone for Unsung Hero, contact JoAnne Marez at (360) 792-9208 or at jamarez@thesunlink.com or send nominations to Unsung Hero, in care of The Sun, P.O....
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SNAKE RIVER
Presidential visit revives dam debate
ICE HARBOR DAM (AP) -- After several years of lurking below the surface, the issue of breaching four Snake River dams to revive wild salmon runs has returned with a vengeance....
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NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON
Sockeye back in record numbers at Baker Lake
CONCRETE (AP) -- Sockeye salmon have returned to spawn at Baker Lake in the best run since wildlife officials started keeping track -- good news for a species feared to be on the brink of extinction 20 ...
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Memory-loss seminars offered over 10 weeks
The Alzheimer's Association is offering a free 10-class seminar for those who suffer from memory loss from 6:30 to 8 p.m. beginning Wednesday at Martha & Mary Health Center, 19160 Front St. NE in Poul...
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Coffee-holics protest proposed Seattle espresso tax
SEATTLE -- About 200 people -- coffee roasters, espresso bar owners and ordinary caffeine lovers -- staged a protest against a proposed espresso tax on Sunday....
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EDUCATION
Lake Stevens teachers OK strike
LAKE STEVENS (AP) -- Teachers voted Sunday night to reject a contract offer and go on strike, closing down 11 schools in this town east of Everett....
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TACOMA
Port hopes its future is more like its past
TACOMA (AP) -- The year was 1902 and international shipping through Tacoma was booming....
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Missing diver in Commencement Bay presumed dead
TACOMA -- A 24-year-old diving student from Seattle was missing and presumed dead after an accident in the deep waters of Commencement Bay....
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MARKETING
Too young to endorse a check, but not too young to endorse a product
BOTHELL (AP) -- Nine-year-old Skyler can't drink a Pepsi in public because it would violate his contract....
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SLADE GORTON
Former senator's work on 9/11 panel praised
WASHINGTON (AP) -- He's been state attorney general, a three-term U.S. senator and a lawyer for half a century....
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WILDFIRES
Evacuations ordered in north-central Washington fire
MAZAMA (AP) -- Officials began evacuating Methow Valley homes closest to a 15,000-acre wildfire Sunday....
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COURT WATCH
Odyssey with girl brings long term
Dustin William Lawrence, 22, of Tacoma, has been sent to prison for nearly 10 years for a series of sexual encounters with a girl who turned 12 while they were together....
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COURT WATCH
Attack on woman brings plea
James Lutimi Mafi, 19, of Harper Hill Road in South Kitsap has gotten 25 months in prison after a frightening incident July 30 in Harper....
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COURT WATCH
Man no longer clear in theft case
Robert Lee Daniels, 27, of Barnett Drive in North Kitsap, has been charged with first-degree theft, a charge he ducked in June when his girlfriend said a phony robbery was her idea....
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COURT WATCH
Chase suspect tackled in his home
Charles Wayne Hoferer Jr., 41, of Schooner Loop Road in Belfair, is charged with trying to outrun police following a two-county chase that ended after 15 minutes of circling around in Belfair....
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