Bremerton News

Susan Masters, left, a tutoring program coordinator bumps heads with Jamal Jenkins 6, during a tutoring session where they were reading to each other at the Bremerton United Methodist Church on Thursday.

Posters of fallen military heroes are displayed at the Memorial Day service at the Ivy Green Cemetery in Bremerton on Monday.

BREMERTON, Wash. - Lanette Duchesneau woke up Saturday night to flames in her front yard.

Lillian Walker talks with those gathered for the launch of "Lillian Walker, Washington State Civil Rights Pioneer" at the Kitsap County Administration building in Port Orchard on October 5, 2010.

She was born on July 20, 1934 in Seattle, WA to Fred and Mary Riedel. She married Edwin Mason Danks on August 9, 1958, in Seattle.

Firefighters received a call for a structure fire on 11th Street and Olympic Avenue in Bremerton around 5 a.m. When they arrived, firefighters found the homeowner had already extinguished the totem pole fire.

Safe Boats International turned heads - in several directions - with its announcement of a contract to build a new breed of Navy patrol boats.

When Port Madison Enterprises CFO Mike Klatt takes his turn as floor supervisor at the Suquamish Clearwater Casino, every ping and burble of the brightly flashing machines signifies in his mind a mini-report - revenue in, revenue out.

Several schools offered free all-day kindergarten while others had tuition-based all-day programs with limited scholarships available for families in need.

Myrtle was born on May 25, 1925 in Greenfield, IL to Avery and Artie Bell Pitchford.

Daryn McLennan, managing partner of SeeFilm Bremerton Cinema, leads a tour of the theater on Friday.

The Navy awarded contracts to six contractors for construction projects in Navy Region Northwest, which comprises Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.

Andy More and his wife, Angel Perry, have run the Charleston music venue for the past four years and are now buying the building, located at 333 Charleston St.

A pair of chickens do the chicken dance outside of their Bremerton coop earlier this week.

All rules and decorum are deep-sixed at the annual spectacle on the Port Orchard waterfront, in which mayors, fire chiefs and county commissioners have in past years stood in judgment of the most authentic call, best costume and most seagulls landed.

Bremerton Housing Authority has been granted $200,000 in federal "brownfields" funds to complete the conversion of an old garbage dump into a 3-acre community park.

Safe Boats International has received a $35 million Navy contract to begin building a new generation of patrol boats for the Navy.

A fire alarm in the house at the corner of Harlow Drive and Wilmont Street woke the woman at about 3 a.m. Her bedding was on fire, likely because of a malfunction in a heating device she had placed under the covers of her bed to keep her feet warm, according to Bremerton Fire Department firefighter Alex Magallon.

A torrent of sunshine and temperatures in the '70s have spurred marine algae blooms across the Puget Sound, including Sinclair Inlet.The Washington Depart of Ecology has noticed a number of blooms, the visible appearance of millions of tiny plant-like organisms in the water, in Sinclair Inlet.

Jerry and Cathy Webb celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a cruise to Alaska and a family dinner.