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No progress on increase in liveaboards City doubts port’s assurance it has adequate parking space By RICHARD D. OXLEY
roxley@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — When the Port
of Poulsbo broached the topic of increasing its number of liveaboard slips with the City of
Poulsbo earlier this year, it was answered with two main concerns: parking and the environment. Since then, the port came up with a proposal to address those concerns. When Poulsbo’s city council met with port representatives on Sept. 10 to discuss that proposal, they parted, again, with
two concerns: parking and the environment. The city’s planning department presented an assessment of the proposal at the meeting. “The consensus is that parking is the main concern,” said Keri Weaver, an associate planner with the city. “I don’t think anyone will argue
See LIVEABOARDS, Page A3
Teens allegedly wrote witness threats on Facebook
Point Julia pier fades into history 35-year-old structure removed because of safety, creosote
By KIPP ROBERTSON
krobertson@northkitsapherald.com
By RICHARD WALKER
rwalker@northkitsapherald.com
LITTLE BOSTON — Carefully, methodically, the old Point Julia landmark continued its disappearing act, its presence slowly erased piling by piling. A forklift operator extracted each pile with the precision of a dentist extracting a tooth: nudging it loose, then pulling it up and out. By 10 a.m. Sept. 15, five of 42 pilings lay on the beach. The pier and its creosoted pilings are being removed as part of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s larger effort to help clean up the bay. The pier is being
much against that we have a parking problem downtown as things are. What this proposes to do is add additional residences without any increase in parking.” Weaver said that the planning department would like to see the port “willingly participate in
A forklift lifts a section of decking that was cut away from the Point Julia pier, Sept. 15. The pier is being removed as part of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s bay cleanup plan.. Richard Walker / Herald removed by Nisqually Marine Services, a division of the Nisqually Tribe’s Department of Natural Resources.
The pier was built in 1979 to serve the gill net fishery and became a popular recreational amenity — a great place to cast
a fishing line, jump into the water, or watch activity on the bay. The pier is being removed See POINT JULIA, Page A9
KINGSTON — The Facebook messages that led to the arrest of two of three juveniles for intimidating witnesses in a schoolthreat case allegedly included comments of hunting the witnesses down and killing them. The online discussion was mainly between two 17-year-olds about finding out the identity of those who informed the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Department of Matthew Smiley’s alleged threats toward Kingston High School. “Well gentlemen, we have our targets. How would we like to murder them?” a message written by one of the juvenile reads, according to the sheriff’s department. See THREATS, Page A3
Q&A: Candidates for 23rd District state House, position 2
Drew Hansen
James Olsen
This is part 1 in a series of Q&As with candidates for local office in the Nov. 4 general election. This week: Drew Hansen and James Olsen, 23rd District state House of Representatives, position 2. Members of the state House of Representatives are elected to two-year terms, are paid $42,106
a year plus per diem, and receive the same benefits provided to other state employees. Their salaries are set by the Washington Citizens Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials. DREW HANSEN Residence: Bainbridge Island. Occupation: Legislator, law-
yer. Education: B.A., Harvard University; B.A., Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar); J.D., Yale. Relevant experience: I have served in the Washington state House of Representatives since 2011, focusing on job training and higher education. Before
2014 ELECTION I entered the Legislature, I See Q&A, Page A6
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