Go there to play golf or to get married.
Those are just two of many possibilities for an outing at White Horse Golf Club, where a newly opened clubhouse and restaurant offers amenities to match the quality of the golf course.
The new White Horse facilities are a far cry from when a temporary pro shop was in a single-wide trailer by a dusty, unpaved parking area. read more »
A convergence of factors led to approval of a loan for a Kitsap County manufacturing company that had sought unsuccessfully for months to secure financing to start production of a breakthrough LED product it developed for industrial lighting uses.
About a year ago, Rick Flaherty returned from the Lightfair International trade show in Las Vegas, where the HI-Lamp prototypes exhibited by his company, Differential Energy Global (DEG), got great reviews. read more »
The corner building where Myrhe’s restaurant and bar served Port Orchard patrons for decades has been empty since a kitchen fire gutted the two-story structure in July 2011, and prospects for a revival are dim.
The boarded-up site has become an eyesore on Bay Street. The foreclosed property is scheduled to be sold at auction in a trustee’s sale in June. The last owners of the restaurant, John Lora and Mindy Oliver of Milton, owe thousands of dollars in delinquent property taxes, and they are being sued by four companies that started restoration work on the building last year. They claim Lora did not pay them for work they did, even though he received about $633,000 from an insurance claim before Travelers Insurance denied further payment on the claim because of alleged fraud. read more »
Dave Tagert and Stacey Bronson are an affable couple, proprietors with obvious gusto for good food, good beer and good times.
Just don’t ask them when they’re going to open their new bar.
“We’re not a bar,” Tagert said last week as he and Bronson took a break from remodeling the corner space at 639 Bay St. in Port Orchard where they plan to open Devilfish Public House this summer. read more »
The last time Port Orchard’s mayor held court at the dog and pony show he calls his town hall meetings, he waxed sentimental at evening’s end and talked about the kids. Said he likes to “deputize” youngsters and tells them their job as deputy mayor is to “just tell everybody you see you love Port Orchard.”
Because, gosh darn it, if folks just realize how nice and friendly everybody is here in Mayor Tim Matthes’ town, then pretty soon things will start to turn around for sure. You betcha, kids. read more »
She turns 66 on May 16, and two days later Judy Lindsley will close the Bainbridge Island clothing store she and her husband opened 22 years ago. After that?
“I’m looking forward to my next chapter, whatever that’s going to be,” she said during an interview at Lindsley’s, where signs advertised 40% off everything in the store for the going-out-of-business sale. “Everybody wants to know what I’m going to do, but I have no idea.” read more »
A year after plans for the Port Orchard Public Market were announced, the site of businessman Don Ryan’s ambitious project had an open-air feel when he took several prospective market vendors inside recently. The long-vacant Bay Street building was missing its roof — but that was a sign of progress.
The building that’s been empty since the Slip 45 nightclub closed several years ago has been gutted, and interior work to transform the space is in progress under a new roof. Rising above the building’s flat roof is the 25-by-50-foot frame for the clear story skylight over the market’s central area. When work is completed, there will be a new façade above the Bay Street entrance, which will have wide doors that can be rolled up to make the indoor market more visible from outside and add to the ambience. read more »
An acre lot on Winslow Way West that recently was home to two popular spots to eat and drink is now empty, and the owner has put the property up for sale.
Greg Epstein closed his Bainbridge Island BBQ restaurant March 15, deciding to shift his business back to catering, with a continued presence at the Bainbridge Island Farmers Market that opens for the season April 13. read more »
The will of the people.
We heard that concept invoked a lot by indignant critics of the Washington Supreme Court’s recent ruling that Initiative 1053 — approved by voters in 2010 as the latest iteration of the two-thirds approval requirement for the Legislature to raise taxes — is unconstitutional.
Was the will of the people thwarted? And should that never happen?
I’d answer no to both questions (and I’m a power-to-the-people guy to my core).
It’s hardly unprecedented for a state supreme court to block voter-approved initiatives because they are unconstitutional (and the odds of that seem greater when a Tim Eyman-sponsored initiative is involved). Nor is it surprising that our state’s high court ruled the supermajority requirement is out of line with our state’s constitution. read more »
