WestSound Magazine is excited to present the annual Best of West Sound results — from Bainbridge Island all the way to Gig Harbor, we’ve found the businesses and places you love. Enjoy! Best Restaurant Tie: Maynard’s and Crabtree Kitchen Maynard’s With the tagline “Kitsap’s culinary destination,” Maynard’s is one of Kitsap’s newest restaurants, offering locally […]
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Best of West Sound Results 2019
WestSound Magazine magazine is excited to present the annual Best of West Sound results — from Bainbridge Island all the way to Gig Harbor, we’ve found the businesses and places you love. Enjoy! Best Restaurant Tie: Silver City Restaurant & Ale House and McCloud’s Grill House Silver City Restaurant & Ale House A very popular […]
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Martha & Mary AT HOME Receives 10th Consecutive National Award
Martha & Mary AT HOME recently received the 2019 Best of Home Care – Provider of Choice Award from Home Care Pulse. This year marks the 10th time in a row that the in-home caregiving operation, based in Poulsbo, has won this prestigious national award. The Provider of Choice Award is granted only to the […]
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Master Potter Dan Barnett — Blending Beauty and Durability through Clay Art
Entering a clay artist’s workspace can be an experience in sensory overload, with so much to see, absorb and understand. There are bags and buckets of clay, buckets and pots of glaze, bowls of slip and stains, work tables, large pieces of mechanical equipment and assortments of hand tools. Shelves of work in various stages […]
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The CVG Showcases Juried Art from Around the State
One of the most prestigious juried art shows in Washington takes place right in West Sound. Bremerton’s Collective Visions Gallery organizes the CVG Show every year, attracting hundreds of submissions as well as visitors to the exhibit. The 2018 show had nearly 900 works of art submitted by 283 artists from 83 locations throughout the […]
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Unsung Hero — Brenda Prickett
The Turkey Trot is a 5k and 1-mile fun run on Thanksgiving morning that benefits Helpline House on Bainbridge Island. The run has raised more than $130,000 for Helpline House since its inception in 2010. Islanders Ann Browning and Jenny Campbell started the event nine years ago and passed the baton two years ago to […]
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Unsung Hero — Vickie Lawrence
Every year since 2004, Pacific Northwest Title has been hosting a holiday food drive benefitting all Kitsap County food banks. The drive begins the last week in October and runs for three weeks, and the company involves all its employees at both the Silverdale and Bainbridge Island locations, as well local real estate offices, lending […]
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Unsung Hero — David Cathers
The Gig Harbor Thanksgiving Basket Brigade started out 25 years ago with the goal of providing food to families in need at Thanksgiving. The effort has grown from 12 baskets organized and delivered by eight volunteers, to providing 1,580 baskets and feeding more than 7,000 people last year with the help of more than 400 […]
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Unsung Hero — Doug Clark
Blanket a Senior in Love is a program of The HUB (formerly Faith In Action) that started in Belfair in 2007 to give gifts to local seniors who would otherwise spend the holidays alone. The HUB collects winter items including gloves, socks, scarves and blankets, which are packaged up with other holiday items, a handwritten […]