🌱 How much could Bethel’s proposed school levies add to your tax bill?
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In today's newsletter:
- How much could Bethel’s proposed school levies add to your tax bill?
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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Breezy with a few showers, with a high of 50 and low of 42 degrees.
- Thursday: Rain; windy in the morning, temps: high: 52, low: 38.
- Friday: A couple of showers, with a high of 47 and low of 37 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Ready for another election? Lots of school measures on Pierce County ballot soon (thenewstribune.com) — Bethel School District residents should prepare for a special Pierce County election on February 10, 2026, where local school tax measures will be on the ballot. Ten districts countywide, including Bethel, are asking voters to renew or approve levies and bonds that fund classroom programs, technology, building repairs, and safety upgrades, with collections generally starting in 2027. 
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Play Cafe: Post Office!
87 Sidney Ave , Port Orchard
10:15 am -
Teen Hangout
Kitsap Regional Library, Bremerton - Sylvan Way , 1301 Sylvan Way , Bremerton
3:00 pm -
SK C Boys Basketball @ Rogers
Rogers High School
4:00 pm -
Olympic College Track and Field
BHS Memorial Stadium (Turf)
4:30 pm -
BHS Sports: Boys Basketball Weight Training
BHS Fitness Center
4:30 pm -
Adult Lego Club
Kitsap Regional Library, Bremerton - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. , 612 5th St , Bremerton
4:30 pm -
MW Girls Soccer vs CH
SKHS Kitsap Bank Stadium
4:30 pm -
SK Pee Wee Basketball
South Kitsap School District DISC Gym
5:00 pm -
BHS Wrestling: Boys VAR @ Kingston HS (away)
Kingston High School
5:00 pm -
SKYAA Community Basketball
South Kitsap School District SS Gym (2)
5:30 pm -
BG - Winter Concert
South Kitsap School District Burley Glenwood Elementary
5:30 pm -
SK JV Boys Basketball @ Rogers
Rogers High School
5:30 pm
Wednesday December 17
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🗞 Nearby News
Port Orchard
- In Port Orchard, a new shelter shows a model that gets people housed (kitsapsun.com)
- Mabel the duck is Port Orchard's newest sensation (kitsapdailynews.com)
- 80-year-old woman thrown in ditch by hit-and-run driver in Port Orchard, WA (fox13seattle.com)
Bremerton
- USS Nimitz returning to Bremerton from final global deployment (kitsapsun.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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