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Group raising money to build accessible playground at Poulsbo's Raab Park POULSBO — It’s tough to push a wheelchair over wood chips. It’s impossible to fit one on a seesaw. And you certainly can’t fit one on a traditional swing.  Most playgrounds aren't accessible to children with disabilities —  and not only to those in wheelchairs. Disabilities ranging from cerebral palsy to autism can limit kids’ ability to enjoy playgrounds. Debra Vaughan wants to change that.  Vaughan, a member of Poulsbo’s Rotary Club, is spearheading an effort to make the playground at Raab Park, 1...

Former Poulsbo police chief hired to run city's parks and rec department Nathan Pilling, Kitsap Sun © Kitsap Sun file photo Poulsbo City Hall POULSBO – Former Police Chief Dan Schoonmaker has been rehired by Mayor Becky Erickson to run Poulsbo’s Parks and Recreation Department. The move comes three months after Schoonmaker stepped down from running the city’s police department and as the parks department’s longtime director, Mary McCluskey, steps down from her job in January. Schoonmaker said that after he stepped away from his career in law enforcement, he was appr...