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It has become very clear how few Port Townsend residents really benefit from golf. Not from the green space, but from the golf that has kept over 95 percent of PT residents off this green space for …
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As a bogey golfer, and a lifelong resident of Port Townsend who has spent four decades as a volunteer and elected in city government, I have some familiarity with how consultant-driven processes …
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I confess, I enjoy washing my car and on occasion I enjoy washing BJ’s car. Last weekend was a great weekend to wash a car, so I did. I started out last Friday afternoon in Port Townsend.
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Ned Luce
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7/19/23
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On July 16, 1945, the Atomic Age began. And this weekend, a film detailing it, “Oppenheimer,” opens at the Rose.
I’ve taken an interest in the Manhattan Project for years. I …
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Bill Mann
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7/19/23
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The (almost) five-hour Port Townsend City Council meeting Monday night was (almost) the culmination of 10 months of meetings with stakeholder groups, all focused on the problem with the Port Townsend …
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The Port Townsend Police Department received a total of 161 calls for service between July 8 and July 14. Below are selected reports.
At 9:46 a.m. Saturday, July 8 in the 2200 block of Towne …
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Anna Tallarico
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A Port Townsend man is facing charges of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon and second-degree assault by strangulation after he allegedly got into a fight with another man at the Haines …
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Brian Kelly
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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received 351 calls for service between Friday, July 7 and Friday, July 14. Below are selected reports.
At 10:33 p.m. Saturday, July 8 in Port Ludlow, …
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Anna Tallarico
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A Quilcene man arrested in May for first-degree kidnapping his girlfriend and assaulting her was given a new attorney during a short hearing Friday in Jefferson County Superior Court.
Joseph …
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Brian Kelly
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Jefferson County will get more than $4.2 million in grants from the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office, the state announced Tuesday.
The funding is part of nearly $190 million …
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Port Townsend Public Library’s director Melody Sky Weaver will recount her time spent on a Swedish reality show at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2 in the Carnegie Reading Room of the …
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Leader News Staff
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Olympic National Park announced the emergency closure of recreational fishing on the Quillayute River System of Olympic National Park.
The shutdown was needed to protect salmon populations, and …
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Leader News Staff
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Public review of the comprehensive plan for the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail is continuing, as the U.S. Forest Service announced objection period is underway for the draft decision notice …
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Leader News Staff
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The new temporary bridge on Highway 104 at Shine Creek was opened to traffic at 1 a.m. Saturday, July 15.
The new bridge was installed as part of the Shine Creek culvert removal and replacement …
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Leader News Staff
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Driver injured after rolling pickup on US Highway 101
A Port Hadlock man was injured Monday evening after he went off the road and rolled his pickup truck on US Highway 101 in Sequim.
The …
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7/19/23
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A former Uber driver is facing trial in Jefferson County for allegedly raping a passenger near Discovery Bay whom he was driving to an inpatient treatment facility in Port Angeles.
Bikhtiyar …
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Brian Kelly
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A 33-year-old Port Townsend man was arrested for third-degree assault after he allegedly touched the breast of an emergency room technician at Jefferson Healthcare Medical Center last week while …
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Brian Kelly
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Edith C. Smith, born to Sidney and Effie Scott on April 14, 1931, passed on May 23, 2023. Her husband, Wesley Smith, born to Alfred and Leona Smith on June 21, 1939, passed on March 7, 2023.
A …
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7/19/23
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Howard Augustine Fosser, 80, Lakewood, Washington, died on Feb. 25, 2023.
He was born to Henry and Mabel (Isaacson) Fosser on Oct. 9, 1942, in Rugby, North Dakota. He served churches in …
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7/19/23
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Violet Auroma Wilson Durham Lytle, age 92, passed away of natural causes on June 16, 2023. That day Violet went to meet her Lord and Savior in heaven. She was born in Rocky Ford, Colorado, on Aug. 6, …
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7/19/23
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