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(BPT) - Heating and cooling often make up the bulk of utility bills — and the right HVAC system can make a world of difference in both energy bills and home comfort. Recently, heat pumps have …
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9/9/24
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(BPT) - HORMEL® Pepperoni, America’s No. 1 pepperoni brand*, is encouraging fans to lean into their desires and celebrate the most important day of the year — National Pepperoni Pizza …
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9/9/24
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9/4/24
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Port Townsend and Chimacum students returned to school on Tuesday, Sept. 3. Students in Quilcene and Brinnon students went back to school a week earlier, on Aug. 26.
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By Nicholas Johnson
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9/4/24
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With the 2024-2025 school year now underway, national and local salary reports indicate Jefferson County teachers, and teachers statewide, are faring better than other teachers in the nation, …
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By James Robinson
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9/4/24
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A sinkhole appeared on Water Street early on Saturday, Aug. 31, after a failing sewer pipe collapsed, ultimately leaving a depression in the pavement in the middle of the street.
Just after …
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By Alex Frick
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9/4/24
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The board of the Fort Worden Public Development Authority (PDA) put an aggressive timetable for dissolution in place on Aug. 27, saying money for operations has run out and it is essential it be shut …
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By James Robinson
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9/4/24
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Port Townsend Bay remains closed to recreational shellfish harvesting following an announcement from state and county public health officials on Aug. 30 that water testing showed high levels of the …
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By James Robinson
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9/4/24
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Wooden boats on the water
It’s that time of year again, when some 10,000 people are expected to converge on Port Townsend for the Wooden Boat Festival. It’s enough people that …
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Leader staff
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9/4/24
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The 22nd annual Jefferson County Farm Tour has recruited more than 20 local farms to be represented during visitors’ self-guided tours of 15 farming locations during the weekend of Sept. 14-15.
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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9/4/24
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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to 366 calls for service from Aug. 23-30. Deputies conducted 140 traffic stops, of which three resulted in criminal (misdemeanor/felony) charges.
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Leader staff
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9/4/24
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Acoustic guitarist Christie Lenée will be performing at the Palindrome on Thursday, Sept. 12.
Lenée won first place at the International Fingerstyle Guitar Championship in 2017, …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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9/4/24
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The month of August offered an intermission for the East Jefferson Trails Connection, but Merrily Mount invited the group’s members and “friends” to the resumption of their monthly …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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9/4/24
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Two years ago, Bayside Housing & Services and the Old Alcohol Plant Inn teamed up to support Ukraine through a dinner that yielded thousands of dollars for the humanitarian aid organization …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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9/4/24
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The extent of reader input at The Leader has been my single biggest surprise. People care what we do here and they don’t mind letting us know what they think. Given the volume it can be …
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By Meredith Jordan
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9/4/24
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Port Townsend High School students spend summer break in different ways. Some use the time to get summer jobs working for local businesses. Others work as counselors at summer camps, do volunteer …
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By Hilina Taylor-Lenz
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9/4/24
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In the best interest of the public, and the future of Port Townsend and Jefferson County, it would be helpful if the mayor’s law clerk, Trent Diamanti, would provide examples of his claims of …
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9/4/24
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The real scandal/story is in the failure of those in charge of managing the water supply to have a monitoring system in place (aka flow meter) at the source rather than point of use.
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9/4/24
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Wow. “Voting for Kennedy, No Matter What.” That was quite a column of praise, Ms. Falkenhagen, particularly after Kennedy bailed out and went groveling to the criminal, Trump, showing his …
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9/4/24
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Among the duties of citizenship is sometimes having to vote for “the lesser of two evils,” as Lea Falkenhagen wrote. Third-party candidates are often doppelgangers for what’s wrong …
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9/4/24
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