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Balls expected to run at next Rhody

The annual Rhododendron Festival of Jefferson County not only includes days of activities, but also coincides with a number of events organized by other community groups, and this year, the Port …

Rain and wind does little to damper whirlwind marking Rhody’s 90th year

Laura Flanigan, an organizer of the pet parade, informed The Leader that this year’s attendance was only “a bit lower” than last year’s, “but still a great turnout for …

For the Love of Rhody

Last weekend, The Rhododendron Festival marked it’s 90th year. 90 years of community parties and service. Rhody is unlike most modern events. It’s not to celebrate a corporation, or art, …
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Local church concert raises funds for Ugandan AIDS orphans

Port Townsend’s 15th-annual concert to benefit Ugandan orphans has assembled a host of local musical performers and musical groups this year, with the First Presbyterian Church on 1111 Franklin …

Another council unopposed

The council sat behind their three-foot-high protective walls while some of the public (those in non-virtual attendance) stood single file behind the podium. The wall no longer seems redundant as …
Grace Black, Julie Read and Yemma Blair create a radio show at the last edition of BUNKER at the Northwind Art campus at Fort Worden.

Local family purchase funeral home

    The Kosec Funeral Home and Crematory in Port Townsend is under new management but its new owners remain native to the Olympic Peninsula. Married funeral directors David …
Singer-songwriter Claudia Schmidt performs Sunday, October 15  at The Palindrome at Eaglemount Cidery.

Short fiction writer coming to library Ballering grew up in Portland and holds an MFA in creative writing from Western Washington University. Her short fiction has appeared in Electric …

Recollecting a lifetime on the Salish Sea

Thomas Mullen paperboy@vcn.com   “I was here at the start,” recalled Gunnar Joslyn, retired Commodore of the Washington State Ferry fleet, now living high up on the …

Long-lost Gold Rush shipwreck discovered

Doom, “death clad in all its hideousness” rode the decks of the steamer Pacific on its voyage in the fall of 1875, said James A. Gibbe in his book “Shipwrecks of the Pacific …

Construction for new roundabout to begin

Anna Tallarico atallarico@ptleader.com Prepare for two months of detours as Port Townsend’s newest roundabout graces the East Sims Way and Kearney Street intersection. The Port Townsend …
Rene Carlson and Zoe Rothchild dance to Y La Bamba at the Parade Grounds stage at Fort Worden Sunday afternoon. Y La Bamba is a Latin indie alternative/experimental band led by singer-songwriter and guitarist Luz Elena Mendoza.

Here's the THING

The end of every outdoor concert should have a lantern parade and brass band play out the crowd. As my partner and I were leaving the Parade Grounds after Fleet Foxes’ performance Friday …
Grace Love of Port Townsend sings with her band at the Parade Grounds stage at Fort Worden Saturday. Love dedicated her set to her son, Milo, who was listening in the crowd. Love was styled by Millie Warren.

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