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Members of the Short’s Farm Steering Committee and Port of Port Townsend staff will continue discussions on how to best repurpose the Short’s Farm property in …
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By James Robinson
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5/15/24
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A project design that includes a 1,613-foot-long bridge over the Duckabush River Estuary on U.S. Highway 101 five miles north of the Jefferson-Mason County line is about 65% …
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By Gordon Weeks
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5/15/24
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Four Chimacum High School student musicians achieved distinction as soloists at the Washington State Music Educators Solo and Ensemble Contest at Central Washington University in …
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By Steven Woolbright
and Brian MacKenzie
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5/15/24
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Rhododendron Festival events run non-stop from Wednesday, May 15, through Sunday, May 19.
May 15 starts off relatively light, yet still high-speed, with only the Trike Races at 6 …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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5/15/24
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The Bed Races, a longstanding Rhododendron Festival favorite among participants, organizers and spectators, returns yet again this year on Friday, May 17.
The Rhody Fest Bed Races …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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5/15/24
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The Trike Races have been a fixture of the Rhododendron Festival ever since 17-year Port Townsend Rotarian Lois Sherwood can remember, but that doesn’t mean …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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5/15/24
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For the 12th year in a row, as spectators gather for the annual Rhododendron Parade this year, Port Townsend Sunrise Rotary will be making final preparations for the …
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By Lois Sherwood
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5/15/24
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By James Robinson
City Councilman Ben Thomas has thrown his hat in the ring for the District 1 county commissioner’s seat, the second Port Townsend Democrat to enter the race. …
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By James Robinson
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5/8/24
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Jay and Michaela Kothman are the new owners of the Ajax Café in Port Hadlock, but the journey starts with another café, and before that, something entirely …
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By Andrea Scott
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5/8/24
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For the first time in 23 years, Port Townsend High School students will answer to a new voice in the principal's office.
In a press release Tuesday, Superintendent Linda …
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By Alex Frick
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5/8/24
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Construction begins May 13 on two roundabouts along State Route 104, improvements that state department of transportation officials say will improve traffic flow on the approach to the …
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By James Robinson
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5/8/24
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The Washington State Department of Health (DOH), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advise people to stop eating organic …
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Leader staff
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5/8/24
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Attorneys for Julie Jaman said May 6 they have agreed to another extension – this time until May 13 – for the City of Port Townsend and the Olympic Peninsula YMCA …
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By James Robinson
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5/8/24
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Rhody Fest calls for volunteers
Volunteers are needed to support the 89th Rhody Festival on Saturday, May 18. The festival committee is seeking 50 volunteers for a variety of activities, …
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5/8/24
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Rosalee Walz, a Chemakum Elder and chair of the Chemakum Tribal Council, is scheduled to be hosted by the Carnegie Reading Room at the Port Townsend Public Library at 6 p.m. …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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5/8/24
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The city of Port Townsend is among the 45 recipients in Washington state to receive more than $8 million, collectively, to address their urban forestry needs. Of …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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5/8/24
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There’s every reason that tickets are selling fast. Pablo Ferrández, 33, whose recent recording of Brahms and Clara Schumann with the great violinist Anne Sophie-Mutter …
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By Jason Victor Serinus
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5/8/24
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One week before its official grand opening on Thursday, May 9, The Leader visited the space of the Northwest Maritime Center that had been known as the Chandlery, to see how …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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5/8/24
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Not an accurate depiction
I want to go on record to dispute a comment Patricia Hennessy, Executive Director of the Jefferson County Food Bank
Association, made about me. The PTL printed it …
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5/8/24
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Often newspaper stories about one subject contain a kernel of intrigue about something else.
One that popped for me was the mention of the Mason Street project in an earlier story about the …
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5/8/24
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