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This picture was captured on the beach at Fort Flager. I walked to within ten feet of the eagle-eating crab. Then, I realized we knew each other. From my beach cabin at the mouth of …
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By George Leinonen
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12/27/23
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Jefferson County Library District told the Leader that the people have spoken, and the votes have been counted and they extend a heartfelt thank you to all who participated in their 2023 Gingerbread …
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12/27/23
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Key City Public Theatre's Professional Theatre Training program is back, offering winter and spring sessions for all aspiring young actors in Port Townsend and Chimacum.
Kristin Manwaring …
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12/27/23
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Port Townsend’s first “Tiny House on Wheels” (THOW) was celebrated by both the property’s owners and the city officials who helped make it possible …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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12/27/23
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The Chimacum Creek Literacy Program is interested in adding 20 reading tutors to its existing team of 25, assisting pre-kindergarten through first-grade classroom teachers at the Chimacum …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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12/27/23
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Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz on Monday released the locations of 2,000 acres of structurally complex state forestland proposed to be set aside for conservation as funded by the Climate …
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12/27/23
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Eric Pickens announced his candidacy for the position of 24th District State Representative.
"I am running for State Representative because, as a teacher and a working parent, I have witnessed …
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12/27/23
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Compiled by Katherine Darrow
December 28, 1923
Welcome wagon
The Development of the Nordland district of Scow Bay has been one of the pleasing events of the last ten years. …
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12/27/23
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Artists and musicians started “First Night” to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Boston in December of 1975, and in the 21st century, Port Townsend was finally …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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12/27/23
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A midday semi-truck accident on Thursday, Dec. 21, on Highway 20 narrowed the road to single-lane alternating access, but was not the result of driver impairment, nor did it result in any injuries.
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Kirk Boxleitner
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12/22/23
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The Friends of the Port Townsend Golf Park converged on City Hall on the morning of Friday, Dec. 15, so that Bob Wheeler, president of the Friends, could join City Manager …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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12/20/23
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The unwrapping of the Port Townsend Post Office last week drew holiday-related reactions but there is still a mystery about how much this particular gift will cost us.
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By Charlie Bermant
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12/20/23
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When the community converged in the Port Townsend High School library on the evening of Thursday, Dec. 7, they got to hear from the Port Townsend School District Librarian, and even from …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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12/20/23
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Mayor David Faber told The Leader that he has seen two significant plans to replace the pool fall apart.
As he nears the end of his eighth year on the Council, he’s witnessing his third, …
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12/20/23
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The arrival of compact discs and digital media has repeatedly characterized vinyl records as a "dead art form,” but it thrives in Port Townsend.
Quimper Sound, once …
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By Charlie Bermant
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12/20/23
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Both of us have stood at tee boxes, looked eagerly down a green fairway, and risen to the challenge by hitting golf balls straight and far – but in the absolute wrong direction. In these …
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12/20/23
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A one-vehicle rollover on Marrowstone Island in the early morning of Wednesday, Dec. 13, resulted in two Port Townsend men in their early 20s being airlifted to Harborview …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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12/20/23
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When you are 75 years old and write a letter to Santa asking for a round-trip ticket to Scotland you don’t really expect to get what you wish for but that is exactly what happened …
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As told to The Leader by Marla Streator:
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12/20/23
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Port Townsend’s Haines Place Park and Ride hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Dec. 6 to officially celebrate Jefferson Transit Authority’s first electric bus.
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BY KIRK BOXLEITNER
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12/13/23
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On Dec. 11, the Port Townsend City Council unanimously authorized the city manager to sign the lease with the Friends of Port Townsend Golf Park for the operations of the golf park, but …
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BY KIRK BOXLEITNER
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12/13/23
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