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Though our house came with a well-worn orchard ladder and an apple picker, the deer and the crows got most of the produce from our fruit trees the first year we lived here. So when a …
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By Diane Walker
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12/6/23
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When contemporary British composer John Rutter set out to write his “Magnificat,” he wanted something buoyant and full of light.
The Community Chorus of Port Townsend and …
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By Lynn Nowak, contributor
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12/6/23
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Chimacum Junior/Senior High School has been cooking up something special–a new school-based food truck.
The Chimacum FEED Truck (Food, Education & Enterprise Development) is the first …
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12/6/23
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Fall is a mushroom hunter’s dream in the Pacific Northwest. Despite the assurances of Alexander Schwab’s “Mushrooming Without Fear,” or those of a friend who …
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BY JOIE HYDE
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12/6/23
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The Port Townsend School District celebrated the completion of a new rooftop solar array three months ahead of schedule.
A 99.6-kilowatt grid-tied solar photovoltaic …
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BY KIRK BOXLEITNER
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12/6/23
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100 Years Ago this week
1923 Leader, #1999.36.103, JCHS collection
Headline, Friday, Dec. 7, 1923
STATE FLOWER PROTECTION
Devastation of Peninsula Acres to Be Stopped.
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Compiled by Katherine Darrow
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12/6/23
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The local concert series that began in 2018, and recovered from a COVID-forced intermission, is continuing through the New Year and early winter months of 2024.
Matt …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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12/6/23
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“We like to make sure everyone is getting a good lunch,” said Jim Lopez, president of the Port Townsend Senior Association (PTSA). “I’m not sure what their nutrition is like …
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12/6/23
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Over the past 20 years, the combined Port Townsend and Chimacum wrestling team averaged two wrestlers per year from Chimacum High School, but this year saw a significant shift …
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By Ryan White
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12/6/23
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Sadie LeDonna and Shawn Kellogg have announced purchase of the building housing their business, Pop-Up Movement, that provides quality movement education for both children and adults through …
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12/6/23
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The Port Townsend Yacht Club awarded nine scholarships for the academic year 2023 - 2024.
The Yacht Club has awarded these scholarships annually for over 30 years. They are offered to …
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12/6/23
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Sidonie Maroon, Culinary educator for The Food Co-op
Years ago, I remade Christmas cooking for myself. Little by little, I decided what mattered and let the rest go. And what did …
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12/6/23
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The Jefferson County Library District Winter Giving Campaign is focused on funding a solar energy project.
In addition to reducing fossil fuel use and increasing energy resiliency within …
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12/6/23
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Kitsap Credit Union has announced the appointment of Richard Polipnick as the new branch manager of their Port Townsend branch.
Polipnick has over a decade in the banking and finance industry …
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12/6/23
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The Friends of Fort Worden State Park will begin removing an old garbage dump next week along Mule Barn Road and turn the area into a natural meadow with a view of the nearby Chinese Gardens.
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12/6/23
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On the evening of Saturday, Dec. 2, at approximately 4:15 p.m., a small single-engine plane had an emergency while attempting to land at Jefferson International Airport. The front landing gear …
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Kirk Boxleitner
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12/4/23
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Although no vote was taken, two of the three members of the Board of Jefferson County Commissioners expressed unfavorable opinions regarding the proposed funding mechanism recommendations …
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BY KIRK BOXLEITNER
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11/29/23
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The Magic of Christmas is coming back to Port Townsend this year in a new and revised edition.
Moved from the Jefferson County Fairgrounds to the American Legion Hall because rent …
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BY THAIS OLIVEIRA
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11/29/23
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Krystal Kennedy was only 10 when she witnessed Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker.”
She was in costume and on stage.
“The first I ever saw or heard any of the …
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BY TOM MULLEN
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11/29/23
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A second person has died as a result of a collision on Nov. 14 on State Route 104 where it intersects Paradise Bay Rd. at the west end of the Hood Canal Bridge.
According to Washington State …
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11/29/23
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