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It took four regular and two overtime periods for the East Jefferson Rivals varsity girls basketball team and the Vashon Island High squad to settle on a winner in their Saturday afternoon …
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Leader News Staff
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It was a close one, but a win nonetheless for the East Jefferson Rivals varsity boys basketball team as they survived a late-game thriller with Bellevue Christian High School late last week at …
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James Sloan
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The East Jefferson Rivals Boys basketball team lost 66-48 at home to Vashon Island High School. The Saturday, Jan. 7 matchup marks another Nisqually League defeat for the Rivals as they hope to make …
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Leader News Staff
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It’s not a sewer selfie.
But it might be the next best thing.
The city of Port Townsend will send a remote camera through a downtown sewer pipe in hopes to prevent a future calamitous …
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James Sloan
jsloan@ptleader.com | 1/11/23 |
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Dr. Molly Parker is the guest speaker at this month’s meeting of the American Association of University Women Port Townsend Branch.
The child care desert in Jefferson County will be the …
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Leader News Staff
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Let’s talk more reasonably about the large city-owned property bordered by San Juan, F, Walker, and Blaine streets, Shall we?
For thousands of years this area was probably an important …
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In last week’s letter to the editor titled “Golf course benefits entire community” the author concludes by asking, “There is only one skate park, would we take that out as not …
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Thanks to a friend who offered to teach me golf at the Port Townsend Golf Course and a $45 set of used golf clubs, I’ve found a new, healthy, affordable, and fun way to exercise as an older …
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Wow, if you were a regular viewer of C-SPAN you had an exciting week with the voting for the new Speaker of the House of Representatives.
In spite of the incredibly gray weather, I did have …
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Ned Luce
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More than 60 years ago, as many are aware, civil rights activists began organizing to desegregate businesses in Birmingham, Alabama. By the spring of 1963, tensions were at a boiling point due to a …
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Susan Beaver Thompson
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1/11/23
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The drama surrounding Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s speakership bid remains nothing short of surreal.
It took 15 bids to secure the votes required to become speaker of the House. In his fatalistic …
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The filibuster has proved more pernicious to democracy than any other procedural rule of Congress. It’s time for it to go.
These claims may seem excessive in view of the real accomplishments …
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Andrew Moss
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As the new year takes off, new thoughts on students’ time will be talked about in a virtual community forum hosted by local school districts next week.
The forum is 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. …
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Leader News Staff
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It didn’t take long for the East Jefferson Rivals wrestling teams to shake off the Winter Break rust, with the wrestlers competing in two tournaments recently.
Attending the largest girls …
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Leader News Staff
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2023 Beans 4 Bags recipients announced
Bean counting isn’t usually this benevolent.
The Food Co-op has announced its 2023 Beans 4 Bags recipients.
Each year, members of the Food …
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Leader News Staff
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The Port Townsend City Council unanimously approved two contracts with Port Townsend Main Street and the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce for 2023.
Port Townsend Main Street will receive …
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Leader News Staff
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The Port Townsend Police Department received a total of 123 calls between Friday, Dec. 30, and Thursday, Jan. 5. Below are selected reports.
At 12:27 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30, malicious mischief was …
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Leader News Staff
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It hard to tell what’s changing faster, the weather or words used to describe it.
I’ve lived on the Central California coast for some time and have endured many winter storms that …
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Peter Funt
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1/11/23
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Book lovers of South Jefferson County are building themselves a bounty.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21 master carpenters Kelley Bronaugh of Little Wing Woodworking and Trey Cole from …
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Derek Firenze
dfirenze@ptleader.com | 1/11/23 |
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The first step to solving any problem is recognizing its scope.
To that end, this year’s count of the local homeless population will help show the scale of this issue as part of a nationwide …
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Derek Firenze
dfirenze@ptleader.com | 1/11/23 |