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Barbara Walters might never have become a powerful force in broadcast journalism had she lacked the chutzpah to extract a promise from her bosses at NBC News in 1973.
As she explained it to me, …
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Peter Funt
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1/7/23
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After earlier performances wowed crowds with circus acts, live music , and improv, attendees of First Night got to get in on the fun themselves by creating lanterns to then parade through the night. …
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Derek Firenze
dfirenze@ptleader.com | 1/6/23 |
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The Port Townsend High School Scholarship Foundation has announced continuing education grants for six graduates of PTHS.
Kessem Coggins is a junior at Saint Martin’s University who is …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 1/6/23 |
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A new art gallery is opening Saturday in Port Townsend.
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 1/5/23 |
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Welcome to 2023, the year holding the promise of good cheer, mutual respect, civility, and many more fantasies.
Ah, you say, he is a sarcastic pessimist.
Not true, he is an …
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Ned Luce
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1/5/23
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A new trial date has been set for the Port Ludlow teenager accused of stabbing his father to death.
Jason L. Carpenter, 18, has been charged with second-degree murder in Jefferson County Superior …
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Brian Kelly
bkelly@ptleader.com | 1/5/23 |
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Port Townsend Indivisible will host a demonstration Friday to mark Jan. 6.
“Defending Our Democracy” is the theme and the gathering will be held at the triangle of the East Sims Way …
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Jefferson Healthcare and the Activities, Health & Fitness Committees of South Bay Community Association will host an educational seminar on advanced care planning on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at the Port …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 1/4/23 |
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A Brinnon man arrested for second-degree assault with a deadly weapon has entered a pleading of “not guilty” to the accusation he pistol-whipped an acquaintance during a …
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Brian Kelly
bkelly@ptleader.com | 1/4/23 |
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The city continues to prejudice the community against the golf course even in their invitation to an open house saying it was the community’s desire to explore different uses for the golf …
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Time is fast running out for you and your neighbors to stop the city council (your employees) from spending yet more of your tax dollars to destroy the last open space in your city center.
All …
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I’m looking for a few funny men — or women— in the new year.
Gray skies? Let’s lighten up.
I’m always looking for funny people.
I’ve found …
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Bill Mann
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1/4/23
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The Port Townsend School District Board of Directors is set to evaluate the performance of District Superintendent Linda Rosenbury later this week.
The board will hold two meetings at 4:30 …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 1/4/23 |
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Loving mother, devoted grandmother and great-grandmother Beverly Malagon peacefully departed this earthly life on Dec. 18, 2022 at the age of 86.
Beverly was predeceased by her mother, Eva Spragg; …
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1/4/23
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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received 211 calls for service between Friday, Dec. 9 and Friday, Dec. 16. Below are selected reports.
At 1:23 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13 in Nordland, an …
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Leader News Staff
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Our beloved son, brother, father, uncle, nephew, cousin and grandson Daniel Robert Knutson, born Oct. 3, 1985 passed on Dec. 19, 2022 at the age of 37 years old.
He graduated from Chimacum High …
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1/4/23
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Robert “Bob” Doyle DeLeo, passed away on Christmas Eve morning, Dec. 24, 2022, in Lynnwood, Washington.
He was the first baby born at the new hospital in Port Townsend, Washington on …
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1/4/23
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In loving memory
Billie Jack (Love) Carter was born March 6, 1935 in Newton, Texas in the house she grew up in, to Andrew Jackson Love and Nancy Jane (Dougherty) Love.
Billie’s family …
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1/4/23
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Beyond the edge of the everyday lies a landscape of imagination found through introspection.
It’s where Jay Haskins spent much of his time before his recent passing.
Well, there, and …
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Derek Firenze
dfirenze@ptleader.com | 1/4/23 |
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The Port Townsend City Council was scheduled to vote to approve a range of improvements to the Kearney Street/Sims Way intersection during the city council’s Tuesday meeting.
The improvement …
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Leader News Staff
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