Mystery Bay remains closed to all shellfish harvesting after recent shellfish samples showed high levels of the biotoxin that causes Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning.
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By James Robinson
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6/18/24
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The 10th Annual Brass Screw Consortium Steampunk Festival celebration of weird science, peculiar genius, metal props, snug buttresses and good company returned to Port …
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By Alex Frick
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6/18/24
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Team Malolo won the eighth running of the Race to Alaska at 2:36 p.m. (Alaska Time) on Monday, June 17, with captain Duncan Gladman and crewmembers Paul Gibson, Becky Kelly and Matthew …
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Special to The Leader
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6/18/24
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Former Port Townsend Mayor Brent Shirley filed a complaint May 6 against City Manager John Mauro, alleging Mauro inflated his professional credentials to obtain the position and now …
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By James Robinson
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6/18/24
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Lawyers for a Port Townsend woman banned for life from the Mountain View pool, after a confrontation there with a transgender employee in 2022, filed a lawsuit in U.S. …
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By James Robinson
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6/18/24
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New deputy fire Marshal
Brian Tracer has been appointed deputy fire marshal for the Jefferson County Office of the Fire Marshal.
Tracer will focus his efforts on inspections, investigations …
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6/18/24
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In a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday, June 15, members of the city government and Port Townsend citizens danced in the streets to commemorate Discovery Road's reopening.
The project …
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By Alex Frick
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6/18/24
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East Jefferson Rivals Athletics Director Shelby Box has been awarded the InSideOut Leadership Award on behalf of the Seattle Seahawks, the NFL Foundation and the InSideOut …
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by Leader Staff
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6/18/24
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Two dozen people gathered on Sunday, June 16, at LB Good Memorial Park, across the road from the Naval Magazine Indian Island, at a vigil protesting the use of U.S. weapons …
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By Sophia Lumsdaine
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6/18/24
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Salmon season opens off the Washington coast on June 22, when recreational anglers will have the opportunity to cast for Chinook and hatchery-marked Coho at Neah Bay, La Push …
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By James Robinson
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6/18/24
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With early bird passes to the 25th anniversary of the Port Townsend Film Festival already on sale starting June 17, PTFF Marketing and Development Director Keith Hitchcock is eager to …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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6/18/24
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irst came an email, next a voicemail, then more email, including forwards from other people who work at The Leader: Laura Martin, long- time resident of Port Townsend, had passed away.
It …
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6/18/24
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Why does chief want to go?
Regarding Port Townsend Police Chief Thomas Olson applying for a similar role in Prineville, Oregon after only two and a half years as chief here in PT: There’s …
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6/18/24
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It was time for the visit that occurred every year around late spring. It wasn’t an easy trek. Thanks to bum knees, on each sojourn my footing was less steady, my grip on the railing …
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Carole Marshall
AGING IN
GOOD SPIRITS
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6/18/24
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A rare opportunity awaits the right public servant. Rather than having to campaign for office, a full-time Port Townsend resident who is a U.S. citizen and registered to vote in Jefferson County can …
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Jason Victor Serinus
As I see it
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6/18/24
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They are the progeny of post-war America and they are called “baby boomers” because they number so many.
So many investors that the world’s economy boomed for most …
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By Tom Mullen
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6/18/24
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While a number of local stores struggled to adjust to the COVID pandemic, what forced the shutdown on the Nordland General Store on Marrowstone Island was a fire, in November of 2020.
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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6/18/24
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Eclectic musical duo Alice Howe and Freebo are making their fifth concert appearance in Port Townsend, and their third at The Palindrome at Eaglemount Cidery, at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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6/18/24
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The Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Music Series features some notable local talent at its 2 p.m. concert on Sunday, June 23, in the Wheeler …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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6/18/24
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For the last two years, retired professionals have provided healthy snacks and after-school tutoring for students at Chimacum Junior/Senior High School on Tuesday and Thursday …
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By John Nuchia and Carmen Carter
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6/18/24
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