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Health clinics “up and running”
Tina Herschelman wrote The Leader to inform its readers that Saturday flu clinics at Jefferson Healthcare are up and running as of last week.
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10/4/23
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On Sept. 20, The Leader received a tip that within the last few months several employees had quit the U.S. Post Office in Port Townsend due to management issues.
The Leader approached a carrier …
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It’s one of the most complicated issues Heidi Eisenhour deals with in her job as county commissioner.
“There are many jurisdictions involved and the counties are the least involved …
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“It’s as if the PDA (Fort Worden Public Development Authority) got sprayed by a skunk and there wasn’t enough tomato juice. Rightly or wrongly, mistakes had been made and they kind …
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Short fiction writer coming to library
Ballering grew up in Portland and holds an MFA in creative writing from Western Washington University. Her short fiction has appeared in Electric …
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9/27/23
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Sunflower sea stars are important predators in our ocean ecosystems. Scientists are discovering just how important these Stars are due to their decline. One of those scientists will be visiting Port …
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by Christina Gray
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9/27/23
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Shotgun possession and quarrel lead to arrest
Jason Bradley Hunt, 33 of Sequim, has been charged in Superior Court with unlawful possession of a firearm, due to having a prior non-serious …
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9/27/23
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My first Port Townsend Film Festival was in 2016, and my first marathon review of the Film Festival for the Port Townsend Leader was in 2017. This year has brought some especially welcome …
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Kirk Boxleitner
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9/27/23
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Striped
Dear Editor:
I wondered what was going on when the vehicles which normally shoot down Cook Avenue toward town then race across 49th Street to the San Juan curve were …
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Quilcene had it all on a recent weather-perfect Saturday. The Quilcene Fair and Parade satisfied all of your needs with a car show, a football game, a “burnout,” craft booths, food …
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9/27/23
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A rabbit got into the well and died, putrefying what the family needed to stay alive.
“They put my grandmother, at age six, down in the well.”
That’s how …
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by Thomas Mullen
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9/27/23
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Doom, “death clad in all its hideousness” rode the decks of the steamer Pacific on its voyage in the fall of 1875, said James A. Gibbe in his book “Shipwrecks of the Pacific …
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Anna Tallarico
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Port Ludlow will be replacing its docks over the next decade. What started as a summer job on the water in 1992 turned into a career for Kori Ward.
“We just got the permit a month ago so …
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THOMAS MULLEN
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9/20/23
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Thomas Mullen
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“I was here at the start,” recalled Gunnar Joslyn, retired Commodore of the Washington State Ferry fleet, now living high up on the …
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By Thomas Mullen
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9/20/23
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An ad placed by the city has appeared in The Leader’s classifieds, seeking bids through Sept. 21 for the demolition and disposal of the Cherry Street building intended for affordable housing.
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The city council met Monday evening one final time to workshop possibilities for the golf course before their final decision, slated for Sept. 26.
Chris Jones of Groundswell presented two …
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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department received a total of 306 calls for service between Friday, Sept. 8 and Friday, Sept. 15. Below are selected reports.
At 3:15 p.m. …
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9/20/23
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The Port Townsend Police Department received a total of 192 calls for service between Saturday, Sept. 9 and Friday, Sept. 15. Below are selected reports.
At 1:09 p.m. Saturday, Sept. …
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9/20/23
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The man who stabbed himself in the neck at his arrest Sunday, Sept. 10 is reported stable and will be transferred from Harborview Medical Center in Seattle to the Jefferson County Jail upon his …
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Anna Tallarico
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Obituary: Robert E. Bates (Bob) was born February 3, 1929 in Pierce County, Tacoma Washington to Earl J. Bates and Violet E. (Thompson) Bates. He died August 31, 2023 at St. Michael Medical Center …
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9/15/23
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