Elliot Pflueger, a senior at Chimacum High School, is the winner of the League of Women Voters-Jefferson County Essay Contest. Pflueger’s essay “Damning Darkness in Isolation” won …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/25/23 |
Deer have grown to like and trust us, it seems. This fawn later was moved to a more secluded spot.
We’ve lived quite a while in the same house on an oversized. well-hedged lot …
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Today's cartoon is by Guy Parsons, PoliticalCartoons.com.
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5/25/23
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Car (Radio) Talk: There will be something missing if you buy a new Tesla or Ford or several other electric vehicles: an AM radio.
BMW, Mazda, Volkswagen, Volvo, and others are also removing AM …
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Bill Mann
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5/24/23
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My wife and I were thrilled when we bought our home here in Port Townsend last summer and have been very happy here since the day we arrived. The Olympic Peninsula is a beautiful part of the world …
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Hoodsport Fire and EMS and five other departments were called out to the Finch Creek Fire just before 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 16 at Finch Creek.
Responders from the Brinnon Fire Department provided …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/24/23 |
The Port Townsend School District’s local Skillmation group has earned a Regional Award from the Washington Association of School Administrators.
Skillmation has been …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/24/23 |
OK, wake up now my friends.
The weather is turning great and the fun things are starting to happen. The Rhody Festival weekend or Chautauqua Week or an event filled several days last week and …
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Ned Luce
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5/24/23
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I’m beginning to seriously wonder just how the city measures its needs and goes about setting its priorities.
At the moment, it is charging ahead with plans to build a new pool for $38 …
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Generally speaking, hospitals are not always known for their morale-boosting atmosphere.
But when in Port Townsend, do as the artists do: Let art heal.
Forty new pieces of art were …
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Anna Tallarico
atallarico@ptleader.com | 5/24/23 |
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Key City Public Theatre has revitalized the spirit of PlayFest from its 25-year history to present work from regional playwrights and beyond with …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/24/23 |
The Chimacum High School Concert Band traveled to Port Angeles High School recently to participate in the Washington Music Educators Association Regional Ensemble Contest.
Organizers note that …
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Leader News Staff
news@ptleader.com | 5/24/23 |
The students of Olympic Peninsula HomeConnection will be presenting Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus” as their annual theater production. It will be their second year of returning live to …
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Anna Tallarico
atallarico@ptleader.com | 5/24/23 |
F or Lara Gaasland-Tatro, the artist behind Lara Edgeland Arts, time spent in the great outdoors has inspired the creation of jewelry and art that highlight the natural world around us. Through her …
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Taylor Austin
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5/24/23
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I have seen all the consultant proposed options for the golf course and read many of the public comments. While, according to the consultant, 74 percent of respondents to the survey supported …
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We would like to extend a very public thank you to the men and women of Jefferson County who came to the Beach Club in Port Ludlow to present a very important message. “You are on your …
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5/24/23
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Cash-strapped once again, the board for the Fort Worden Public Development Authority has unanimously approved the doubling of the organization’s $250,000 line of credit with Kitsap Bank.
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Chess, one of the world’s oldest and most popular strategy board games, has the power to bring players together, regardless of age or background. There’s something universal about lining …
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James Sloan
jsloan@ptleader.com | 5/24/23 |
Police are searching for a person who used bear repellent to subdue two McDonald’s employees who were making a late-night cash deposit at a Port Townsend bank earlier this month.
The thief …
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James Sloan
jsloan@ptleader.com | 5/24/23 |
Returning to the golf course for their weekly play, the Discovery Bay Women’s Club came together for a game of “Criss Cross.”
The game involves each golfer playing her 18-hole …
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Leader News Staff
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