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The Port Townsend Main Street Program is inviting prospective shoppers and seasonal revelers alike to “Ring in the Holidays,” starting just before the month of …
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Leader staff
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11/27/24
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Among the area’s busking street performers, “Flugelhorn” Phil Eherenman made such a name for himself over the years that he won first place in this …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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11/27/24
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Tommyknocker’s Cornish Pasty, at 711 Water St., in downtown Port Townsend, received 11 Readers’ Choice awards this year, the most of any other.
It won first …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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11/27/24
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The Port Townsend Paper Corp. (PTPC) has embarked on the process of getting a new permit to operate that would limit the amount of dangerous chemicals flowing into area …
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By James Robinson
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11/20/24
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The Port Townsend City Council voted on Nov. 18 to authorize the city manager to sign a nearly $2.4 million contract with Active Construction Inc. to construct the Water …
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By Mallory Kruml
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11/20/24
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For at least a dozen years, longtime Port Townsend resident and retired maritime tradesman Bernie Arthur has sought to memorialize local mariners lost at sea.
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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11/20/24
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Port Townsend Mayor David Faber has been vindicated on claims he violated city and state ethics rules, following a Nov. 4 ruling from Phil Olbrechts, the city’s ethics …
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By James Robinson
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11/13/24
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Hearing no opposition, the Port Townsend City Council unanimously approved a 1% increase to its property tax levy on Nov. 4.
The increase will bring in $25,989 for the city's general fund …
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By Mallory Kruml
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11/13/24
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While some votes in Jefferson County remain to be counted, the election results as of last Thursday show victories for Democratic candidates across the board.
Voter …
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By Mallory Kruml
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11/13/24
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In 2023 and 2024, Jefferson Land Trust bought two adjacent farmland parcels, totaling 47 acres, in Chimacum’s Beaver Valley, to place an agricultural easement that …
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Leader staff
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11/13/24
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The effort to repeal the state’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA) failed at the ballot box Nov. 5, leaving many voters jubilant that the state’s “cap and …
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By James Robinson
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11/13/24
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Local attorney Chuck Henry, in a letter to the Port Townsend City Council dated Nov. 2, has urged the council to take formal action on Brent Shirley’s complaint against …
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By James Robinson
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11/6/24
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The Port Townsend Marine Science Center Aquarium on the pier at Fort Worden State Park will close permanently on Dec. 1.
“It’ll be a big shift to move gently out of that space …
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By Mallory Kruml
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11/6/24
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During an Oct. 21 meeting of Port Townsend’s Parks, Recreation, Trails and Trees Advisory Board, Carrie Hite, the city’s director of parks and recreation strategy, …
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By Mallory Kruml
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11/6/24
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After considering a resolution to remove LGBTQ+-related books from the school library during its Oct. 16 meeting, the Quilcene school board devoted part of its Nov. 6 meeting to reading two specific titles listed in the board’s meeting agenda.
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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11/6/24
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Goblins, ghouls, Leon Trotsky, an evergreen tree and even a traffic roundabout paraded down Water Street with hundreds of others on Thursday during the Port Townsend Main Street Program’s 28th …
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By Nicholas Johnson
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11/6/24
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A dead body was found in Chimacum Valley on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 3, and law enforcement investigations are already underway.
According to Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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11/3/24
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The Quilcene School Board’s Oct. 16 regular meeting opened the floor to discuss what was itemized as “an LGBTQ Library Books Proposed Resolution/Donation,” …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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10/23/24
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After nearly two years of litigation in federal court, former Jefferson County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Julian St. Marie has lost on all her claims, according to court …
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By James Robinson
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10/23/24
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It’s election season, and the spending is big. Mostly.
The race for the Jefferson County Commissioner District 1 seat has the two Democratic …
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By James Robinson
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10/23/24
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