Sarah Sharp

First-time festival celebrates apples, cider

First-time festival celebrates apples, cider

Fall beckons harvest season for Washington apples. And now, East Jefferson County has a festival for that. Three Jefferson County cideries have banded together to… Continue reading

First-time festival celebrates apples, cider
Paintings, sculpture, photography to be viewed on Port Angeles Art Walk

Paintings, sculpture, photography to be viewed on Port Angeles Art Walk

Four years ago, the downtown galleries along Port Angeles’ Art Walk bustled with 40 to 50 people, Landing Artists Studio owner Pamela… Continue reading

Paintings, sculpture, photography to be viewed on Port Angeles Art Walk

Wind, rain don’t deter attendance at Crab Fest

About 12 vendors at the Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival fell victim to a gale-force wind Friday night — but wind and… Continue reading

Grabbin’ crab: Some say catching crustaceans takes talent; others chalk it up to luck

Grabbin’ crab: Some say catching crustaceans takes talent; others chalk it up to luck

Some bob the snares, tapping the crabs on their heads like an eager child begs attention. Certain individuals appear to know something… Continue reading

Grabbin’ crab: Some say catching crustaceans takes talent; others chalk it up to luck
AARP recognizes Voices for Veterans head in Port Angeles

AARP recognizes Voices for Veterans head in Port Angeles

When the conversation veers, Voices for Veterans President John Braasch restores its focus to veterans, said Doug Shadel, the state director for… Continue reading

AARP recognizes Voices for Veterans head in Port Angeles
Tasty crab celebrated at this weekend’s Port Angeles festival

Tasty crab celebrated at this weekend’s Port Angeles festival

Most people have never tasted fresh Dungeness crab, Scott Nagel laments. Rest assured, 15,000 to 16,000 pounds of that purple-tinged, sweet crab… Continue reading

Tasty crab celebrated at this weekend’s Port Angeles festival
Crab cuisine: Festival celebrates succulent seafood

Crab cuisine: Festival celebrates succulent seafood

From facing off in a chowder cook off to singing along in the Crab Revival, the Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival will… Continue reading

Crab cuisine: Festival celebrates succulent seafood

Kinetic Skulpture to roam over Port Townsend

Port Townsend boasts one of the oldest kinetic sculpture races in the world, pushing the limits of human-powered vehicles across testing terrain:… Continue reading

One of a Kind to host grand opening

One of a Kind to host grand opening

It didn’t take long for Mary Comeau to fill every empty artist space in her new gallery, One of a Kind. Before… Continue reading

One of a Kind to host grand opening
Camaraderie Cellars marks 25 years of business

Camaraderie Cellars marks 25 years of business

From bittersweet toasts to a marriage proposal, lingering wine tasters to longtime friends, Camaraderie Cellars’ reputation agrees with its name. The Port… Continue reading

Camaraderie Cellars marks 25 years of business
Port Angeles woman helps out in Florida

Port Angeles woman helps out in Florida

Forty hours after Hurricane Irma hit Naples, Fla., a Port Angeles woman and her five-person crew of disaster survivor assistance specialists arrived… Continue reading

Port Angeles woman helps out in Florida
Plane crash near Quilcene kills one

Plane crash near Quilcene kills one

A small passenger airplane crash in the Buck Mountain area near Quilcene killed one person and injured another, officials said Saturday. The Jefferson… Continue reading

Plane crash near Quilcene kills one
Sit-in grows into bullying protest at Port Angeles High School

Sit-in grows into bullying protest at Port Angeles High School

A sit-in at Port Angeles High School on Friday that stemmed from a fight between two students broadened to a protest of… Continue reading

Sit-in grows into bullying protest at Port Angeles High School
FDR impersonator to retrace steps of historic figure

FDR impersonator to retrace steps of historic figure

Little has been documented about former President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 8,100-mile, two-week trip across the Pacific Northwest in 1937. Scott Larsen arrived… Continue reading

FDR impersonator to retrace steps of historic figure
Girls’ Night Out to sparkle in Port Townsend this Thursday

Girls’ Night Out to sparkle in Port Townsend this Thursday

Thursday will bring sparkles, female camaraderie and downtown deals. Girls’ Night Out in downtown Port Townsend will begin with “Tiara Trot,” a… Continue reading

Girls’ Night Out to sparkle in Port Townsend this Thursday
Salvation Army major sees resiliency in area hit by Hurricane Harvey

Salvation Army major sees resiliency in area hit by Hurricane Harvey

He spends most of his time in a Salvation Army distribution warehouse, distanced from the water-logged, wind-swept, mildewed hurricane damage. Occasionally, Major… Continue reading

Salvation Army major sees resiliency in area hit by Hurricane Harvey

Today deadline for registering to Port Angeles Fire Department breakfast

The 10-cent phrase is “video laryngoscope.” A pancake breakfast Saturday will raise money for the Port Angeles Fire Department and specifically video… Continue reading

Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce director to step down next year

Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce director to step down next year

A bittersweet sendoff awaits the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce. On Thursday, the board announced Teresa Verraes, the chamber’s executive director, plans… Continue reading

Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce director to step down next year

Input to be taken on drainage, flooding, water quality at Port Townsend open house

Those who attend the city’s stormwater management plan open house Tuesday can voice their concerns about drainage, flooding and water quality in… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ deputy mayor competing in national pageant

Port Angeles’ deputy mayor competing in national pageant

In light of her upcoming pageant, Cherie Kidd told her two sons and six grandkids, “I’m not your normal mom. I’m not… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ deputy mayor competing in national pageant