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Port of Port Townsend dilemma: One old boat ready to be moved, another behind on rent

PORT TOWNSEND — The owner of a boat on which a September fire originated has agreed to move…

Karl Boettcher of Port Townsend is served at the Tri-Area Community Center on Thanksgiving Thursday by Eva Coffin

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Hundreds get free Thanksgiving meal in Chimacum

PORT HADLOCK — About 300 people were expected to take part in a free Thanksgiving meal at the…

Main Street Executive Director Mari Jullen

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WEEKEND: Small Business Saturday follows Black Friday in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Black Friday — a rush of post-Thanskgiving sales — has become a part of the…

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CORRECTION: State Supreme Court justices to bring replica of flag designed by Jefferson County’s namesake on Wednesday

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been corrected. The justices’ visit will be on Wednesday. The original story erroneously…

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CORRECTION: State Supreme Court justices to bring replica of flag designed by Jefferson County’s namesake on Wednesday

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been corrected. The justices’ visit will be on Wednesday. The original story erroneously…

Katie Conlon

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Thanksgiving Eve meal ‘a wonderful thing’ in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — While families throughout town privately prepared for Thanksgiving Day festivities, a local church offered Wednesday…

Nathan Barnett

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Promoters of two newer Port Townsend festivals gain nonprofit status

PORT TOWNSEND — Olympic Peninsula Steam, the sponsor of two Port Townsend festivals, has been granted nonprofit status,…

Washington State Historic Preservation Officer Allyson Brooks speaks to the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce on Monday.  —Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

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State’s historic preservation officer comes to historical Port Townsend

By Charlie Bermant Peninsula Daily News PORT TOWNSEND — The designation of buildings as historical landmarks helps to…

Swan School students Mira Stewart

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Swan School turns 30 by hoping to raise $30,000

PORT TOWNSEND — A private school is commemorating its 30th anniversary this month with a fundraiser to accumulate…

Ruthy Marlow

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Four shops now occupy Port Townsend’s downtown underground

PORT TOWNSEND — Less than one year after the Undertown closed as a subterranean coffee bar, the space…

Carl Hanson

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If temperature dips, Port Townsend shelter for homeless will open this week

PORT TOWNSEND — Continued cold weather could prompt the Jefferson County Winter Shelter to open its doors early…

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Port Townsend mail, identity thief pleads guilty in federal court

TACOMA — A Port Townsend man whom police arrested with more than 1,000 pounds of stolen mail in…

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Port Townsend mail, identity thief pleads guilty in federal court

TACOMA — A Port Townsend man whom police arrested with more than 1,000 pounds of stolen mail in…

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Two candidates interviewed in search for new Jefferson County assessor

PORT TOWNSEND — The process to find a successor for Jefferson County Assessor Jack Westerman III began in…

Eight-year-old Max Burger throws a stuffed bear in the Jefferson County Superior Court courtroom Thursday after an adoption ceremony presided over by Court Commissioner Steven Gillard

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Port Townsend Adoption Day ceremony officially unites parents with special-needs child

PORT TOWNSEND — A special-needs child from the Ukraine was the sole adoptee during an Adoption Day ceremony…

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Port Townsend tea room expands into wine service

PORT TOWNSEND — Australian wines get no respect. Witness the Monty Python sketch that characterizes a certain blend…

The Customs House at 1322 Washington St.

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City Council gives go-ahead to pursue Port Townsend’s iconic 1893 Customs House

PORT TOWNSEND — A three-way Customs House agreement among the city of Port Townsend, the U.S. Postal Service…

Port Townsend School of Woodworking co-founder Tim Lawson addresses the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge on Monday.  — Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

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‘New’ Fort Worden to get its first national conference next year

PORT TOWNSEND—The annual conference of a national trade group is scheduled to take place next year in Fort…

Gracen Hook prepares the service window in a medical pot dispensary he is opening in Port Townsend within the next few weeks. Hook

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Licensing begins for legal recreational marijuana at $250 a pop

PORT TOWNSEND — The state Liquor Control Board on Monday began the licensing process for recreational marijuana businesses,…

Gracen Hook prepares the service window in a medical pot dispensary he is opening in Port Townsend within the next few weeks. Hook

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Licensing begins for legal recreational marijuana at $250 a pop

PORT TOWNSEND — The state Liquor Control Board on Monday began the licensing process for recreational marijuana businesses,…