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Jack Westerman III addresses the county board of commissioners on Tuesday. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

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Jefferson County assessor announces he’s retiring

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Assessor Jack Westerman III plans to retire Jan. 1, one year shy of…

Tom Brown give Scott Wilson

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Ex-Quilcene theater, now a wood shop, envisioned as music hall

QUILCENE — The old movie theater doesn’t look like much from the outside, but it has some of…

Port Townsend Film Festival special guest Karen Allen is shown in “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”

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Karen Allen: Actress and Port Townsend Film Festival special guest enjoys ‘small’ movies

PORT TOWNSEND — Karen Allen has starred in some big box office movies, but it is the ones…

Port Townsend Film Festival special guest Karen Allen is shown in “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”

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Karen Allen: Port Townsend Film Festival special guest enjoys movies people struggled to make

PORT TOWNSEND — Karen Allen has starred in some big box office movies, but it is the ones…

This 3-month-old male deer awaits Ken Minish's snack in Port Townsend.  -- Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

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Dueling deer petitions: Cull the herd or protect them in Port Townsend?

PORT TOWNSEND — The deer are everywhere in Port Townsend, walking on streets and in yards, and eating…

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Woman rescued who was hurt in Olympic National Forest

QUILCENE — A 20-year-old student on a school backpacking trip was treated at and then discharged from Harborview…

Wheel-In owner Rick Wiley is showing the final 35mm films at the Port Townsend drive-In theater before it goes digital next season Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

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Port Townsend drive-in theater celebrates 60th season with party Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — To celebrate its 60th season, which is soon to end, the Wheel-In Motor Movie will…

Robert Letinich

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Man found dead off Port Townsend had relocated recently

PORT TOWNSEND — A woodworker who was found dead in the waters off Port Townsend earlier this week…

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WEEKEND: Quilcene Shindig backyard street party set Saturday

QUILCENE — The Quilcene Shindig is a big block party. The eighth annual event, which will be Saturday…

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Woman rescued who was hurt in Olympic National Forest

QUILCENE — A 20-year-old student on a school backpacking trip was treated at and then discharged from Harborview…

Port Townsend Paper Corp. said it notified the state Department of Ecology as soon as it discovered the leaking pipe. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

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Port Townsend Paper springs a leak, temporarily

PORT TOWNSEND — A leak in an underground line at the Port Townsend Paper Corp. earlier this week…

Those responding to Tuesday night's bomb scare at the Port Townsend Ferry Terminal include Washington State Patrol Trooper C.J. Daigle

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Bomb threat probed that shut down Port Townsend ferry

PORT TOWNSEND — Investigators were attempting Wednesday to determine the source of a bomb threat that halted Port…

Port Townsend Paper Corp. said it notified the state Department of Ecology as soon as it discovered the leaking pipe. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

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Port Townsend Paper springs a leak, temporarily

PORT TOWNSEND — A leak in an underground line at the Port Townsend Paper Corp. earlier this week…

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Port Townsend school administrators describe new programs, gear for coming term

PORT TOWNSEND — New programs will be coming into effect this year, said members of the Port Townsend…

The Redskins name and logo appear in the Port Townsend High School gymnasium in this photo taken last spring.  -- Peninsula Daily News photo

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Port Townsend High School heads into final year with Redskins mascot

PORT TOWNSEND — The replacement of the Redskins mascot for Port Townsend High School with one that is…

The Redskins name and logo appear in the Port Townsend High School gymnasium in this photo taken last spring.  -- Peninsula Daily News photo

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Port Townsend High School heads into final year with Redskins mascot

PORT TOWNSEND — The replacement of the Redskins mascot for Port Townsend High School with one that is…

U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer

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Kilmer says job in Congress isn’t child’s play

PORT TOWNSEND — One year ago at the Jefferson County Democrats’ annual fish fry, then-state Sen. Derek Kilmer…

Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy Gordon Tamura inspects the 6-foot skiff that was retrieved off Port Townsend on Monday. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

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Body of man found in water off Port Townsend

UPDATE — Man found dead in Port Townsend Bay identified as woodworker from Olympia — https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130827/NEWS/308289981 ——————- PORT…

Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy Gordon Tamura inspects the 6-foot skiff that was retrieved off Port Townsend on Monday. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

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UPDATED — Body of Olympia man found in water off Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The body of a 58-year-old Olympia man was discovered in the water between Point Wilson…

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Man dies when tiny skiff capsizes off Port Townsend

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated: UPDATED — Body of Olympia man found in water off Port…