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Victorian Festival gives Port Townsend a ‘March bump’ economically
PORT TOWNSEND – The city goes Victorian for its 11th year on March 16-18, and the Victorian Festival’s…
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Jefferson Transit ’06 ridership highest in agency’s history
PORT TOWNSEND – Jefferson Transit ridership during 2006 rolled over the record set the previous year, as rising…
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Wine educator raises Peninsula awareness, popularity with enological society
CAPE GEORGE – If you’ve ever wondered which wine goes best with what food, Bob Bentley has the…
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Port Townsend OKs some changes for downtown street landscaping
PORT TOWNSEND – Forget sidewalk corner “bulb-outs” proposed for Water Street and remove the brick planters with small…
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Port, city ponder oil seeping into marina
PORT TOWNSEND – Oil moves slowly, but mixed with water it can travel far. So city and Port…
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Historic turn possible for old lighthouse
PORT TOWNSEND – Fort Worden State Park’s manager is securing an estimate of what it would cost to…
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Search for Chimacum Valley water could go 800 feet deep
CHIMACUM – With Jefferson County’s water resources in a human vs. salmon tug of war, tapping a new…
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Sims Way may be coming ’round to a roundabout
PORT TOWNSEND – Traffic circles at Howard and Thomas streets are envisioned for Upper Sims Way. The possibility…
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Optimism in rise of Port Townsend lodging revenues
PORT TOWNSEND – With the city’s 2006 lodging tax revenues up nearly 2 percent over last year’s, those…
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Jefferson County agencies practice oil spill response
PORT TOWNSEND – Port of Port Townsend and East Jefferson Fire-Rescue personnel sharpened their oil spill containment skills…
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Port Townsend City Council returns to something new — and old — on Tuesday
PORT TOWNSEND – After two years away, the City Council returns Tuesday night to its 114-year-old meeting chambers,…
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Millions may be coming to three Jefferson County state parks, including Fort Worden
PORT TOWNSEND – The state parks director came to Fort Worden State Park on Thursday with good news:…
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Honor aboard Harleys — Port Townsend man gets a new Old Glory
PORT TOWNSEND – A holiday gift from the heart left Don Ely brimming with tears, choked up and…
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Beach closed as precaution after wastewater pipe damaged
PORT TOWNSEND — A city-contracted crew was working against the tidal clock Tuesday afternoon to patch the city’s…
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Spy trucks? No, just testing pilotless plane
PORT TOWNSEND — There’s a tale of aeronautic intrigue behind those mysterious black trucks that were silently parked…
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Storm damage to historical lighthouse reported to Coast Guard
PORT TOWNSEND — Wind-whipped waves that threatened to pummel Point Wilson Lighthouse last week took out a foghorn…
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Noise foe offers suggestion for resolving Security Systems Northwest dispute with Jefferson County
PORT TOWNSEND — A Discovery Bay-area resident who was a prime opponent of shooting range noise at Gardiner-based…
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Point Wilson Lighthouse feels nature’s watery fury again
PORT TOWNSEND — Regardless of $250,000 in manmade rock armoring, when Mother Nature whips up powerful wind-driven waves…
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Marina live-aboard faces 62 percent increase in fees over width of trimaran
PORT TOWNSEND — Glen Paris-Stamm tears up when she recalls how she and her late husband nearly circumnavigated…
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Port of Port Townsend rethinks rule changes
PORT TOWNSEND — Following a heat wave of opposition, Port of Port Townsend commissioners voted Wednesday to continue…
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