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Wii electronic bowling league a hit in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — You don’t need to rent shoes. You don’t have to know how to fill out…

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‘Life is so good’: Teacher, students revisit story

PORT TOWNSEND — Teacher and author Richard Glaubman last week reminded a group of graduating seniors about their…

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Blast from the past: Modelers put history on display with models of 1950s

PORT HADLOCK — Ask Les Walden where he was in the 1950s, and he doesn’t have to think…

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A song for Andy: Young musicians pay tribute to mentor Mackie

CHIMACUM — The students in Karen Gambel’s Chimacum Elementary School class were quietly working at their desks when…

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Bunker remnant of military presence at Fort Worden

Most are concrete gun emplacements that housed weapons never fired at enemy ships and became obsolete with the…

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What goes around . . . Free rides available on hand-cranked carousel

PORT TOWNSEND — It’s Rhododendron Festival week, and the carnival is in full swing, filling Memorial Field with…

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High tech, hands-on: Museum makeover planned

PORT TOWNSEND — One day, the Jefferson County Historical Society expects its museum will sport high tech electronics…

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Jefferson giving circle awards first grant

PORT TOWNSEND — Before April a year ago, some of the 13 women had never met each other.…

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They do windows: Home Crew keeps critter corrals clean

1All three are retired, but on Thursdays from September through April, they get up early, don rubber gloves…

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Back to Basic: Korean War-era vets touch base with past

PORT TOWNSEND — Tom Boone was working on his family’s wheat farm in the Palouse. Don Young was…

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Author/illustrator takes characters from real life

PORT TOWNSEND — Once upon a time, in the far-off country of Massachusetts, there lived a librarian named…

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Getting started in the garden: Plant guru offers seeds of advice

PORT TOWNSEND — It is a sunny day in early April, and Tinker Cavallero is on her knees,…

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Presbyterian Women deliver gift baskets

PORT TOWNSEND — The Easter bunny has come and gone, but on Wednesday, five baskets of goodies were…

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Port Townsend man named Elk of the Year

PORT TOWNSEND — Allen Anthony Ryan was only 5 years old the day he climbed the steps of…

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The day Superman saved Port Townsend: It’s a small world for comic book collector

PORT TOWNSEND — Superman flew to the rescue in Port Townsend in October 1988. At least, that’s the…

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Raising the roof: Pillars, roof trusses go up on new sanctuary

PORT TOWNSEND — Construction of the new sanctuary at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship reached new heights this week…

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With strings attached: Centrum director makes debut

PORT TOWNSEND — When he was in fifth grade, John MacElwee was shown a selection of string instruments…

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Community Read author revisits Rainier year

PORT TOWNSEND — Author Bruce Barcott brought three main characters from his book with him when he spoke…

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Historical society receives $50,000 bequest from movie house historian

PORT TOWNSEND — In 1906, an immigrant named H.S. Levin took the money he earned hauling rubble out…

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Jefferson County group takes over house museum

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Historical Society became the official manager of the Commanding Officer’s Quarters at…