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These little piggies going to market: PT sculptor helps Seattle benefit

PORT TOWNSEND – An artist known for his giant articulated puppets and bright-colored paper lanterns is branching out…

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Stepping up for fun: Group’s centipede in run for the Rhodies

PORT TOWNSEND – What is red and green, has 26 legs and flies along the Rhody Run course?…

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Daughters of Norway maintain folk tradition across Peninsula

PORT TOWNSEND – On Sunday night, the action is in Port Angeles. On Monday night, it moves to…

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Historical society volunteers take over key Peninsula visitors center

PORT LUDLOW – In the late 1800s, Port Townsend’s dream of becoming the New York of the West…

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Artist’s vision shapes church landscape

PORT TOWNSEND – Knowing he was dying of ALS, metal artist Russell Jaqua spent the final months of…

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Childhood friends reunite for hometown concert this week

PORT TOWNSEND – When he was 4 years old, Mateo Denali was at Learning Playcare preschool in Port…

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Bank staff, shopkeepers feel that Victorian magic

PORT TOWNSEND – On March 16, cashing a check will be a colorful experience at First Federal Savings…

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Port Townsend history re-emerges as Victorian cab, fire equipment — even a hearse — return to museum

PORT TOWNSEND – Nobody rode inside – although there were a few offers – as a the glass-sided…

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Outdoor amphitheater, community theater among ideas to boost Quilcene community center

QUILCENE – Every morning, Bob Rosen goes for a jog, making a loop that takes him from his…

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Trans-Atlantic rowers return to place where they trained

PORT TOWNSEND – They left New York harbor on June 10 with high hopes and a determination to…

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Granddaughter restores, then revisits pioneer photographs

PORT TOWNSEND – When Ann Welch was growing up, she always intrigued with the little room off the…

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Fashion show of trash opens recycled art exhibit

PORT TOWNSEND – They paraded in popcorn bags, wore hubcaps as hats, strutted in cigar bands and looked…

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Civil rights leader’s legacy lives on among elementary students

PORT TOWNSEND – She was born more than three decades after the death of Martin Luther King Jr.,…

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Community alliance raises cash off its backs

PORT LUDLOW – When Dee McConnell came up with the idea of holding a high-end used clothing sale…

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Flooding causes rude awakening in new Port Townsend homeless shelter

PORT TOWNSEND – Guests spending the night at the new emergency shelter for the homeless got a rude…

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Waters of Strait receive blessing at beach closed to shellfishing

PORT TOWNSEND – North Beach is closed to shellfish harvesting because of possible pollution. But on Saturday, the…

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PT shop opens Victorian tea room

PORT TOWNSEND – Ever since Marilyn Niebauer bought Twigs, a British import shop, she has been asked the…

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Latinos to hold procession in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — A procession with a mariachi band will liven up the streets tonight as the Spanish-speaking…

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Pet lover’s memorial shines light on loss

PORT TOWNSEND — When Ainslie Pryor heard that her artists’ group was going to create shrines, she thought,…

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Loom-makers seek new hands for cottage industry

PORT LUDLOW — In 1971, Gary and Rachel Swett turned their backs on a steady paycheck and set…