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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Backyard pursuits spring lively step
A COUPLE OF weeks ago, Jacque (“Jackie”) Booth was working in her yard in Brinnon, fertilizing plants around…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: ‘Bitty Buddy’ makes good with Elk of Year award
WHEN YOU’RE THE youngest of six children, you never outgrow your childhood nickname. But when Conrad Oien, 55,…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Close encounters of the word kind
IN 1975, KIM Stafford was sitting in the Town Tavern on Water Street with Sam Hamill, founder of…
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Asian Days Sale offers kimono with beguiling tale
PORT TOWNSEND — Thirty years ago, Fred and Helen Grabos were invited to a wedding in Japan. The…
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Full burial at Fort Worden Cemetery one of last [ *** GALLERY *** ]
PORT TOWNSEND — On Christmas Eve of 1960, George Houghton, a retired U.S. Navy chief petty officer, was…
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PENINSULA PROFILE: Nordland man launches old boats into new lives
NORDLAND — When he was 8 years old, Marty Loken spent the summer living with his family in…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: What’s cooking on 2012 Kitchen Tour
ELEVEN YEARS AGO, Dan and Donna Purnell were visiting friends Andrea and Steve Abercrombie, who live in Langley…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Rescue outfit takes students to ‘task’ [ *** GALLERY *** ]
IT’S KNOWN AS the 5-50-50 rule: A boater who falls into the chilly waters of Puget Sound or…
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Author reveals novel backstory in Port Townsend read
PORT TOWNSEND — When is an elk a caribou? When did the Wallowa Mountains move to the upper…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Peninsula bicycle collector masters the high-wheeler [ *** GALLERY *** ]
WHEN JACK SEBBEN of Port Townsend was 8 years old, he got his first bicycle: a maroon Schwinn…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Steaming keeps spark alive for skipper
WHEN JOHN HOPE was growing up in England in the 1950s, he’d spend weekends with an uncle who…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Sing with a pirate on St. Paddy’s Day
A YEAR AGO last fall, Trevor Hanson was thinking about what to name the band he and two…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: ‘One More Song’ draws folk music fans
IN THE MID-1980S, the Kingston Trio played to a packed house at the Back Alley Tavern in Port…
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Career Day puts ideas into eighth-graders’ heads
PORT TOWNSEND — Dogs and Gorilla Glue don’t mix. That point was graphically illustrated by veterinarian Abbie Doll…
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Fit for a queen: Working Image robes one member of senior Rhody royalty
PORT TOWNSEND — One of Louise Barcelou’s childhood memories is standing in line Saturday morning to receive castoff…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR: Pugilists add punch to Victorian lineup
IN MAY OF 1891, one of the most famous characters in fiction fell to his death after grappling…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Women seek to restore historic ship [ *** GALLERY *** ]
ON MAY 18, 1952, Ann Davison set sail from Plymouth, England, in a 23-foot sailboat. Eight months later,…
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(VIDEO now added) JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: PT Taproom offers cream of the craft
EDITOR’S NOTE — Port Townsend-based independent multimedia journalist and videographer Jack Olmsted is doing a series of videos…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Apothecarium aims to perks up local economy
IN 1889, IN anticipation of the railroad coming to Port Townsend, Nathaniel Hill expanded his apothecary business by…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Drug Court graduates get ’10 to life’
WE’VE ALL SEEN the ads — wrinkle creams that airbrush age, diet pills that dissolve fat, exercise machines…