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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Square dancers rock the lavender [ *** GALLERY *** ]

LAST SATURDAY, DOUG Lester traveled from Port Townsend to the Olympic Lavender Farm, near the bluff overlooking Dungeness…

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WEEKEND: Pianist returns to Port Townsend to honor mentor

PORT TOWNSEND — When he was 10 years old, Lorraine Valmassori’s grandson James, who was prone to asking…

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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: ECHHO still rolls across North Olympic Peninsula

ON FRIDAY, MARY Ann Merrill stopped by the ECHHO office on Jefferson Street to pick up a four-wheeled…

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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Disease doesn’t slow dog down

GIVEN THE “READY, search” command, Bosun was off like a shot down the steep hill. Eschewing the concrete…

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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Blue Heron students excel in fitness

CHRIS ADKINS CAN run the mile in 5 minutes, 23 seconds. Tristan Minnihan can do 22 pull-ups, and…

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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: A typical day at the Jefferson County Library

THIS SPRING, RAY Steinberg took on an unusual assignment: He decided to stake out the Jefferson County Library…

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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Coin collecting ‘interesting, fun’ hobby for Port Ludlow man

WHEN IS A coin not a coin? That is not a trick question for Peter Mercer, a Port…

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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Theater production like real life

NO FOOD IN the cupboard. No milk in the fridge. Bills coming in faster than paychecks. That was…

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Trio envisions Port Townsend as a pilgrimage mecca

PORT TOWNSEND — When John Wayne addressed another character in a Western movie as “pilgrim,” implying the person…

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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Gourmet grilled cheese comes to Peninsula

IT’S NOT BEYOND the tracks, it’s not just a coffee house, and it’s not made of wood. But…

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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Five women receive scholarships

CHELSEA WHALEN WORKED in a public health study in South Africa. Elena Akins founded a summer camp. Cali…

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PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR: Fashion show raises $3,700 for Jefferson County Women & Girls fund [**Gallery**]

THAT A TALKING dress made of Bubble Wrap embedded with tiny speakers was not the strangest entry in…

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News, weather and Leo Kottke: Port Townsend’s community radio premieres

PORT TOWNSEND — “You are listening to KPTZ 91.9 FM Port Townsend.” Those words went out across the…

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Habitat for Humanity plans store in revitalizing Quilcene

QUILCENE — When Chuck Thrasher decided to buy a commercial building on the main street of this former…

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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Reviving traditional kayak building

WHEN MITCH POLING offered a class on building a kayak like the Alutiiq (Aleut) used to make, people…

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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Big bands now playing on Peninsula

ON EASTERY SUNDAY of 1951, Elaine and Elmer Ramsey were united in marriage at the First Methodist Church…

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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Schools join forces to rock for Japan

ON MARCH 11, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake shook the northeast coast of Japan, generating a 30-foot tsunami that…

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Updated: Community stars shine as Quilcene adopts ‘pearl’ slogan

QUILCENE — It only takes a little bit of sand to make a pearl. In this small town…

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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Chicken coop co-op beneficial

EVERY MORNING, MUSIC and Baby are up with the sun. By 7 a.m., they are out the door,…

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Gates grant — with matching funds — could keep program for homeless alive [***GALLERY***]

PORT TOWNSEND — In the 1930s, they were called hobos — men who had lost their jobs, lost…