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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Artist is calendar girl times two
AFTER BARB SACHI moved to Port Townsend five years ago, she joined a book club in Seattle, necessitating…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Group effort puts icing on Swan cake
IN THE ANNALS of Olympic Peninsula history, James G. Swan is remembered as a naturalist, historian, artist, journalist…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Putting dreams into action
SOMETIMES DREAMS COME true in a person’s lifetime. Sometimes it is up to a friend to see the…
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Port Townsend American Legion rededicates memorial to Medal of Honor recipient Shields
PORT TOWNSEND — On June 10, 1965, Marvin Shields was building an airstrip with his Seabee team in…
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Spirited hunt in Port Angeles: Paranormal group hears tales, seeks evidence
PORT ANGELES — In the bar at Michael’s Seafood and Steakhouse, all of the spirits are not on…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Big Band bass player is standout
BASS PLAYER ELLEN Finn is a standout performer during Centrum’s Northwest Big Band week in more ways than…
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Quilcene volunteer helps students, community bloom
QUILCENE — They stand like sentinels along the main street, tall, barrel-shaped containers made of wood held together…
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Farmers market springs up in new spot in Chimacum
CHIMACUM — Malcolm Dorn isn’t sure yet what the name of a store selling local agriculture products at…
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PENINSULA WOMAN: Discovery Bay artist takes the scenic route
DISCOVERY BAY – Sit and talk with artist Sandra Offutt in her second-floor studio overlooking the bay and…
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Information, inspiration: Fund for Women and Girls kicks off in Jefferson County
PORT TOWNSEND — When Debbi Steele came up with an idea for a way to make the lives…
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Ex-Lonny’s restaurateur Ritter, 67, dies
PORT TOWNSEND — Lonny Ritter, whose Port Townsend restaurants drew celebrities and politicians, has died in Thailand. Ritter…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Chickens come first at Chimacum Creek
SIGNS OF SPRING abound in the kindergarten wing of Chimacum Creek Primary School. Pussy willow catkins emerge from…
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Filmmaker reels in Jefferson students; shares tale behind her documentary on artist
QUILCENE — Film editor Linda Hattendorf was heading out of her Manhattan, N.Y., apartment near the World Trade…
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Green thumbs: Horticulture program offers hands-on skills
CHIMACUM — Nate Christiansen is considering a career in law enforcement. Brad Coulter is deciding between joining the…
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Pole barn opens a new door on Fort Townsend
PORT TOWNSEND — When soldiers were stationed at Fort Townsend during the last half of the 19th century,…
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Screw, glue, string, strum: Brinnon students make instruments in a day
CHIMACUM — They arrived at 9:45 a.m. at the Chimacum Schools campus, eight middle school students and 10…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Volunteer follows grandmother’s advice
WHEN PEGGY SCHAFRAN was a sophomore in high school, she told her grandmother, with whom she lived in…
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Fundraiser Friday to help Port Townsend kids to keep jumping and more
PORT TOWNSEND — Cinderella, dressed in yeller, went upstairs to kiss her feller. How many kisses did she…
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Port Townsend mentoring program marches on; area restaurants to help on Wednesday
PORT TOWNSEND — In the fall of 2008, Bob Balck was eating dinner at a Mexican restaurant when…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Shutterbug on trail of lost libraries
SOME PEOPLE TRAMP through the cedars of the rain forest, hoping to catch a glimpse of the elusive…