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Fresh from the farm: Delivery of beef is latest, tasty lesson for Quilcene School

Food doesn’t necessarily come long distances on a truck anymore. On Wednesday, Quilcene School students will be served…

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Landscaping the Legion: Community helps post to be in the pink

PORT TOWNSEND — Struggling to maintain their membership and their World War II-era building, American Legion Post 26…

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Fires, falls, thanks: Marrowstone gathering honors volunteer EMTs

MARROWSTONE ISLAND — The stories, written or spoken, say it all. “Fell from ladder. Quick response. Airlifted to…

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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Kayak built with scraps and curiosity

THE 25-FOOT CEDAR canoe Jared Fennell is building as a senior project for the 2010 Paddle Journey was…

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Canoe family puts together special project; craft to be tested March 13

PORT TOWNSEND — Ask Jared Fennell who has the most original senior project at Gig Harbor High School,…

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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Fresh start is good, food group finds

KALE. POTATOES. LEMON balm tea. Rice is nice, and coffee is dandy, but for Jeff Horwath, both are…

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Peninsula has right recipe for culinary/agri-tourism success

PORT TOWNSEND — To make money in tourism, according to industry veteran Judy Walden, you need to remember…

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Job hunters hone skills at workshops in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Jeanine Woodley had good news to share with her fellow job seekers at the close…

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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: More tales from the Palace Hotel

AFTER THE ARTICLE about the paranormal investigation of the Palace Hotel appeared in the Peninsula Daily News on…

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Area scouts celebrate centennial of Boy Scouting in America

PORT TOWNSEND — The first Sunday in February is Boy Scout Sunday, when Scouts traditionally attend church in…

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A host of ghosts? Port Angeles woman, others probe paranormal activity in old Port Townsend hotel

PORT TOWNSEND — Sorrow lies buried in the basement of the Tibbals Building on Water Street, said the…

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Poets to help audience step into history at First Friday lecture in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — On March 8, 1964, Ulysses S. Grant stepped off a train in Washington, D.C., where…

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At home with Adler: Port Townsend couple offers psychology with a view

PORT TOWNSEND — His theories are the source of the positive discipline and effective parenting movement. He was…

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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Out of The Silo

LIFE GOT YOU down? Economic news depressing? Members of “Animal House’s” Delta Tau Chi knew the two magic…

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Amber and Flax : Prussian legends are grandmothers’ legacy

PORT TOWNSEND — When Edel Lessing Sokol was a girl in Eastern Europe, she used to sit at…

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Job hunting not a waiting game; guide sets seekers on employment path

Whenever Susan Wilson asks people who are looking for a job what they are doing to find one,…

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Apple Wassail tradition celebrated at Chimacum farm

CHIMACUM — Trees have always held a place of power in the mythology of Celts and Druids. Finnriver…

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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Day of service inspires new generation

HE WAS BORN on Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta, and named for his father, the Rev. Michael King.…

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Port Townsend man helps build Aleut craft, generational bridge for Paddle Journey

Growing up on a small island in Prince William Sound in Alaska, Maggie Fennell used to travel by…

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League of Women Voters buys a ‘simple but thorough’ history book for Port Townsend 7th-graders

PORT TOWNSEND — Chris Gregoire is governor. The Legislature in Olympia is not the only governing body in…