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Rhody Queen competitors are friends first
PORT TOWNSEND — The theme of this year’s Rhododendron Festival is “Happily Ever After,” but it might as…
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Quilcene minister answers call to Northwest
QUILCENE -— It all started at a Rotary auction. What followed — the detour, the bicycle trip, the…
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Chimacum postmaster steps down
CHIMACUM – In 1986, Irene Gould, a clerk at the Sequim Post Office, completed her postmaster training. Offered…
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New Boiler Room leadership’s cup runneth over in ideas, energy for teen cafe
PORT TOWNSEND – Less than a year after she moved to town, Gigi Callaizakis saw an ad in…
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Peninsula promoter has innovative takes on tourism
PORT HADLOCK – The year 1982 was a milestone in Dan Youra’s career – that’s the year he…
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Piano playing, preaching and chicken pulling: Jessie turns 100 today
PORT TOWNSEND – She came into this world a century ago, just before Christmas, on her grandparent’s farm…
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Interim passenger ferry makes inaugural run between Port Townsend, Keystone
PORT TOWNSEND – They have been working hard since Thanksgiving Day, and into the night – learning the…
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PT community theater expands next door
PORT TOWNSEND – The Key City Players will start its 50th anniversary year with a present for theater…
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Snohomish couple buys PT’s Harborside Inn
PORT TOWNSEND – A couple who emigrated to America and worked their way up to owning their own…
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Opera with Placido Domingo conducting coming to Peninsula — sort of
PORT TOWNSEND – It is a half-hour before the performance, and the hall of the Metropolitan Opera in…
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Recounting the air miles: Memorial keeps Peninsula air history alive
PORT TOWNSEND — Seventeen years ago, George Capriotti made a historic flight. Taking off on the old runway…
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Port Townsend garden’s fall colors touted in magazine
PORT TOWNSEND – Although it’s on a busy street, it is hidden from view, blocked by a high…
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Port Townsend maritime center director steers course for education
PORT TOWNSEND – “Now, my men, we have begun a long voyage. If we get along well together,…
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Stoneware holds family, local history for descendant of Lofall pioneers
LOFALL — The classified ad, tucked away in the back pages of the Peninsula Daily News, was intriguing.…
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Bingo for Books: Tavern regulars shell out for library
PORT TOWNSEND – It is a warm summer night, and the tavern door is propped open. Inside, people…
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Farm animals seized in cruelty case wearing out their welcome
QUILCENE – The guests arrived in trailers and trucks in April. All were in poor shape – their…
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Walker, 63, plans not to stop for 24 hours of Relay for Life
PORT TOWNSEND – It was a moment that comes along once in a blue moon. It was 4…
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Eagle Scout’s project will be resurrected log Scout House
PORT TOWNSEND – When he was in the fifth grade, Cody Craig was invited by a friend, Ryan…
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Jazz camp to be reborn at Camp David Jr.
PORT ANGELES – In 1926, a jazz musician named Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong recorded his first big hit. “Heebie…
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Port Townsend pigs shine at Seattle reception
SEATTLE – Port Townsend’s Sophie the Merpig was the center of attention, but was outshone by her litter…