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‘Peter and the Wolf’ to introduce Baroque pipe organ to young musicians in Port Townsend
PORT TOWNSEND — Terry Reitz, organist at Trinity United Methodist Church, will present the classic musical tale “Peter…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Coffee grounds kept for dream garden [ *** GALLERY *** ]
EVERY MORNING, BRIAN Norvell gets up and goes to Undertown Coffee in the warrens of the Baker Block…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Dragon Gate treasures need home [ *** GALLERY *** ]
LAST JANUARY, STEWART Pugh, who lives in Cape George, received a phone call from his accountant in California.…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Family’s legacy connects flyways
IN 1887, ELMER Judd traveled more than 1,500 miles by train, steamship and wagon from the Connecticut River…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Sunfield students show true colors [ *** GALLERY *** ]
WHEN SHE WAS growing up in South Africa, Helen Curry learned to knit and sew in school along…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Capturing the legacy of the Elwha king
IN 1989, SAM Woods was retraining for a career at North Seattle Community College. He was also reading…
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To market, to market: Options set for North Olympic Peninsula farmers on the block
Farmers in the North Olympic Peninsula hope to find a better way to get their meat to market.…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: ‘Grace Girls’ keep old school ties
WHEN LAURA TAYLOR was 10 years old, her mother, aka “the meanest mom on 33rd Street,” made a…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Not just a quilt: Group a solace for women
PATTY FEDERIGHI KNOWS you can make soup from a stone and mend the tears of the world one…
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Couple turn collecting bug into small business
PORT HADLOCK — His grandfather collected pottery by Northwest and Southwest artists. His father collected old toys, tools,…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Newfound brothers, shirt-tail cousins
STUDENTS AT CHIMACUM High School are dismissed at 2:20 p.m., leaving them free to go home or hang…
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YMCA to take over middle school sports at Blue Heron in Port Townsend
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend School District has signed an agreement with the Jefferson County branch of…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Trail walk to reveal scenic secrets
TWIN ISLANDS. PICNIC Point. Ward’s Walk. Hidden Cove. To people who live in Port Ludlow, these names are…
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Artist creates pieces both ornamental, functional; studio part of annual Art Port Townsend tour
MARROWSTONE ISLAND — Seen running errands in Hadlock or swimming laps at the Mountain View pool, George Chechopoulos…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Quilcene turns out for family’s story
TWO YEARS AGO, Pamela Roberts, then Jefferson County 4-H director, got a call from Janette Force, director of…
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Gifts from Clint Eastwood a highlight of Quilcene ‘director’s’ 90th birthday party
QUILCENE — “Long live the Queen.” “We love you.” “Hope it’s all you wanted.” Friends and three generations…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR: Protection Island once a kingdom for brothers
BILL PURNELL’S LIFE is filled with interesting chapters. In 1947, when he was a teenager, he had a…
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Back-to-school swap to offer thousands of clothing items
CHIMACUM — They may not be brand-new, and they may not be the latest fashion. But thousands of…
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JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Soup site fetes first annivesary, success
LAST YEAR, ON the first Wednesday of August, Linda McKenzie went to church early and cooked up two…
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Habitat opens thrift shop in Quilcene
QUILCENE — Vintage china, woven-back chairs, quilt tops, music cabinets — if you are into antique chic, there…