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Encampment for homeless in Chimacum proposed
PORT TOWNSEND — City Councilwoman Freida Fenn is pitching an idea to allow temporary camping for the homeless…
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Port Townsend police car tires slashed
PORT TOWNSEND — What’s the fastest way get a Port Townsend police officer’s attention? Slash tires on five…
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Historic agreement forged between fire departments
PORT TOWNSEND — City Council members and Jefferson County Fire District No. 6 commissioners on Tuesday night unanimously…
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Poet Hamill to quit Copper Canyon Press, devote self to Poets Against the War
PORT TOWNSEND — Poet Sam Hamill is leaving Copper Canyon Press, the publishing company he founded 32 years…
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Split Port Townsend City Council approves 2005 budget
PORT TOWNSEND — With two surprise last-minute amendments, heated debates and syntax confusion, the City Council adopted a…
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Waves batter, flood historical Point Wilson Lighthouse
PORT TOWNSEND — High tides and wind-whipped waves hurled rocks through Point Wilson Lighthouse’s north door over the…
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Port Ludlow: Human error blamed for dispatching delay during condo fire
PORT HADLOCK — Human error caused a temporary communication glitch during the response to an arson fire early…
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Port Townsend: City Council raises property tax by 1 percent
PORT TOWNSEND — Hearing no opposition, the City Council unanimously approved a 1 percent property tax increase to…
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$1 million Port Ludlow fire was arson, investigators conclude
PORT LUDLOW — Arson is the cause of an early morning blaze that destroyed and damaged condominiums early…
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Watch out for bitter squash, health official warns
PORT TOWNSEND — Health officials have alerted consumers to a green and white pumpkinlike squash that might make…
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Port Ludlow: Flaming car with open doors sparks $1 million fire
PORT LUDLOW — Fire in a car with its doors left open might be the cause of a…
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Port Hadlock: Jeffcom loses its ‘voice,” but not ability to dispatch firefighters to Port Ludlow fire
PORT HADLOCK — A temporary communication glitch early Thursday did not interfere with the response time or number…
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Jefferson County’s 9-1-1 dispatchers get new facilities
PORT HADLOCK — The voices that guide law officers and firefighters to emergency scenes changed their home this…
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Port Townsend City Hall project now comes down to: Show me the money
PORT TOWNSEND — After resolving the issue to restore or not to restore City Hall, City Council members…
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Port Townsend: City Council votes to proceed with Old City Hall renovation, annex building
PORT TOWNSEND — After more than 30 years of dreams and deliberations, the City Council acted Monday night…
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Port Townsend: Carolers, carriages help bring Christmas cheer to merchants as well as shoppers
PORT TOWNSEND — The first shopping weekend of the holiday season proved fruitful for many downtown merchants, who…
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Port Townsend: Cafe has its traditional Thanksgiving breakfast
PORT TOWNSEND — Thanksgiving began early at the Salal Cafe, which held its 21st annual charity breakfast and…
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Port Townsend: Fate of City Hall renovation, annex project due before City Council
PORT TOWNSEND — City officials are scheduled to decide on Monday whether to give the city manager a…
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Jefferson County EDC says thanks but no thanks to Port Townsend’s reduced allocation of $5,000
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Economic Development Council has turned down a curtailed Port Townsend city allocation…
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Port Ludlow: Veteran Chimacum School Board member gains statewide post
PORT LUDLOW — At 73, Quentin Goodrich has collected enough award and recognition plaques to cover all four…