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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: From one THING to another
THIS FESTIVAL THING is out of control. And that’s good.
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PAT NEAL: Wooden boat worries
IT’S TIME for the 43rd annual Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival.
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PAT NEAL: Backpacking tips
THERE’S NOTHING QUITE like the freedom of the hills, with the mountains spread before you in a scenic…
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PAT NEAL: So sad to see them go
IT’S SAD TO see an old friend go away. It begs the question, if they’re leaving why should…
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Seeing the place anew
THE DAY BEGAN with a deep breath before a stand of tall trees. At the entrance to Chetzemoka…
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: Moving Mom to Port Angeles
“Would Simba ever settle in to the noise of car and highway?” I asked myself again as the…
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PAT NEAL: The tourist’s revenge
IN LAST WEEK’S column, I was making fun of the silly questions that tourists ask.
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: This is us — handle with care
TALKING ABOUT THIS is uncomfortable: On that we can all agree. Yet each morning last week, a theater…
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PAT NEAL: More frequently asked tourist questions
WHETHER IT’S AN effect of climate change, the economy or the internet it has become apparent that we…
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: No punchline to mask sadness, grief
THE CALL FROM Highland Court in Port Angeles telling me my dad had died felt surreal.
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PAT NEAL: Root hog or die
“ROOT HOG OR die.” If I had a dollar for every time I heard my aunt Stella say…
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: Keeping a tradition alive
Vivian Lee of the Hoh Tribe laughed when she told me her favorite story to tell kids is…
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POINT OF VIEW: Medication-assisted treatment clinic plans described
I WOULD LIKE to take a moment to provide a factual context for the Jamestown S’Klallam’s proposed medication-assisted…
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Stepping into the river of dancers
CLOSE YOUR EYES, and allow yourself to float in your partner’s arms. This is not the time for…
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PAT NEAL: A berry good time
THIS IS THE season we wait for all year when you can walk into almost any patch of…
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: Teens, music and cheap caffeine
LAST SATURDAY EVENING was Moonlight Madness in Forks and packs of teens roamed downtown.
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PAT NEAL: ‘Lord of the Flies,’ in a raft
IT WAS WRONG to assert in last week’s column that, “Stereotyping and profiling have no place on a…
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Feasting — without the boom
THE NERVE OF this guy, bringing lasers instead of fireworks for Port Townsend’s Old School 4th of July.