Now’s the time. Be not afraid. Serve your community. Serve your country. Save lives. Love your neighbor. Get vaccinated. Dr. Paul Pederson Port Angeles… Continue reading
Bruce Springsteen’s ” My City of Ruin” must be the theme song of three council members running for reelection. Residents have every reason to vote… Continue reading
I’m confused and concerned. Recently, paving has been done on Lauridsen Boulevard, Peabody Street and Golf Course Road. I drive these streets often and never… Continue reading
A recent letter in the PDN listed several circumstances in which our ancestors came to America: seeking freedom from peasantry, serfdom and slavery, arriving here… Continue reading
I just received my voters’ pamphlet and was compelled to write. I have consistently followed the words, and actions, of our current city council. We… Continue reading
Jefferson County Health Officer Tom Locke called our local COVID-19 turmoil, “a bifurcation where the unvaccinated will likely become infected in the next six months.”… Continue reading
As a former appointee to the Governor’s Commission on Homelessness, I was interested in the July 12 PDN article regarding the candidate forum on homelessness.… Continue reading
There are more than 200 Airbnbs listed between Sequim and Port Angeles. Many of them are taking viable homes off the rental market, contributing to… Continue reading
Libby Wennstrom, candidate for Port Townsend City Council, has my vote. She possesses qualifications that would make her an excellent councilor in a much larger… Continue reading
Twanoh State Park nestles partly between a steep hillside, state Highway 106, and the Hood Canal. Begun in 1923, it was further developed by a… Continue reading
Some of the candidates for city council in Port Angeles do not seem to understand the homeless situation. Many homeless people do not want help… Continue reading
Four hundred years ago in London, royalty and the rich rode their coaches through the city streets and tossed pennies out the window to the… Continue reading
There’s a lesson for all of us in the collapse of the Champlain Towers. Many knew for years the structure was deteriorating but squabbled over… Continue reading
For several years, we’ve all been outraged by the homeless encampments that are plaguing Port Angeles. Until a few months ago, the public was blaming… Continue reading
I agree with Dr. Tom Locke: at this point: Failure to get vaccinated is anti-social behavior. New, deadlier variants are growing among the unvaccinated, and… Continue reading
I want to take a contrary view from much of what I see and read these days. Many of our ancestors came to America under… Continue reading
As we face an unprecedented heat wave here in the Pacific Northwest, it is hard for me to sleep. And it is not just because… Continue reading
We must stand up to the imminent threats to our democracy by pressuring Congress to radically reduce their elongated recesses this summer. I understand that… Continue reading
Libby Urner Wennstrom is the candidate for Port Townsend City Council Position 5 who has both the experience and talents to recognize and seize opportunities,… Continue reading
This job, city council member, requires key skills of understanding existing laws and policies, listening to all residents and their needs and preferences. It also… Continue reading
