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As the 2024 election year ticks by, leading us closer and closer to that Tuesday in November, tensions increase every day. Not to mention the Middle East is in the midst of the brutal …
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By Sitka Vicha
1st Place
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7/2/24
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Port Townsend is being included in a national research project examining the relationship between local resolutions and US foreign policy — particularly nuclear weapons …
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By Sophia Lumsdaine
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7/2/24
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Chimacum Elementary students competed in the school’s first annual spelling bee June 18-19, and the competition was buzzing.
In all, 32 third-graders and 36 fourth-graders …
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By Alex Frick
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7/2/24
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These are the other winners in the essay contest sponsored by the League of Women Voters - Jefferson County.
Calliope Mosher
2nd Place
Melting polar ice …
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7/2/24
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Janet “Jan” Klockers Boutilier asked a logical question: “How did this just happen to fall into my lap?”
At the same time, she also seems like the perfect …
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6/28/24
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1891-1898 – Not verified.
1899 – Odd Fellows Hall on Lawrence Street (built in 1897) - It has been the Uptown Theatre since 1947.
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Compiled by Jan Boutilier
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6/28/24
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Jefferson County Public Health officials removed the health warning at Marrowstone Island’s East Beach on June 21 after a new round of water testing on June 20 showed …
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By James Robinson
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6/25/24
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Bayside Housing and Services has been working with Jefferson County and the American Legion to assume management of the homeless shelter at the Marvin G. Shields Memorial Legion Hall in …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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6/25/24
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Dates set for free career healthcare academy
Jefferson Healthcare, in partnership with Peninsula College, local public school districts, and Career Connect WA, is presenting a free, …
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6/25/24
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Summer kicks off this weekend when Field Day, a community event, comes to the Fort Worden in Port Townsend on Saturday, June 29. Natalie Maitland, of Fort Worden Hospitality, said that Field Day is …
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6/25/24
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The Puget Sound summer crab fishing season opens July 1 in the Port Townsend area, giving local crabbers a chance to drop pots for the iconic Dungeness crab.
“The …
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By James Robinson
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6/25/24
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This summer saw two U.S. Coast Guard members, both of whom had graduated from high school in Jefferson County, engaging in a generational succession of sorts.
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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6/25/24
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6/25/24
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Candidate for Washington State Attorney General Manka Dhingra (D-Redmond) and local resident Heather Dudley-Nollette (D) running for the open District 1 County Commissioner …
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By Gina McMather
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6/25/24
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Grace Lutheran Church of Port Townsend will kick off the first of three concerts, featuring what they are billing as “some of the most talented pianists in the Pacific …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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6/25/24
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6/25/24
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“Poetry on the Salish Sea” is set to return for a second summer and early fall at the Wilderbee Farm in Port Townsend, kicking off this season’s series with …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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6/25/24
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The Salish Sea Early Music Festival wraps up with its eighth and final musical performance for this year, as prize-winning harpsichordist Faythe Vollrath comes up from …
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Special to The Leader
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6/25/24
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This year’s graduating class of Chimacum Cowboys survived a long, wild ride on a bucking bronco. Sometimes the bronco threw them and they fell hard. A few got trampled …
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By Brian MacKenzie, John Nuchia, and Ethan Riker
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6/25/24
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Throughout the 2023-2024 school year, students of Port Townsend High School experienced a plethora of enticing changes to their curriculum and school culture. From new classes …
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By Zoë Pruden, 11th grade
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6/25/24
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