Plans are afoot for a new city pocket park at 12th Street and Hancock, and city staff want the public to share their ideas and input at a community outreach event at the site on April 4.
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By James Robinson
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4/3/24
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The Port Townsend Marine Science Center invites the community to take part in its “Earth Day” beach and roadside cleanups, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 20, with …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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4/3/24
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If you are visiting Fort Worden and look up to see someone swinging through the trees, don’t be alarmed: They are there to help.
The Friends of Fort Worden will be …
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By Jon Hall
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4/3/24
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If a genetic engineer designed the perfect feline, he or she would create a big cat like those often appearing in Nextdoor feeds on the Olympic …
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By Scott Doggett
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4/3/24
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Directors with Olympic Peninsula HomeConnection (OPHC) are poised to launch their 11th student Shakespeare play this spring — Much Ado About Nothing — with opening …
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By James Robinson
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4/3/24
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The Mock Trial team at Port Townsend High School competed in the Washington State Championships March 22-24.
The team won the William Downing Values and Professionalism Award …
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By Chris Pierson
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4/3/24
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Port Townsend High School's Knowledge Bowl team secured their second consecutive state championship title, but not before a nail-biting semifinal that pushed the competition into overtime.
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4/3/24
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County leaders are awaiting a report by the state Department of Commerce, and collecting names to serve on a task force, applications for which are due by March 29, which will evaluate options for a …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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3/27/24
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The Lake Stevens woman who lost control of her car and struck two girls in the entrance of a campground in July 2021, killing one and badly injuring the other, has been sentenced to 90 months in …
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By Jon Micheal Karpilow
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3/27/24
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3/27/24
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The Lake Stevens woman who lost control of her car and struck two girls in the entrance of a campground in July 2021, killing one and badly injuring the other, has been sentenced to 90 months in …
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By Jon Micheal Karpilow
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3/27/24
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Kate Dean, who has represented District 1 on the Jefferson County Commission since 2017, announced last week that she will not seek reelection.
Dean wrote that she was “ready to start …
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3/27/24
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Vehicle fire shuts down Highway 20
On Wednesday, March 20, East Jefferson Fire Rescue units responded to a vehicle on fire near Milepost 7 on Highway 20.
East Jefferson Fire …
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3/27/24
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Before any major economic development projects could happen in Port Hadlock there had to be a sewer, a foundational fact that continued to bubble up over nearly 20 years of planning and …
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By James Robinson
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3/27/24
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The conflict between Port Townsend resident Julie Jaman and the YMCA — now the subject of a demand letter from her lawyers — garnered a lot of attention in 2022.
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3/27/24
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Port Townsend resident Jodi Adams will start her new job as the city of Port Townsend’s director of finance and technology services on April 15.
Adams’ experience in the public and …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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3/27/24
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For Port Townsend High School senior Elijah Hill, music has been the driving passion of his life for at least the past five of his 18 years.
The self-taught, college-bound composer, vocalist and …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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3/27/24
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Chimacum High School’s Knowledge Bowl team picked up several new recruits and remained consistently competitive against larger schools throughout the season, but missed qualifying for state …
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By Rose Peirce
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3/27/24
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The Chimacum Schools Culinary Arts Program received a much-needed financial boost on March 4, with grant funding that will allow them to transform the current classroom into a modern, commercial …
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By James Robinson
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3/27/24
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On her 25th birthday, Sophia Art found herself knee-deep in our planet’s plastic trash problem. She was visiting Bali and had booked a surfing class for her birthday. As she excitedly waded out …
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By Holly Erickson
Special to The Leader
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3/27/24
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