The Rev. Crystal Cox’s seven ethics complaints against city staff and council members have begun working their way through the system, with City Manager John Mauro and council members Amy Howard and Libby Wennstrom filing responses last week.
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By James Robinson
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4/16/25
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Plans for Port Townsend’s new aquatic facility have hit a snag after a critical design grant application was denied, temporarily halting momentum toward a new pool.
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By Alex Frick
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4/16/25
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A proposal to transform the old golf course on Marrowstone Island into a green cemetery has been laid to rest.
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By Mallory Kruml
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4/16/25
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4/16/25
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The CEO of Port Angeles-based Olympic Medical Center (OMC) alerted staff in March of numerous problems, including some serious enough to put its Medicare and Medicaid funding at risk.
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By James Robinson
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4/16/25
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As the Port Townsend City Council wraps up its annual review of City Manager John Mauro, council finance and budget committee members are calling for more comprehensive data to inform a potential salary increase.
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By Mallory Kruml
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4/16/25
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The unexpected shutdown of Fort Worden Hospitality, which had overseen the conference and events center, lodging and concessions and the Guardhouse Neighborhood Pub since …
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By James Robinson
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1/22/25
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According to its management, fault for the failure of Fort Worden Hospitality lies with the larger failure of the park’s Public Development Authority’s (PDA).
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By James Robinson
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1/22/25
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Since Fort Worden State Park was put in receivership on behalf of Kitsap Bank in early October, complaints that critical infrastructure wasn’t being maintained and bills …
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By James Robinson
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12/18/24
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The Port Townsend City Council and Planning Commission are reviewing a proposal to rezone a section of the historic Camas Prairie Golf Park for residential development.
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By Mallory Kruml
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12/18/24
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It’s going to cost a lot more to add electric to develop land or improve electric services next year.
Beginning February 2025, new residential and commercial …
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By James Robinson
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12/18/24
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Longtime Port Townsend public servant and community activist Brent Shirley passed away on Nov. 29.
Shirley served on city council and as Port Townsend’s mayor …
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By James Robinson
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12/11/24
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With the deadline for public input looming, about 40 citizens attended a public hearing on Dec. 4, to provide comment to state environmental regulators on the Port Townsend …
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By James Robinson
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12/11/24
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The first significant new hotel in downtown Port Townsend is closer to becoming a reality. City staff has completed an environmental review of the proposed The Water …
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By Mallory Kruml
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12/11/24
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12/11/24
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For Jill Turnbull its about personal connections.
She spent four years working at the Dove House Recovery Café at 939 Kearney St. in Port Townsend, but even …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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12/11/24
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On Dec. 2, Jefferson County Superior Court Judge Brandon Mack granted a 90-day extension to Elliott Bay Asset Solutions, as the receiver of the Fort Worden Public Development …
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By James Robinson
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12/4/24
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On Dec. 2, the Port Townsend City Council approved their 2025 operating and capital budgets, totaling $68 million in expenses, $66.2 million in revenues and a projected ending …
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By Mallory Kruml
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12/4/24
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This Thanksgiving a record number of free holiday meals were served and delivered to the community throughout Jefferson County, and some say inflated food costs have increased …
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By Alex Frick
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12/4/24
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Although Tim Caldwell won first place in the Readers’ Choice awards for best volunteer for his work at Camas Prairie Golf Park to “help keep the doors open,” …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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12/4/24
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