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When our society finds a better way to archive public records for the people, it will have the full support of this newspaper.
Public notices (legals) are the surest way to let the citizens know …
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1/12/23
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A few years ago, I was appointed to the board of the East Jefferson Fire Rescue when it was undergoing a transition to having members from specific districts, as opposed to at-large. I served …
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1/12/23
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As Congress and many state legislatures get under way for the year, there are lots of new lawmakers out there starting to learn the ropes. It’s an exhilarating, exhausting time, and …
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Lee Hamilton
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1/12/23
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Let’s talk more reasonably about the large city-owned property bordered by San Juan, F, Walker, and Blaine streets, Shall we?
For thousands of years this area was probably an important …
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1/11/23
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In last week’s letter to the editor titled “Golf course benefits entire community” the author concludes by asking, “There is only one skate park, would we take that out as not …
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1/11/23
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Thanks to a friend who offered to teach me golf at the Port Townsend Golf Course and a $45 set of used golf clubs, I’ve found a new, healthy, affordable, and fun way to exercise as an older …
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1/11/23
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Wow, if you were a regular viewer of C-SPAN you had an exciting week with the voting for the new Speaker of the House of Representatives.
In spite of the incredibly gray weather, I did have …
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Ned Luce
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1/11/23
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More than 60 years ago, as many are aware, civil rights activists began organizing to desegregate businesses in Birmingham, Alabama. By the spring of 1963, tensions were at a boiling point due to a …
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Susan Beaver Thompson
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1/11/23
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The drama surrounding Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s speakership bid remains nothing short of surreal.
It took 15 bids to secure the votes required to become speaker of the House. In his fatalistic …
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The filibuster has proved more pernicious to democracy than any other procedural rule of Congress. It’s time for it to go.
These claims may seem excessive in view of the real accomplishments …
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Andrew Moss
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1/11/23
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It hard to tell what’s changing faster, the weather or words used to describe it.
I’ve lived on the Central California coast for some time and have endured many winter storms that …
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Peter Funt
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1/11/23
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Kevin McCarthy’s pursuit of power put him into quite a predicament. He was willing to give up anything in concessions to pick up votes, but those who opposed him simply did not trust …
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The kitchen’s filled with the intoxicating odors of mushrooms, ginger, garlic, star anise, coriander, and cinnamon, and it’s coming from the Instant Pot.
Wondering what I’m …
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Sidonie Maroon
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1/9/23
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Barbara Walters might never have become a powerful force in broadcast journalism had she lacked the chutzpah to extract a promise from her bosses at NBC News in 1973.
As she explained it to me, …
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Peter Funt
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1/7/23
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Welcome to 2023, the year holding the promise of good cheer, mutual respect, civility, and many more fantasies.
Ah, you say, he is a sarcastic pessimist.
Not true, he is an …
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Ned Luce
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1/5/23
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The city continues to prejudice the community against the golf course even in their invitation to an open house saying it was the community’s desire to explore different uses for the golf …
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Time is fast running out for you and your neighbors to stop the city council (your employees) from spending yet more of your tax dollars to destroy the last open space in your city center.
All …
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I’m looking for a few funny men — or women— in the new year.
Gray skies? Let’s lighten up.
I’m always looking for funny people.
I’ve found …
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Bill Mann
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1/4/23
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If you visited the Wooden Boat Festival this fall, you may have seen some beautiful bouquets decorating the multitude of boats there, and if your boat was in the festival, you may have met some of …
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1/1/23
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A thank-you and congratulations to our Port Townsend Booster Sisters on your 30th year of bringing joy to many of us during the holidays.
We thank each and everyone of you for your visits, …
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1/1/23
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