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    The number of recipients of the scholarship funds from the Port Townsend Yacht Club has doubled from last year, meaning more opportunities to gain experience and advance …
All the sailing, navigating and maintenance in the Schooner Martha’s youth sail training programs is done by the young sailors themselves.
  Martha is an authentic wooden 1907 schooner that’s been running youth sail training programs out of Port Townsend since 2001, but to Robert d’Arcy, who’s served as her …
Chris Berg specializes in bonsai.
    Chris Berg begins his art by brewing a cup of coffee topped with sweet froth. He turns his radio to the jazz channel, lays out his materials, and goes to work transforming …
April Ottey
    With a beautiful view of the ocean, April Ottey is surrounded by details of the natural world, the delicate beauty in petals and blossoms, the intricate texture of tree …
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Arts and Entertainment
“Trowels and Treasures” serves as a spring fundraiser for the Port Townsend “Magic of Christmas.”

Not too soon to think about the holiday season

    “Trowels and Treasures,” the event on Sunday, April 28, in support of the Port Townsend “Magic of Christmas,” has grown significantly this year, from …
Ruby Groussman, left, an eighth-grader with Olympic Peninsula HomeConnection, and seventh-grader, Kaylee Klebanow, right, prepare for opening night of Much Ado About Nothing. The play opens at 7 p.m. on Friday April 26 at San Juan Baptist Church in Port Townsend, with subsequent shows on April 27, May 2, 3 and 4.

‘Much Ado About Nothing’ to open April 26

    ‘Much Ado About Nothing,’ which opens on April 26, is actually a lot about something. It represents the continuation of Olympic Peninsula HomeConnection’s …
Class instructor Brian Perry looks on as a student makes a Nuu-Chah-Nulth mask.

Woodworking school broadens coursework

    Naiome Krienke has a really good reason for wanting to learn to carve, and she knew just the place to go: The Port Townsend School of Woodworking at Fort Worden State Park. …
Kalani Nakoa serves as captain of the Hawaiian Chieftain.

Hawaiian Chieftain restored and soon to set sail

  After three years in dry dock in Port Townsend for restoration work, the gaff-rigged topsail ketch Hawaiian Chieftain was launched April 9.  The weather, a typical foe in the …
Ludlow Village performing ‘Nunsense’.

“Nunsense” now playing in Port Ludlow

The musical comedy “Nunsense” opened April 12 at Bay Club at 120 Spinnaker Place in Port Ludlow, and continues through April 21 on Friday and Saturday evenings at 6:30 p.m., with a 2 p.m. …

News from local businesses

Key Tips for Maintaining Financial Wellness

Key Tips for Maintaining Financial Wellness     As April begins, so does Financial Literacy Month, an opportune time to reevaluate and bolster our financial well-being. It's …

First Fed Celebrates Customers with Appreciation Week

First Fed team members at the Eastside branch in Port Angeles.

Now in their 101st year in the PNW, First Fed is celebrating its annual Customer Appreciation Week this March 25-29, 2024. All community members are invited – whether a First Fed customer or …

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Lifestyle-2024-Spring

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Obituaries

Doris Ida Loeschen

Doris Ida Loeschen, mother to Yvonne Hay and Robert Hay, grandmother to Aaron, Enya, Atticus, and Harvey, passed away suddenly the morning of 26 March in the memory unit of Sherwood Assisted Living …

James Edward Therou

James Edward Therou, 80, of Port Townsend, Washington, passed away on the evening of April 19th, in the company of his family and under the care of Jefferson County Home and Hospice. He had as …

Leslie Feltes

Quilcene resident Leslie Feltes, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, was called to heaven too soon on March 3, 2024. She was 60. Born December 17, 1963, in Boise, Idaho, …
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Lifestyle Summer 2023

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Calendar of events
Opinion & Columnists
Class is not dismissed
Are you ready for a cranky columnist? While most of the time I’m cheerful and in a positive mood there are those occasions when my buttons are pushed, and I react. In a recent conversation with …
Jaman legal challenge has people under rainbow umbrella on edge
So many of us thought the worst had passed. Although the fate of the Port Townsend pool, located at Mountain View Commons and run by the Olympic Peninsula YMCA, remains under consideration, it seemed …
We have a homelessness crisis in Jefferson County
We have a homelessness crisis in Jefferson County. Statistics tell part of the tale: Our poverty rate is 13.8% according to CensusReporter.org We have the highest percentage (63.7%) of …
Moving in the right direction
The City of Port Townsend is about to launch a significant Comprehensive Plan update and review.   Jefferson County is not far behind, with a periodic update/review scheduled to begin in 2025. …
This too shall pass
From the internet, I am informed that “This too shall pass” is a proverb from the medieval Levent, now known as Turkey, around 1200 AD. The proverb means that all material conditions, …
Senior living made easier 
You know you’re getting old…when your back goes out more than you do. Rim shot!  It’s  the golden age of golden-age comedy. And well it should be here in …
TOONS

BLOGS
Riley Keough, Lily Gladstone and Vritika Gupta dramatize a real-life murder case from three decades ago on Vancouver Island in Hulu’s “Under the Bridge.”
  After seeing her star-making turn in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” last year all that Hulu had to do to get me to watch its true-crime miniseries …
Letters
    • Letters

      Solid citizens pay taxes Your article about property tax due dates should have included a reminder that property taxes are not just a chore …

    • LETTERS

      The water’s fine   Wars start by misunderstandings, by distortions of fact - or by seeing things through different lenses. …

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      Don't cave to Jaman   In response to Julie Jaman's demand for compensation from the city as a result of her actions at the YMCA …

    • A Simultaneous Solution

      I recently attended “The Climate Restorers — Part 1” at The Commons in Fort Worden. (Thank you, Skeeter a.k.a. Michael …

Sports
Top stories
Senior Paige Govia did discus, shot put and javelin throws at Bainbridge High School March 28.
    On Thursday, March 28, the East Jefferson track and field teams traveled to Bainbridge High School to compete in an Olympic League meet. In addition to the host school, …
Two East Jefferson Rivals wrestlers attempt to grapple while wearing dinosaur costumes at the combined joint practice with South Whidbey. Chase Gardner and Sam Raymond appear to be locked in a “Jurassic Park” battle on the mat. Cheering them on, clockwise from far left: East Jefferson middle school wrestlers Piper Hawkin, Aleutian Durst, Dane Moore, Gracee Liske, Leighton Dunn, Daltry Lammers and Trafford Henery. Aiden Glenn and Boston Huntingford also assist the match as volunteer refs. Some kids chose to wear costumes for the event. Courtesy photo
The East Jefferson Rivals middle school wrestling season is rapidly finishing what coaches have called “another great season on the mats.” On Monday, March 18, the Rivals hosted …
A relay exchange between EJ runners Audrey Matthes and Kaida Rodrigues in the girls 4x100-meter relay.
Saturday, March 16, saw the East Jefferson track and field teams travel to West Seattle Stadium to compete in the 25-team Seattle Academy Relays. While largely set as a relay format meet, many …
Chimacum 8th Grader Aiden Glenn has his Port Angeles opponent Riley Arnold locked up tight in a cradle. Glenn gained valuable experience this winter as a manager with the wrestling team, and is currently undefeated this middle school season with a record of 5-0. Photo by Grace Liskee
The East Jefferson Rivals middle school wrestling team recently completed their second meet of the season in Port Angeles on Wednesday, March 6. The 26 wrestlers competed with three other North …
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