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Music professors Matthew Daline and Jennifer Chung plan to perform at a benefit concert to raise funds for music education in East Jefferson County at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, at the Bay Club on 120 Spinnaker Lane in Port Ludlow.
  Port Ludlow Performing Arts is set to host a professional-amateur benefit concert to raise funds for music education in East Jefferson County at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, at the Bay …
Genies Kathie Wilkenson, Diane Johnson, Linda Atkins, and Kathy Pool spread the word about their 40th Anniversary celebration at the Farmer’s Market.
  Four miles south of Port Townsend at the Jefferson County History and Genealogy Research Center, there is magic happening. This is where a team of volunteers with the Jefferson County …
  The Madrona MindBody Institute at Building 310 in Fort Worden State Park is seeking to furnish local folks with common ground in the midst of global conflict, through “For The …
    Construction began May 6 on the Port Hadlock low-pressure sewer collection system with crews preparing to install welded high-density polyethylene piping in a three-mile area …
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Arts and Entertainment
“Ingress” took advantage of generously donated shooting locations on Bainbridge Island.

‘Ingress,’ shot on Bainbridge Island, screens here May 10

    The Port Townsend Film Festival’s “Focus Film” series offers a double-header in May. The Balcony Theatre in Suite 401A at 211 Taylor St. is set to host …
The Port Townsend High School Players are giving it their all for “The Tempest.”

PTHS Players’ ‘The Tempest’ runs through mid-May weekends

    Although “The Tempest” is thought to be one of the last plays that William Shakespeare wrote, for a number of the Port Townsend High School Players, it’s …
Studious Edwin (George Rexstrew), psychic Crystal (Kassius Nelson), temporarily fairy-possessed Niko (Yuyu Kitamura) and impulsive Charles (Jayden Revri) visit the Point No Point Lighthouse (or rather, British Columbia’s nearest approximation of it) in Netflix’s “Dead Boy Detectives.”

‘Dead Boy Detectives’ misses details about PT, but still proves fun

    It looks like Forks won't be the only corner of the Olympic Peninsula to gain fame from a supernatural entertainment franchise, given the critical and audience acclaim that …
“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 …

News from local businesses

Community Spirit Day with First Fed and Habitat

 First Fed is partnering with Habitat for Humanity for the bank’s first ever Community Spirit Day on June 5, 2024. You’re invited to participate in this special volunteer event …

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 …

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Lifestyle-2024-Spring

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Obituaries

Carl William (Bill) Swanson

Bill's early years at the US Forest Service's Ranger Stations in Washington and Idaho, where he accompanied his father on ranger duties, instilled a deep commitment to service. This dedication …

Dennis Duane Aardal

Dennis Duane Aardal of Port Townsend, Washington passed away at 85 years of age on April 26, 2024, at his home at The Fifth Avenue in Sequim Washington. Denny graduated from Port Townsend High …

Leonard Carl Johnson

Leonard Carl Johnson passed away in Seattle, Washington, on April 24th at 70 years old. Leonard grew up on Marrowstone Island. Living on a rural island meant a childhood of summer swims in the …
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Lifestyle Summer 2023

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Opinion & Columnists
Mushroom Caviar
Picnic-Ready Vegetable Caviars
Editor’s Note: An incomplete version of this column appeared last week so The Leader is republishing it.    What’s a vegetable caviar? A delicious roasted …
Rumi mantra helps: Letting the waters settle
A while back my column on affirmations aired, citing the uplifting personal statements I recited daily. In all honesty, saying I faithfully address them each day is a stretch. Lately I’ve …
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. …
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. …

    • Letters

      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
Pictured are Ladies from both PT and Discovery Bay. Courtesy photo
    The Port Townsend Women’s Golf Club opened its season April 2 at the newly envisioned Port Townsend Golf Park. On a misty morning that ended in sunshine, eight club …
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 …
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