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22 hrs ago | Peninsula Daily News

Port Townsend celebrations focus on Fort Worden State Park

More than 750 people came together on Independence Day for a varied and eclectic collection of holiday entertainment staged at Fort Worden State Park.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

Q13.com KCPQ TV

Ferry Riders Could Be In For A Big Wait This Holiday Weekend

Ferry commuters could be in for a long wait this weekend. Especially if you don't plan ahead.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

Peninsula Daily News

Port Townsend seeks ways to permit good ideas for signs

When Michael Klupfell asked the Port Townsend City Council if he could erect a permanent sign on his new business, The Village Baker Cafe, he was surprised to hear that the city would work with him.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Videoblogging: Fiddle Tunes: Jammin' On The Front Porch #fiddletunes09 Port Townsend

Video: An impromptu Jam on the front porch of building 204, the main community gathering center, at FiddleTunes .

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Peninsula Daily News

Port Townsend mulls rules on sandwich-board signs

There is still work to be done on what exactly will stay and go as far as "sandwich-board" style signs are concerned.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

Peninsula Daily News

Affordable housing discussed by Port Townsend council, county commissioners

The Port Townsend City Council and Board of Jefferson County Commissioners have agreed to establish a list of parcels that could be developed for affordable housing.

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Seattle Times

Wild Pacific Trail is wild and wonderful

Our first encounter with the Pacific Ocean on this trip couldn't have been better, thanks to a bunch of people we don't know and never heard of, but who deserve their praises sung to the highest hills of Vancouver Island.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

Peninsula Daily News

Port of Port Townsend lowers boat yard rates

Starting next month, it will become substantially cheaper to work on a boat in the Port of Port Townsend boat yard.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

Peninsula Daily News

Mother Nature's gallery

Rebecca Cummins of Seattle puts the finishing touches on her piece, titled "Deer Cam," part of the 2009 Art Outside exhibition in Websters Woods of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center on Sunday.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

North Kitsap Herald

Historic Steel Electric ferries to be scrapped in Mexico

Four historic ferries that served Port Townsend and Keystone as well as other ferry routes in the Puget Sound region for decades will soon be scrapped.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

Peninsula Daily News

Mothballed state ferries finally sold; two once plied Port Townsend waters

The mothballed Steel Electric-class ferries, including two which served the Port Townsend-Keystone route until they were abruptly pulled out of service near Thanksgiving 2007, are going south of the border -- and the scrap heap.

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Peninsula Daily News

Port Townsend Sunrise Rotary to stop funding for community fireworks show

Although this year's fireworks will continue as planned, the Sunrise Rotary Club announced that it will not fund next year's show, citing financial constraints.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

Peninsula Daily News

Swine flu protocols in place

With just three cases of swine flu now recorded on the North Olympic Peninsula, local health officials remain far from considering any closures of events, schools and other public facilities -- but that could change if it begins to spread at a high rate, said Dr.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Sixty & Single: Haircut

Editor's note: This is a P-I Reader Blog. P-I Reader Blogs are not written or edited by the P-I. They are written by readers, for readers.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Big-Ha Recumbent Bike - $1400

Recumbent bicycle made by Big ha for me. Less than 200 Miles use, perfect condition.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

KGW-TV Portland

Tribes want protection for Mystery Bay shellfish

Two Olympic Peninsula tribes say federal, state and county officials have failed to protect tribal shellfish beds in Marrowstone Island's Mystery Bay in violation of treaty rights.

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Sun Jun 14, 2009

Peninsula Daily News

Jefferson sheriff, prosecutor move closer in new joint effort

Jefferson County's Sheriff's Office and Prosecuting Attorney's office have begun working a bit closer together in a new joint community policing effort.

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Fri Jun 12, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Videoblogging: Interview with @organicnation in Port Townsend, WA #greenfest

Dorothee Royal-Hedinger, Orgainic Nation Host, and Mark Boyer, cameraman, talk about their O.N. Kick Off Tour and the equipment they use to produce videos on the road.

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Thu Jun 11, 2009

Peninsula Daily News

Motor home fire blocks 101 for about two hours

A fire that destroyed a Port Townsend man's motor home but caused no injuries blocked both lanes of U.S. Highway 101 near Dosewallips Road beginning at about 11:38 a.m. today.

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Wed Jun 10, 2009

Peninsula Daily News

State lands commissioner halts Pope Resources-DNR land swap near Port Ludlow

State Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark has delayed a proposed land trade between the Department of Natural Resources and timber titan Pope Resources.

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