Jeff Chew

Jefferson: Oyster hatchery seeks to expand Quilcene operation

PORT TOWNSEND -- The manager of the world's largest oyster hatchery, based in Quilcene on Port of Port Townsend-owned land, will approach the Port commission… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Cruise West ship to visit PT on Friday

PORT TOWNSEND -- Seattle-based Cruise West's Spirit of Endeavor makes its first port of call in Port Townsend on Friday, a Jefferson County Historical Society… Continue reading

Speakers tout ‘buy local’ program for Jefferson County

PORT TOWNSEND -- From the baker who knows everyone who comes through his door to the apple farmer who collaborates with others to grow trees… Continue reading

Invest locally, author tells Port Townsend audience of 200

PORT TOWNSEND -- As Michael Shuman sees it, there's a reason why the Green Bay Packers are a success story -- a small-town Wisconsin professional… Continue reading

Operator of Quilcene Bay marina wants out of contract with Port of Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- Possible repairs to two storm-damaged docks at Herb Beck Marina on Quilcene Bay and a possible replacement for a departing Quilcene marina… Continue reading

Stink dies down over PT Paper mill pond

PORT TOWNSEND -- Alice McConaughy and Kristin Marshall stood Wednesday on the edge of Port Townsend Paper Corp.'s secondary treatment pond, long the brunt of… Continue reading

Clock ticks on Port Townsend Paper mill to pay $7.5 million debt payment

PORT TOWNSEND -- PT Holdings Company Inc., parent company of Port Townsend Paper Corp., is facing a new and serious hurdle. It must make a… Continue reading

Residents seek amicable solution to mill odors

PORT TOWNSEND -- Residents concerned about health problems possibly associated with smelly emissions from Port Townsend Paper Corp.'s mill agreed Tuesday night to organize, research… Continue reading

Community farm, PUD differ over water issue

PORT HADLOCK -- Concerns that an educational and sustainable agriculture project could foul the Tri-Area's largest groundwater source are without merit, a representative of Sunfield… Continue reading

Port Townsend cheese factory begins operation

PORT TOWNSEND -- Partners in the North Olympic Peninsula's only creamery launched into artisan cheese-making on Friday, with an eye on selling product to regional… Continue reading

Water filling station for Marrowstone hits a snag

NORDLAND -- A proposed water filling station at Fort Flagler and Fort Gate roads that would serve Marrowstone Island residents with fouled or dry wells… Continue reading

Jochems resigns from Economic Development Council

PORT TOWNSEND -- Mark Jochems, Jefferson County Economic Development Council's 2005 board president and 2006 vice president, resigned Wednesday, a day before remaining development council… Continue reading

Sequim-area students visit Adventuress in Port Townsend Bay

ABOARD THE ADVENTURESS -- A breezy day in the sun on Port Townsend Bay was the setting for an educational experience, one in which Sequim-area… Continue reading

Chimacum principal pleads not guilty to voyeurism charge

PORT TOWNSEND --Chimacum High School Principal Rex E. Whipple pleaded not guilty on Friday to a voyeurism charge as his attorney vowed to prove that… Continue reading

Shellfish farmer eyeing land at Jefferson County International Airport

PORT TOWNSEND -- A Discovery Bay shellfish farmer is negotiating with Port of Port Townsend officials for a lease at Jefferson County International Airport. The… Continue reading

Port Townsend City Council delays forcing skaters to use helmets

PORT TOWNSEND -- With the new Port Townsend Skate Park set to open Saturday, the City Council chose to delay enforcement of a skater's helmet… Continue reading

Residents protest proposed sale of city property near golf course

PORT TOWNSEND -- Residents crowded the City Council's chambers on Monday night to urge against the surplus sale of 1.4 acres of city property east… Continue reading

$5 state park fee repeal signed into law, had genesis in Port Townsend

Fort Worden Advisory Committee members expressed great satisfaction Monday after Gov. Chris Gregoire signed the bill, born in Port Townsend, that repeals the much-maligned $5… Continue reading

Security training site handed another setback

PORT ORCHARD -- A Kitsap County Superior Court judge has denied Security Services Northwest's motion for a stay of a county hearing examiner's decision that… Continue reading

Jefferson: Managers ready to lead Sunfield Farm to future

PORT HADLOCK -- It's as if Sebastian Aguilar already sees the future fruits of the labor that he and others are about to undertake at… Continue reading