Jeff Chew

Third of film festival audience comes from outside Port Townsend, Chamber of Commerce told

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Port Townsend Film Festival audience is affluent, mature and -- unsurprisingly -- filled with film fans, the annual event's executive director… Continue reading

Twin infants recover from respiratory ailment in happy and healing home

PORT TOWNSEND -- After a winter of fighting a potentially deadly respiratory virus in a Tacoma hospital, 8-month-old twins Onyx and Ceinna Neidigh are in… Continue reading

Tests to determine if algae-plagued Anderson Lake opens to fishing

PORT TOWNSEND -- Water quality lab results this week are expected to determine if toxic-algae-plagued Anderson Lake will open Saturday for the annual state lake… Continue reading

View from Tamanowas’ top: Conservation groups fret over future of Jefferson monolith (**Gallery **)

CHIMACUM — Tamanowas Rock, a geological icon that juts up out of the forest east of Anderson Lake State Park, means a lot of things… Continue reading

Proposed Port Townsend moorage rate hike tabled

PORT TOWNSEND -- Port of Port Townsend Commissioner Dave Thompson's proposal to raise moorage fees by 5 percent to boost the port's sinking revenues was… Continue reading

Work on second roundabout for Sims Way project to start Monday

PORT TOWNSEND -- Work on the second roundabout on the Upper Sims Way at Thomas Street is scheduled to begin Monday, city officials said. "They'll… Continue reading

Governor to visit Port Townsend next week

PORT TOWNSEND -- Gov. Chris Gregoire plans a visit to Port Townsend to celebrate with students, tour the Northwest Maritime Center and talk with business… Continue reading

Tacky county park demonstrates need for volunteers

PORT TOWNSEND -- While 13 of cash-strapped Jefferson County's parks are staffed with volunteers to maintain them, the toilet is closed and the raggedy grass… Continue reading

New transit route changes touted as biggest in Jefferson history

PORT TOWNSEND -- Calling it the biggest route changes to roll out in Jefferson Transit's history, the bus transportation agency's interim general manager on Monday… Continue reading

Jefferson County’s Memorial Field set for first Friday Fix Up by volunteers

PORT TOWNSEND -- Volunteers will groom Memorial Field later this month during the newly formed Jefferson County Friends of Parks and Recreation's first monthly Friday… Continue reading

Future Port Townsend ferry towed to Everett for final outfitting (*with video*)

PORT TOWNSEND — The 64-car ferry Chetzemoka was towed Saturday morning from Todd Shipyard in Seattle to Everett Shipyard where it will undergo final outfitting… Continue reading

Jefferson Transit manager finalists to meet public this week

PORT TOWNSEND -- The public can meet the five finalists for the Jefferson Transit Authority general manager Monday and Tuesday. The transit board will interview… Continue reading

U.S. Rep. Dicks to tour Adventuress in Port Townsend; visits also set for other sites

PORT TOWNSEND -- During a visit to Port Townsend on Tuesday, Rep. Norm Dicks will tour the dry-docked Adventuress to see the completion of restoration… Continue reading

‘Boneman’ to explain bones at Port Townsend Marine Science Center

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Port Townsend Marine Science Center and the Natural History Exhibit at Fort Worden State Park launches another season at noon today… Continue reading

Derelict boat once off downtown Port Townsend to be sold or destroyed

PORT TOWNSEND -- A sunken boat swamped by wind-whipped waves last weekend about 100 yards offshore of Port Townsend's downtown has been towed from state… Continue reading

Maritime center fundraising over the top as $12.8 million mark met

PORT TOWNSEND -- It was a night of pizza, beer, cheer and celebration at the Northwest Maritime Center on Wednesday as leaders and supporters marked… Continue reading

Shelter served 81 people this season

THE JEFFERSON COUNTY winter emergency shelter at the American Legion Hall in downtown Port Townsend served 81 homeless individuals and was open 110 nights before… Continue reading

Community garden in Port Hadlock keeps on growing

PORT HADLOCK -- More than vegetables are growing at the Olympic Community Action Programs' community pea patch. The popular pea patch itself is expanding to… Continue reading

Coffee or tea? Port Townsend chapter of party seeks political civility, common sense

PORT TOWNSEND -- Those seeking civility and thoughtfulness in the political voice of America are brewing up the coffee party, an alternative for those who… Continue reading

Murder victims’ family’s ‘heart will never be filled’; but they’re grateful for authorities’ efforts

PORT HADLOCK -- About 20 relatives of murder victims Patrick and Janice Yarr jammed into a Jefferson County Sheriff's Office conference room Monday, remembering the… Continue reading