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Critics zero in on Upper Sims Way project at Port Townsend meeting

PORT TOWNSEND - Ken Kelly objects to a city proposal to block off the eastern entrance to his Vintage Hardware parking lot on Upper Sims… Continue reading

Naval Magazine plans open houses

INDIAN ISLAND - Naval Magazine Indian Island officials tentatively plan to hold open houses to tell Jefferson County residents about recent developments at the West… Continue reading

Port Townsend’s Upper Sims plan takes new turn with public input

PORT TOWNSEND - Upper Sims Way would never look the same, gaining solid medians that limit left turns to two cross streets and roadside green… Continue reading

Navy will respond to Port Townsend, Jefferson County over Indian Island, Dicks says

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks says a Navy response to Port Townsend and Jefferson County officials about an environmental-impact study they want on… Continue reading

Port Townsend chamber aims to move visitor center

PORT TOWNSEND - Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce leaders are gearing up to relocate a visitor information center building to Jefferson Transit's Haines Place Park… Continue reading

Port Townsend council kills salary increase proposal for itself

PORT TOWNSEND - Citing a squeeze on city revenues, Port Townsend City Council members rejected proposed council salary raises that would have made them eligible… Continue reading

Application for FM radio station to be delivered

PORT TOWNSEND - Those hoping to put Radio Port Townsend on the air at 91.5 FM have finished their Federal Communications Commission application, a spokeswoman… Continue reading

PTTV eyes webcasts across Peninsula

PORT TOWNSEND - Public access television has a future on the Web in Jefferson County, says a community broadcasting leader, and one day could extend… Continue reading

Port Townsend Boat Haven moorage rates to rise 4% on New Year’s

PORT TOWNSEND - Opting to seek more comments from Boat Haven moorage tenants and Port of Port Townsend taxpayers, the port commissioners on Wednesday chose… Continue reading

Past its archaeological scare, Beckett enclave nears its new septic system

DISCOVERY BAY - The contractor building a $2.8 million Beckett Point community septic system and drainfield expects to finish the project by the end of… Continue reading

Navy plans upgrade of missile magazines at Indian Island

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Belfair, will meet this week with Navy officials about plans for Naval Magazine Indian Island. "I'm asking the Navy… Continue reading

Opinions split over proposed Brinnon mega-resort

BRINNON - The proposed Pleasant Harbor Marina and golf resort, which would allow up to 890 hotel and rental units to be built at Black… Continue reading

Group works to put FM station on the air in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND - Sherry Jones and Ann Katzenbach envision a day when news, information and entertainment will be broadcast via Radio Port Townsend airwaves. The… Continue reading

Film and philosphy mark Port Townsend Film Festival

PORT TOWNSEND - A veteran film star, a poet with a sense of humor and a director who uses film as a means for social… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend to mull 20 percent work yard discount backed by marine trades group

PORT TOWNSEND — Poulsbo-based commercial fisherman Arnie Lee says higher fees could outweigh the convenience of having his boat repaired and maintained at Port Townsend… Continue reading

Elliott Gould and dozens of films highlight a starry weekend in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND - Theater screens will light up tonight for the eighth annual Port Townsend Film Festival, which will feature a veteran actor who starred… Continue reading

Tri-Area sewer plan: $21.4 million over 10 years

CHIMACUM - A proposed Tri-Area sewer system would cost about $21.4 million overall, with construction expected to begin in 2009 and the first hookups accomplished… Continue reading

An interview with Elliott Gould as he prepares to arrive at Port Townsend Film Festival

PORT TOWNSEND - Elliott Gould, who is expected to arrive in Port Townsend today from Los Angeles to be an honored guest this weekend, asked… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend holding up payment on Hudson Point Marina project

PORT TOWNSEND - Port of Port Townsend staff and Hudson Point Marina engineering representatives on Monday categorized a "punch list" of about 24 work items… Continue reading

Tacoma shipbuilder offers to build a new Port Townsend ferry on the fast track

PORT TOWNSEND - In three months, J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. of Tacoma could have union workers cutting steel for a new ferry to serve the… Continue reading