QUILCENE -— It all started at a Rotary auction. What followed — the detour, the bicycle trip, the "a-ha" moment, the accident — changed the… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — The theme of this year's Rhododendron Festival is "Happily Ever After," but it might as well be "Friendship." That's what the three… Continue reading
CHIMACUM - In 1986, Irene Gould, a clerk at the Sequim Post Office, completed her postmaster training. Offered a job in either Chimacum or Quilcene,… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND - Less than a year after she moved to town, Gigi Callaizakis saw an ad in the newspaper that caught her attention. Olympic… Continue reading
PORT HADLOCK - The year 1982 was a milestone in Dan Youra's career - that's the year he made his first map to show tourists… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND - She came into this world a century ago, just before Christmas, on her grandparent's farm in Minnesota. The event was shadowed by… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND - They have been working hard since Thanksgiving Day, and into the night - learning the ropes, getting used to the controls, practicing,… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND - The Key City Players will start its 50th anniversary year with a present for theater patrons - more seats and a real… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND - A couple who emigrated to America and worked their way up to owning their own business has purchased the Harborside Inn for… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND - It is a half-hour before the performance, and the hall of the Metropolitan Opera in New York is filled with the sound… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — Seventeen years ago, George Capriotti made a historic flight. Taking off on the old runway at Jefferson County International Airport, Capriotti circled… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND - Although it's on a busy street, it is hidden from view, blocked by a high hedge from the glances of passing pedestrians… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND - "Now, my men, we have begun a long voyage. If we get along well together, we shall have a comfortable time. "If… Continue reading
LOFALL — The classified ad, tucked away in the back pages of the Peninsula Daily News, was intriguing. “Do you have any old items like… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND - It is a warm summer night, and the tavern door is propped open. Inside, people are sitting on vinyl-topped stools around the… Continue reading
QUILCENE - The guests arrived in trailers and trucks in April. All were in poor shape - their bodies emaciated, their coats riddled with parasites.… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND - It was a moment that comes along once in a blue moon. It was 4 a.m. and Ray Grier was walking around… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND - When he was in the fifth grade, Cody Craig was invited by a friend, Ryan Peil, to attend a meeting of Peil's… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES - In 1926, a jazz musician named Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong recorded his first big hit. "Heebie Jeebies" sold 40,000 copies and popularized scat… Continue reading
SEATTLE - Port Townsend's Sophie the Merpig was the center of attention, but was outshone by her litter mate, Piglit. Last Friday, 100 Pigs on… Continue reading
