Charlie Bermant

Port Townsend Film Festival special guest Karen Allen is shown in “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”

Karen Allen: Actress and Port Townsend Film Festival special guest enjoys ‘small’ movies

PORT TOWNSEND — Karen Allen has starred in some big box office movies, but it is the ones that are screened at small film festivals… Continue reading

Port Townsend Film Festival special guest Karen Allen is shown in “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
Tom Brown give Scott Wilson

Ex-Quilcene theater, now a wood shop, envisioned as music hall

QUILCENE — The old movie theater doesn’t look like much from the outside, but it has some of the best acoustics that Tom Brown has… Continue reading

Tom Brown give Scott Wilson
Port Townsend Film Festival special guest Karen Allen is shown in “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”

Karen Allen: Port Townsend Film Festival special guest enjoys movies people struggled to make

PORT TOWNSEND — Karen Allen has starred in some big box office movies, but it is the ones that are screened at small film festivals… Continue reading

Port Townsend Film Festival special guest Karen Allen is shown in “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
This 3-month-old male deer awaits Ken Minish's snack in Port Townsend.  -- Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Dueling deer petitions: Cull the herd or protect them in Port Townsend?

PORT TOWNSEND — The deer are everywhere in Port Townsend, walking on streets and in yards, and eating flowers and crops. Is it time to… Continue reading

This 3-month-old male deer awaits Ken Minish's snack in Port Townsend.  -- Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
Robert Letinich

Man found dead off Port Townsend had relocated recently

PORT TOWNSEND — A woodworker who was found dead in the waters off Port Townsend earlier this week had just moved to town to make… Continue reading

Robert Letinich
Wheel-In owner Rick Wiley is showing the final 35mm films at the Port Townsend drive-In theater before it goes digital next season Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Port Townsend drive-in theater celebrates 60th season with party Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — To celebrate its 60th season, which is soon to end, the Wheel-In Motor Movie will have a pre-show barbecue and prize drawing… Continue reading

Wheel-In owner Rick Wiley is showing the final 35mm films at the Port Townsend drive-In theater before it goes digital next season Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Quilcene Shindig backyard street party set Saturday

QUILCENE — The Quilcene Shindig is a big block party. The eighth annual event, which will be Saturday on Old Church Road at U.S. Highway… Continue reading

Woman rescued who was hurt in Olympic National Forest

QUILCENE — A 20-year-old student on a school backpacking trip was treated at and then discharged from Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after suffering a… Continue reading

Woman rescued who was hurt in Olympic National Forest

QUILCENE — A 20-year-old student on a school backpacking trip was treated at and then discharged from Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after suffering a… Continue reading

Those responding to Tuesday night's bomb scare at the Port Townsend Ferry Terminal include Washington State Patrol Trooper C.J. Daigle

Bomb threat probed that shut down Port Townsend ferry

PORT TOWNSEND — Investigators were attempting Wednesday to determine the source of a bomb threat that halted Port Townsend-Coupeville ferry service for 3½ hours Tuesday… Continue reading

Those responding to Tuesday night's bomb scare at the Port Townsend Ferry Terminal include Washington State Patrol Trooper C.J. Daigle
Port Townsend Paper Corp. said it notified the state Department of Ecology as soon as it discovered the leaking pipe. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Port Townsend Paper springs a leak, temporarily

PORT TOWNSEND — A leak in an underground line at the Port Townsend Paper Corp. earlier this week led to a system shutdown and will… Continue reading

Port Townsend Paper Corp. said it notified the state Department of Ecology as soon as it discovered the leaking pipe. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
Port Townsend Paper Corp. said it notified the state Department of Ecology as soon as it discovered the leaking pipe. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Port Townsend Paper springs a leak, temporarily

PORT TOWNSEND — A leak in an underground line at the Port Townsend Paper Corp. earlier this week led to a system shutdown and will… Continue reading

Port Townsend Paper Corp. said it notified the state Department of Ecology as soon as it discovered the leaking pipe. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
The Redskins name and logo appear in the Port Townsend High School gymnasium in this photo taken last spring.  -- Peninsula Daily News photo

Port Townsend High School heads into final year with Redskins mascot

PORT TOWNSEND — The replacement of the Redskins mascot for Port Townsend High School with one that is less racially charged will not be resolved… Continue reading

The Redskins name and logo appear in the Port Townsend High School gymnasium in this photo taken last spring.  -- Peninsula Daily News photo

Port Townsend school administrators describe new programs, gear for coming term

PORT TOWNSEND — New programs will be coming into effect this year, said members of the Port Townsend School District administrative team Tuesday. Administrators, School… Continue reading

Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy Gordon Tamura inspects the 6-foot skiff that was retrieved off Port Townsend on Monday. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Body of man found in water off Port Townsend

UPDATE — Man found dead in Port Townsend Bay identified as woodworker from Olympia — https://giftsnap.shop/article/20130827/NEWS/308289981 ------------------- PORT TOWNSEND — The body of a 58-year-old… Continue reading

Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy Gordon Tamura inspects the 6-foot skiff that was retrieved off Port Townsend on Monday. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
The Redskins name and logo appear in the Port Townsend High School gymnasium in this photo taken last spring.  -- Peninsula Daily News photo

Port Townsend High School heads into final year with Redskins mascot

PORT TOWNSEND — The replacement of the Redskins mascot for Port Townsend High School with one that is less racially charged will not be resolved… Continue reading

The Redskins name and logo appear in the Port Townsend High School gymnasium in this photo taken last spring.  -- Peninsula Daily News photo
U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer

Kilmer says job in Congress isn’t child’s play

PORT TOWNSEND — One year ago at the Jefferson County Democrats' annual fish fry, then-state Sen. Derek Kilmer appeared alongside the man he hoped to… Continue reading

U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer

Man dies when tiny skiff capsizes off Port Townsend

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated: UPDATED — Body of Olympia man found in water off Port Townsend: https://giftsnap.shop/article/20130826/NEWS/308269983 PORT TOWNSEND—The body of a… Continue reading

Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy Gordon Tamura inspects the 6-foot skiff that was retrieved off Port Townsend on Monday. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

UPDATED — Body of Olympia man found in water off Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The body of a 58-year-old Olympia man was discovered in the water between Point Wilson and Point Hudson on Monday after the… Continue reading

Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy Gordon Tamura inspects the 6-foot skiff that was retrieved off Port Townsend on Monday. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Parks district idea losing its luster in Jefferson

PORT TOWNSEND — Discussion surrounding a proposed metropolitan parks district that would jointly manage Port Townsend city and Jefferson County recreational facilities is beginning to… Continue reading