Charlie Bermant

sPort of Port Townsend candidates (from left) Bill Putney

Port of Port Townsend hopefuls outline priorities

CHIMACUM — Bringing business to Jefferson County and improving infrastructure was the focus of a Port of Port Townsend candidate forum this week. “We need… Continue reading

sPort of Port Townsend candidates (from left) Bill Putney

Port Townsend OKs draft for Mountain View lease

PORT TOWNSEND — A proposed new lease between the city and the Port Townsend School District for the Mountain View Commons would allow for more… Continue reading

Investigators tell of evidence, including arson fire, in double-murder trial

PORT TOWNSEND — A fire at the home of Pat and Janice Yarr on March 18, 2009, was deliberate and was intended to cover up… Continue reading

Keith Darrock and Teresa Percy are shown in 2010 previewing the Port Townsend Library website prior to its official launch. A complaint from Darrock about Percy’s alleged lobbying for the Aug. 6 bond issue led to her retirement.  -- Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Library interim director chosen in Port Townsend; investigation results announced

PORT TOWNSEND — An interim director for the Port Townsend Library will begin work Monday, and the city has released details about the complaint against… Continue reading

Keith Darrock and Teresa Percy are shown in 2010 previewing the Port Townsend Library website prior to its official launch. A complaint from Darrock about Percy’s alleged lobbying for the Aug. 6 bond issue led to her retirement.  -- Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Investigators tell of evidence, including arson fire, in double-murder trial

PORT TOWNSEND — A fire at the home of Pat and Janice Yarr on March 18, 2009, was deliberate and was intended to cover up… Continue reading

Defense attorney Richard Davies (with Superior Court Judge Keith Harper in the background) and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Chris Ashcraft deliver their respective openings in Monday’s retrial.  -- Photos by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Victims’ daughters open testimony in murder retrial

PORT TOWNSEND — The first two witnesses to start the murder retrial of Michael J. Pierce were the victims’ daughters, who talked Monday about their… Continue reading

Defense attorney Richard Davies (with Superior Court Judge Keith Harper in the background) and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Chris Ashcraft deliver their respective openings in Monday’s retrial.  -- Photos by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
Workers remove a section from the Quincy Street Dock on Friday morning. The pieces were hauled to the Boat Haven where they will be dismantled and disposed of. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Onetime ferry dock removed in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Port of Port Townsend crews have dismantled two sections of the dilapidated Quincy Street Ferry Dock, leaving the wooden piles standing as… Continue reading

Workers remove a section from the Quincy Street Dock on Friday morning. The pieces were hauled to the Boat Haven where they will be dismantled and disposed of. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
Michael J. Pierce

Opening arguments Monday in double-murder retrial in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — A request to move a double-murder retrial out of Jefferson County was denied for a second time Friday, clearing the way for… Continue reading

Michael J. Pierce
Upstage owner Mark Cole prepares a skeleton doll for a weekend sale that will support opening the club in a new location while his girlfriend

Upstage owner uncertain about future; Port Townsend nightspot likely to move

PORT TOWNSEND — The Upstage Restaurant and Bistro, a popular downtown nightspot that closed for repairs in June, most likely will not reopen in its… Continue reading

Upstage owner Mark Cole prepares a skeleton doll for a weekend sale that will support opening the club in a new location while his girlfriend
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Celebrated Steinbeck boat at Port Townsend Boat Haven

PORT TOWNSEND — A fishing boat that provided the setting for some of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck's books is on blocks in the Boat… Continue reading

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Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily NewsRichard Davies

Jury seated in Jefferson County double-murder trial

PORT TOWNSEND — Opening arguments in the retrial of Michael J. Pierce on double-murder charges will begin Monday after a jury was seated Thursday afternoon… Continue reading

Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily NewsRichard Davies

WEEKEND: Three-day celebration planned in Port Hadlock

PORT HADLOCK — A three-day celebration planned in Port Hadlock this weekend won't be the traditional full-blown Hadlock Days but still will be something special,… Continue reading

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Celebrated Steinbeck boat at Port Townsend Boat Haven

PORT TOWNSEND — A fishing boat that provided the setting for some of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck's books is on blocks in the Boat… Continue reading

The Western Flyer
Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily NewsRichard Davies

Jury seated in Jefferson County double-murder trial

PORT TOWNSEND — Opening arguments in the retrial of Michael J. Pierce on double-murder charges will begin Monday after a jury was seated Thursday afternoon… Continue reading

Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily NewsRichard Davies

WEEKEND: Three-day celebration planned in Port Hadlock

PORT HADLOCK — A three-day celebration planned in Port Hadlock this weekend won't be the traditional full-blown Hadlock Days but still will be something special,… Continue reading

The Jefferson Community School opened in the former Good Templars Hall on Quincy Street in Port Townsend in 2005.

Jefferson Community School to reopen with expanded mission

PORT TOWNSEND — After announcing its closure in May, Jefferson Community School officials now expect to reopen under a new plan in which the school… Continue reading

The Jefferson Community School opened in the former Good Templars Hall on Quincy Street in Port Townsend in 2005.
Mark McCready expresses his displeasure t the Port Townsend School Board at Monday's meeting. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Appeals to keep Redskins mascot don’t sway School Board

PORT TOWNSEND — The School Board won't change its mind about retiring the mascot that has become a tradition after 88 years, the board chairwoman… Continue reading

Mark McCready expresses his displeasure t the Port Townsend School Board at Monday's meeting. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
Michael J. Pierce sits with his attorney istens as attorney Richard Davies asks questions during jury selection Tuesday. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Jefferson County murder trial jury selection ‘going slowly’

PORT TOWNSEND — The selection of a jury for the Michael J. Pierce retrial on charges of killing a Quilcene couple is in its third… Continue reading

Michael J. Pierce sits with his attorney istens as attorney Richard Davies asks questions during jury selection Tuesday. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
Karen Allen

Port Townsend to have a real ‘Indy’ guest at film festival

PORT TOWNSEND — An actress who appeared in some of the most popular films of the 1970s and 1980s will be the special guest at… Continue reading

Karen Allen
Jack Westerman

Jefferson tax assessor sees uptick in real estate market

PORT TOWNSEND — The local real estate market is improving, and that indicates an uptick in the economy, the Jefferson County tax assessor told a… Continue reading

Jack Westerman