Charlie Bermant

Victims of massive mail theft operation being notified

PORT TOWNSEND — Authorities are beginning the process of notifying the 1,223 victims of a theft operation that reportedly netted as much as 1,000 pounds… Continue reading

Proposed net pen legislation dies in committee

PORT TOWNSEND — Proposed legislation that would allow coastal counties to forbid marine aquaculture net-pen facilities died in committee last week, dashing hopes of Jefferson… Continue reading

Blue Heron Middle School music teacher Bruce Cowan leads

School funding public forum in Port Townsend today

PORT TOWNSEND — Public school funding in the wake of a court-mandated directive to provide adequate support for education will be discussed at a public… Continue reading

Blue Heron Middle School music teacher Bruce Cowan leads
Chef Chris Harris

New restaurants opening up in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Three restaurateurs have decided to risk high failure rates and low profit margins in an industry they all enjoy. “The restaurant business… Continue reading

Chef Chris Harris
Nina Odell

Seamless transition promised in PUD electrical service takeover

PORT TOWNSEND — Officials of both Jefferson County Public Utility District and Puget Sound Energy promise a seamless transition and no rate increase when PUD… Continue reading

Nina Odell

Everyone invited for Port Townsend’s community portrait

PORT TOWNSEND­­—The next Port Townsend family portrait, where everyone in town is invited to participate in a moment-in-time crowd shot, will take place March 23.… Continue reading

Jim Hammonds is on the construction crew building the new East Jefferson Fire-Rescue station in Chimacum. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

State-of-the-art fire station taking shape in Chimacum

CHIMACUM — Construction workers were framing East Jefferson Fire Rescue's new $2 million station last week. The department said it hopes the new building at… Continue reading

Jim Hammonds is on the construction crew building the new East Jefferson Fire-Rescue station in Chimacum. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
Adam Lysiak

Not-guilty plea in mail thefts

PORT TOWNSEND — A 38-year-old Port Townsend man facing charges connected with a series of North Olympic Peninsula and Kitsap County mail thefts entered a… Continue reading

Adam Lysiak

Tips no help in reported kidnapping case; authorities await DNA test results

CHIMACUM — Investigators have no leads on the identity of a man who a 16-year-old girl said kidnapped her at gunpoint south of Chimacum on… Continue reading

County Planning Manager Stacie Hoskins

Jefferson County ‘getting closer’ to net-pen permits

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County commissioners heard about proposed restrictions on fish farming as they moved closer to a shoreline master program update that creates… Continue reading

County Planning Manager Stacie Hoskins
Port Townsend Library Director Theresa Percy addesses the City Council on the ongoing renovations at the Carnegie Library. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Port Townsend council weighs library bond issue

PORT TOWNSEND — The City Council is contemplating asking voters in August or November to approve a multimillion-dollar bond issue to raise the money necessary… Continue reading

Port Townsend Library Director Theresa Percy addesses the City Council on the ongoing renovations at the Carnegie Library. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
Monday will be Robert Birman's first day of work in Port Townsend.

New Centrum director hired, was Louisville Orchestra CEO

PORT TOWNSEND — Centrum, a nonprofit arts organization located in Fort Worden State Park, has a new executive director. Robert Birman, the former chief executive… Continue reading

Monday will be Robert Birman's first day of work in Port Townsend.

Port Townsend merchants file bad-check complaints

PORT TOWNSEND — Five merchants have filed complaints saying they suspect they received fraudulent checks from a Port Townsend man charged with stealing mail from… Continue reading

Washington State University's Jefferson County Extension Director Laura Lewis hangs a school banner at Cupola House in Port Townsend. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

WSU extension moving into Cupola House

PORT TOWNSEND — After 19 years in Port Hadlock, the Washington State University Extension Office will relocate to Port Townsend and take up residence in… Continue reading

Washington State University's Jefferson County Extension Director Laura Lewis hangs a school banner at Cupola House in Port Townsend. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
Heather Dudley Nollette

CoLab venture to open doors in Port Townsend today

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend CoLab, which has its soft opening this morning, will be defined by its users, according to those who spent… Continue reading

Heather Dudley Nollette

Alleged mail thief goes to court as 10,000 pieces show some from Sequim

PORT TOWNSEND — A man allegedly found with about 1,000 pounds of stolen mail from several counties — including Jefferson and Clallam — in his… Continue reading

The bottle.

Port Townsend hairdresser’s invention to warm customers

PORT TOWNSEND — When Debi Hinton began her career as a barber, she wished that the water used to moisten hair before a cut was… Continue reading

The bottle.

WEEKEND: Port Townsend to catch disco fever in Rhody benefit

PORT TOWNSEND — The first fundraising event in this year’s Rhody Festival takes place Saturday with a benefit dance intended to stir up some nostalgia… Continue reading

Heather Dudley Nollette

Hastings project developers look beyond permitting

PORT TOWNSEND — The next step in the rehabilitation of a historical building and the construction of an adjacent hotel can be taken now that… Continue reading

Heather Dudley Nollette
U.S. Postal Inspector Matthew Rintoul

Police uncover ‘huge’ identity- and mail-theft operation

PORT TOWNSEND — A man police said operated an extensive identity- and mail-theft operation across the region was in custody Wednesday as authorities sorted through… Continue reading

U.S. Postal Inspector Matthew Rintoul