Charlie Bermant

Brinnon VFW post commander John Dowd and other marchers hold banners commemorating fallen soldiers. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Loyalty Day parade ‘small-town America at its best’

BRINNON ­­­— The annual Loyalty Day parade doesn't draw a large quantity of people, but the quality is first-rate, organizers brag. “The saying is that… Continue reading

Brinnon VFW post commander John Dowd and other marchers hold banners commemorating fallen soldiers. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Port Townsend-Seattle foot ferry plans still afloat

PORT TOWNSEND — Preparations for a passenger ferry to Seattle — at $50 per round trip — are focused on completing necessary paperwork and an… Continue reading

Jefferson County Superior Court Judge Craddock Verser

‘I’m feeling great’: Judge Verser will seek re-election

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Superior Court Judge Craddock D. Verser, who was absent from the bench for several months while undergoing cancer treatment, has… Continue reading

Jefferson County Superior Court Judge Craddock Verser
Amber Garner

Port Townsend High School students illustrate dangers of smoking

PORT TOWNSEND — Talking to the fourth grade was a whole lot easier, said three Port Townsend High School students who addressed an eighth- grade… Continue reading

Amber Garner
A replica of the animated character Tow Mater from the Disney/Pixar animated film “Cars” will be on display at the 12th annual Jefferson County Expo on Saturday and Sunday.

WEEKEND: Not just big trucks: Jefferson Expo adds activities for family

PORT TOWNSEND — A favorable weather forecast and some new activities will make this year's Jefferson County Expo a family event worth remembering, organizers hope.… Continue reading

A replica of the animated character Tow Mater from the Disney/Pixar animated film “Cars” will be on display at the 12th annual Jefferson County Expo on Saturday and Sunday.

66-year-old Fred Hill Materials files for bankruptcy

POULSBO — Fred Hill Materials, which has been delivering concrete to residential, commercial and military customers throughout a five-county area on the North Olympic and… Continue reading

Eleanor Stopps

Eleanor Stopps, Protection Island defender, dies at 92

By Charlie Bermant Peninsula Daily News GIG HARBOR — Eleanor Stopps, whose efforts led to the preservation of Protection Island as a wildlife habitat, died… Continue reading

Eleanor Stopps
Bill Tennent

Newly renamed Port Townsend museum to celebrate this weekend

EDITOR'S NOTE: Times and places of the weekend's events have been added to this story. ____ PORT TOWNSEND — The newly christened Jefferson County Museum… Continue reading

Bill Tennent

Second Port Townsend air monitoring station approved — if funding developed

PORT TOWNSEND — The Olympic Region Clean Air Agency has approved the idea of installing a new air-quality monitoring station at Grant Street Elementary School… Continue reading

Jude Rubin

Petition for plastic-bag ban gaining signatures

PORT TOWNSEND — A petition to mobilize support for a Port Townsend ban of plastic shopping bags now has the active support of more than… Continue reading

Jude Rubin

Port Townsend police postpone cost-of-living adjustment

PORT TOWNSEND — Police officers agreed to postpone a cost-of-living raise in a two-year labor contract. The city of Port Townsend and the Port Townsend… Continue reading

Jefferson County resolution censures ‘corporate personhood’

PORT TOWNSEND — The three Jefferson County commissioners Monday passed a resolution opposing “corporate personhood” and stating that the U.S. Constitution should protect the rights… Continue reading

Port Ludlow Associates President Diana Smedland presents the plans for a new condo development at a meeting on Wednesday. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Real estate slowdown hits planned condo project in Port Ludlow

PORT LUDLOW — The sluggish real estate market has caused an ambitious plan to build 80 condominiums to proceed at a digestible rate — one… Continue reading

Port Ludlow Associates President Diana Smedland presents the plans for a new condo development at a meeting on Wednesday. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
Northwest Maritime Center Communication Director Janeen Armstrong takes inventory of the plaques that were removed for safekeeping from an adjacent dock. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Police seek information about stolen maritime plaques

PORT TOWNSEND — Police are seeking information about the disappearance of 32 bronze plaques from the pier next to the Northwest Maritime Center. The plaques… Continue reading

Northwest Maritime Center Communication Director Janeen Armstrong takes inventory of the plaques that were removed for safekeeping from an adjacent dock. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

EARTH DAY JEFFERSON: All about ecology and making a commitment to the environment

PORT TOWNSEND — As many as 200 people gathered at the Port Townsend Community Center on Saturday to celebrate the world’s 42nd annual Earth Day… Continue reading

Chimacum third-graders Madison Boyd

Rotary Club makes sure Jefferson County third-graders have dictionaries

CHIMACUM — Port Townsend Sunrise Rotary Club members brought about 70 dictionaries to Chimacum Elementary School on Thursday — and now they have nearly completed… Continue reading

Chimacum third-graders Madison Boyd
lan Keith

Quimper Mercantile raises enough money to open store

PORT TOWNSEND — The Quimper Mercantile Co. has reached its first funding goal and has begun cleaning up the building that is destined to become… Continue reading

lan Keith
Yoga instructor Kelly McNees

Alternative, traditional medical care offerings at new Port Townsend business

PORT TOWNSEND — A new facility that seeks to provide one-stop shopping for alternative medical care has opened in Port Townsend. “We are the only… Continue reading

Yoga instructor Kelly McNees
Grant Street Principal Steve Finch (shown) announced that he will not be back next year. Tom Kent has also resigned effective by the end of the school year as principal of Blue Heron Middle School. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Port Townsend schools losing two principals

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend School District will be driven by a team with several new members for the 2012-2013 school year, with a… Continue reading

Grant Street Principal Steve Finch (shown) announced that he will not be back next year. Tom Kent has also resigned effective by the end of the school year as principal of Blue Heron Middle School. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
Eleanor Stopps

Wildlife advocate terminal, moved to care facility

GIG HARBOR — Eleanor Stopps, whose efforts turned Protection Island into a national wildlife refuge, has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer and is living… Continue reading

Eleanor Stopps