Charlie Bermant

One item offered at the Tides of March auction is the opportunity to have this 1905 Viennese carriage hearse

WEEKEND: Tides of March brings good to marine center

PORT TOWNSEND — Unique food and auction items will be featured at the eighth Tides of March auction on Saturday. The auction benefiting the Port… Continue reading

One item offered at the Tides of March auction is the opportunity to have this 1905 Viennese carriage hearse

Business plan needed before state considers support of Fort Worden takeover by Port Townsend agency

PORT TOWNSEND — The Lifelong Learning Center Public Development Authority must agree to develop a business plan by November before the state Parks and Recreation… Continue reading

Eileen Wright of Port Townsend takes an early swim in the Port Townsend Municipal Pool this week. The pool will be closed for a total of six months in 2012 for maintenance and major repairs.  -- Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Port Townsend public pool to be closed for big hunk of year

PORT TOWNSEND — The municipal pool is expected to be closed for a total of six months this year for maintenance and repairs, with closures… Continue reading

Eileen Wright of Port Townsend takes an early swim in the Port Townsend Municipal Pool this week. The pool will be closed for a total of six months in 2012 for maintenance and major repairs.  -- Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Port Townsend water rates increased; sewer fee hikes not planned until 2015

PORT TOWNSEND — Residential utility customers in Port Townsend will be assessed a 3 percent rate increase for water each year for the next five… Continue reading

Port Townsend council backs idea that corporations aren’t people

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend City Council has voted unanimously to support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would strike down the idea… Continue reading

Special meeting on Fort Worden’s future planned March 15

PORT TOWNSEND — Questions raised during meeting last month about the potential role of the Lifelong Learning Center Public Development Authority in the management of… Continue reading

SUV hits empty school bus from the rear

PORT TOWNSEND — A collision involving an empty school bus on Upper Sims Way forced traffic to be diverted for about a half-hour Monday morning.… Continue reading

End to summer rush-hour closures? New rule would limit Hood Canal Bridge openings

SHINE — Public comment will be taken until April 16 on a proposed rule forbidding summer rush-hour Hood Canal Bridge drawbridge openings for nonmilitary vessels.… Continue reading

Finalists for Port Townsend schools chief in town this week

PORT TOWNSEND — The selection of a new superintendent for the Port Townsend school system kicks into high gear this week with a marathon interview… Continue reading

Krista Hathaway

One will be crowned Rhododendron Festival queen Saturday night

PORT TOWNSEND — The two candidates for Rhododendron Festival queen say they plan to gain experience and education outside of Jefferson County and eventually return… Continue reading

Krista Hathaway
Krista Hathaway

One will be crowned Rhododendron Festival queen Saturday night

PORT TOWNSEND — The two candidates for Rhododendron Festival queen say they plan to gain experience and education outside of Jefferson County and eventually return… Continue reading

Krista Hathaway
Port Townsend Library Director Theresa Percy

Port Townsend Library finishes Pink House renovation; take a tour today

PORT TOWNSEND — The first phase of renovation scheduled for the Port Townsend Library, the Library Learning Center at the Charles Pink House, is now… Continue reading

Port Townsend Library Director Theresa Percy
Blue Heron Middle School Principal Tom Kent addresses the Port Townsend School Board about the school’s anti-bullying program.  -- Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Blue Heron begins ‘Unite,’ an anti-bullying program

PORT TOWNSEND — Bullying isn’t a big problem at Blue Heron Middle School now, and school officials want to keep it that way. “Is bullying… Continue reading

Blue Heron Middle School Principal Tom Kent addresses the Port Townsend School Board about the school’s anti-bullying program.  -- Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Appeal filed in Quilcene recall attempt

QUILCENE — Supporters of a movement to recall two Quilcene Fire Department commissioners are hoping an appeal to the state Supreme Court will give them… Continue reading

Port Townsend City Council to start office hours soon

PORT TOWNSEND — City Council members are starting regular office hours Thursday. Members of the public can speak directly to a Port Townsend City Council… Continue reading

Port Townsend’s temporary change of Adams Street to two-way goes the wrong way

PORT TOWNSEND — An effort to ease traffic glitches brought about by construction on Taylor Street by changing the traffic flow on Adams Street was… Continue reading

Hi, there! My name is Sekiu — and lots of you named me!

PORT TOWNSEND — After Monday's announcement of the new name for a sea otter pup at the Seattle Aquarium, Nancy Cherry Eifert of Port Townsend… Continue reading

Quilcene groups ask county commissioners for rule change for wastewater study

QUILCENE — Advocates of building a wastewater management system in Quilcene have asked the Jefferson County commissioners to exempt them from a regulation that requires… Continue reading

Jefferson airport becomes state’s first fully solar-powered airstrip

PORT TOWNSEND — A solar energy array now working at Jefferson County International Airport makes the small airfield the only airport in the state with… Continue reading

Team sports expected to come back to Blue Heron Middle School

PORT TOWNSEND — After a one-year absence, competitive team sports are expected to resume at Blue Heron Middle School during the 2012-2013 school year. “With… Continue reading