Charlie Bermant

Public can view improvements to winter shelter in Port Townsend today

PORT TOWNSEND — Guests at the Jefferson County Winter Shelter have benefited from several improvements this season, and today, Saturday, the public will get a… Continue reading

Historical yacht towed to save haven after dragging anchor, running aground

PORT HADLOCK — A historical vessel built in 1909 was towed to the Port Townsend Boat Haven on Thursday morning after running aground in Port… Continue reading

Historic Port Townsend grocery closing for a month for repairs

PORT TOWNSEND — Aldrich’s Market, an anchor business in Port Townsend’s uptown neighborhood, will close for about a month in order to replace flooring that… Continue reading

Quimper Mercantile announces milestone in raising money to open store

PORT TOWNSEND — Quimper Mercantile Co. has raised more than half the money it needs to open a new general merchandise store in downtown Port… Continue reading

Taylor-made archway proclaims Port Townsend stores open during sidewalk, street work

PORT TOWNSEND — Downtown stores are open despite sidewalk construction. That’s the message of an archway that was installed over the corner of Taylor and… Continue reading

Pollution concerns in Port Townsend trigger request for second air monitor

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Board of Health will ask the Olympic Regional Clean Air Agency and the Port Townsend Paper Corp. mill to… Continue reading

Tharinger discusses park pass, education at Quilcene meeting

QUILCENE — The implementing of the Discover Pass as a requirement for the use of state parks was executed poorly in its first iteration, and… Continue reading

Is Port Townsend takeover of Fort Worden park too speedy?

PORT TOWNSEND — The more than 200 people who attended a meeting last week to learn about the possibility of the Lifelong Learning Center Public… Continue reading

New Fort Worden State Park manager steps into job — but could lose it if Port Townsend agency takes park over

PORT TOWNSEND — Allison Alderman sat down in her office as manager of Fort Worden State Park on Friday with a degree of uncertainty. Discussions… Continue reading

Button complaint filed with state PDC

PORT TOWNSEND — A Jefferson County resident has filed a complaint with the state Public Disclosure Commission alleging that a Port Townsend School Board member’s… Continue reading

A grand slam: All Peninsula school levies approved, and officials are elated

PORT TOWNSEND ­— Officials in five Jefferson County public school districts were relieved and grateful after voters overwhelmingly approved their property tax levies. Each of… Continue reading

Fort Worden ideas sought Thursday

PORT TOWNSEND — A public meeting planned Thursday to discuss the future of Fort Worden State Park and the possibility of its takeover by the… Continue reading

Last of state’s newest ferries begins service between Port Townsend, Coupeville

PORT TOWNSEND—The MV Kennewick began service on the Port Townsend-Coupeville route Tuesday afternoon. The move completes Washington State Ferries’ process of adding three new vessels… Continue reading

Class teaches parents the value of kids learning from their mistakes

PORT TOWNSEND — A free, weekly drop-in course offers parents the tools to allow their children to learn from their own mistakes. “The course is… Continue reading

This after-school project involves synthetic DNA

CHIMACUM— The stereotypical after-school project find kids presenting a play or building a bench. But a pair of Chimacum High School students are pushing the… Continue reading

Port Townsend retail group holds first meeting, seeks investors

QUILCENE — The Quimper Mercantile Co. held its first public meeting Wednesday night, inviting people to hear a presentation about its new enterprise — a… Continue reading

Truck goes out of control, slices into roundabout

PORT TOWNSEND — A driver lost control of his vehicle Wednesday night at the Thomas Street roundabout, crashing through two signs and landing on a… Continue reading

School would teach wood skills for historical buildings in — where else? — Fort Worden

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend School of Woodworking is seeking to train people to restore historical buildings, starting with the old Army structures in… Continue reading

Unusual co-op space-sharing arrangement gains Team Jefferson ear

PORT TOWNSEND — A proposal to develop a cooperative working space where individual workers can share knowledge and resources is moving toward fruition and being… Continue reading

Maybe Port Townsend’s cool, but not enough flaunt it — city sixth in nationwide survey

PORT TOWNSEND— Many residents think they live in the coolest small town in the country, but Port Townsend placed a distant sixth in a national… Continue reading