Charlie Bermant

Updated: Electrical power restored to downtown Port Townsend; 1,200 affected

PORT TOWNSEND — More than 1,200 downtown Port Townsend customers had no electrical power for about an hour and a half Wednesday after two transformers… Continue reading

Port Townsend-Coupeville route’s second ferry virtually assured

PORT TOWNSEND — Both the House and Senate transportation budget proposals submitted this week place the MV Salish on the Port Townsend-Coupeville route. “We did… Continue reading

Jefferson Healthcare CEO tells chamber of hospital future

PORT TOWNSEND­—The increased business orientation in health care should not prompt hospitals to forget their original charter, according to a presentation in front of the… Continue reading

Recollections of Jefferson’s past sought in videotaping sessions

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Historical Society is videotaping longtime local residents about their past in an attempt to preserve their stories while people… Continue reading

Update: Jefferson Transit general manager abruptly resigns

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Transit General Manager Peggy Hanson will leave her position on March 29 after less than a year on the job. Hanson’s… Continue reading

Port Townsend recreation center, saved by tax vote, will reopen midsummer

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Recreation Center is expected to be reopened in midsummer at the earliest. Voters approved a 0.3-cent sales tax increase… Continue reading

Class tries on historic roles before taking trip into cradle of history

PORT TOWNSEND — A group of Swan School students assumed the roles of the framers of the U.S. Constitution last week, debating the issues that… Continue reading

Port Townsend’s future radio station gets its tower; open house Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — The erection of a 190-foot-tall broadcast tower near the end of Jacob Miller Road on Thursday brought the establishment of a community… Continue reading

Film festival poster unveiled: It has real vision — and those aren’t Bette Davis eyes

PORT TOWNSEND — The poster that will promote the 12th Port Townsend Film Festival contains a vintage movie image intended to get people to make… Continue reading

Inaugural boat symposium this weekend in Port Townsend (Corrected)

PORT TOWNSEND — The sponsors of the inaugural Spring Boating Symposium, which takes place this weekend, are hoping the event will provide a bookend for… Continue reading

Jefferson County hears good news about timber revenue

PORT TOWNSEND — An increased demand for the lumber market is expected to bring Jefferson County extra revenue, but the timing and the amount are… Continue reading

Students from Japanese sister city due to arrive in Port Townsend on Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — What was intended as a welcoming ceremony for a group of exchange students from Japan has turned into a way to show… Continue reading

Issue of fish farm pens splits Jefferson commissioners, state Ecology

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County’s revision of its Shoreline Management Plan is good to go, aside from regulations governing fish-farming net pens. Those remain a… Continue reading

Bobbing buoy often confused with boater in distress

PORT TOWNSEND — A call last week reporting a capsized sailboat turned out to be a false alarm because the caller mistook a buoy for… Continue reading

Port Townsend tells Van De Wege of education concerns

PORT TOWNSEND — In what he described as the largest town hall meeting of his legislative career, Rep. Kevin Van De Wege heard several strongly… Continue reading

Port Townsend Film Institute receives anonymous $20,000 vow

PORT TOWNSEND — On the night of this year’s Oscars, the Port Townsend Film Institute received a considerable boost from an anonymous donor who pledged… Continue reading

Jefferson County Wellness and Safety Fair highlights health care

PORT TOWNSEND — A considerable depth and breadth of health care options are available on the North Olympic Peninsula — and many people are unaware… Continue reading

Scary moment: Three-vehicle crash on U.S. 101 includes school bus

GARDINER — A three-vehicle collision involving a school bus, a semitruck and a passenger car Wednesday morning on U.S. Highway 101 resulted in one minor… Continue reading

Port Townsend schools’ financial straits leading to cost-cutting moves

PORT TOWNSEND — Immediate cost-cutting measures are necessary to prevent the Port Townsend School District from depleting its reserves to a dangerous level, the district’s… Continue reading

Peninsula man discovers new species of seabird

PORT HADLOCK — That science and media have explored nearly every corner of the world makes Peter Harrison's discovery of a new species of seabird… Continue reading