Charlie Bermant

JEFFERSON ELECTION — Port Townsend school levy passes in landslide vote

PORT TOWNSEND — Voters have overwhelmingly approved a replacement maintenance and operations levy for the Port Townsend School District that supporters said is necessary to… Continue reading

Port Townsend Film Festival Executive Director Janette Force views the recently installed giant screen

Additions turn Port Townsend Film Festival office into screening room

PORT TOWNSEND — The addition of a giant television monitor and a powerful surround sound system has given the Port Townsend Film Festival’s office the… Continue reading

Port Townsend Film Festival Executive Director Janette Force views the recently installed giant screen
Jefferson County Administrator Philip Morley

Jefferson County commissioners extend pot moratorium, but window allows existing applicants to move forward with businesses

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners has extended a moratorium on recreational marijuana-related operations in a way that allows current applicants to… Continue reading

Jefferson County Administrator Philip Morley
Blue Heron Middle School cook Denise Larson

Port Townsend School District slimming down its menus to offer healthier choices

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend School District reconfigured its school lunch menus this month to offer fewer but healthier choices while providing the same… Continue reading

Blue Heron Middle School cook Denise Larson
Port Townsend Film Festival Executive Director Janette Force views the recently installed giant screen

Additions turn Port Townsend Film Festival office into screening room

PORT TOWNSEND — The addition of a giant television monitor and a powerful surround sound system has given the Port Townsend Film Festival’s office the… Continue reading

Port Townsend Film Festival Executive Director Janette Force views the recently installed giant screen
Blue Heron Middle School cook Denise Larson

Port Townsend School District slimming down its menus to offer healthier choices

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend School District reconfigured its school lunch menus this month to offer fewer but healthier choices while providing the same… Continue reading

Blue Heron Middle School cook Denise Larson
Jefferson County Planning Commission members Cynthia Koan

Jefferson County commissioners to look again at marijuana businesses moratorium at Monday meeting

PORT TOWNSEND — After declining to act Monday on a proposed four-month extension of a moratorium on marijuana businesses in unincorporated areas, the Jefferson County… Continue reading

Jefferson County Planning Commission members Cynthia Koan
Port of Port Townsend commissioners are considering whether to restrict access to Boat Haven’s bathrooms. — Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News ()

Port of Port Townsend mulls adding security to public showers at Boat Haven

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port of Port Townsend is facing a dilemma about the public bathrooms at the Boat Haven in Port Townsend. Officials are… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend commissioners are considering whether to restrict access to Boat Haven’s bathrooms. — Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News ()
Primo Construction Superintendent Korey Smith

Work begins on Memorial Field grandstand in Port Townsend; county hopes to be ready for Rhododendron Festival in May

PORT TOWNSEND — Work has begun on the Memorial Field grandstand with hopes that the $365,839 project will be finished in time for the 80th… Continue reading

Primo Construction Superintendent Korey Smith
Robert Kinney of Sound Concrete Solutions of Port Townsend works on the replacement of a new Water Street sidewalk

Water Street sidewalk project nearly finished in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — A $30,000 project to bury utility cables on a single downtown block is nearly complete and soon should no longer cause inconvenience… Continue reading

Robert Kinney of Sound Concrete Solutions of Port Townsend works on the replacement of a new Water Street sidewalk
Adventuress crew member Chris Fanchier

$300,000 grant helps keep Port Townsend Maritime Discovery Initiative sailing on

PORT TOWNSEND — A major grant supporting Port Townsend School District’s Maritime Discovery Initiative has ensured the program’s continuation, according to the district superintendent. “We… Continue reading

Adventuress crew member Chris Fanchier

Jefferson commissioners take no action on pot moratorium, making Feb. 11 expiration a possibility

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County commissioners took passive action Monday on a moratorium on recreational marijuana businesses by not voting on the measure’s extension,… Continue reading

Andy Cochrane of Power Trip Energy

Businesses can get a charge out of car charging stations, entrepreneur says [Corrected]

PORT TOWNSEND — Businesses on the North Olympic Peninsula can promote themselves and increase tourism by installing free charging stations for electric cars, a Port… Continue reading

Andy Cochrane of Power Trip Energy
YMCA CEO Kyle Cronk

Plans for new Jefferson YMCA building project coming into focus after meetings

PORT TOWNSEND — The plans to build a new Jefferson County YMCA facility adjacent to the Mountain View Commons is taking shape after two meetings… Continue reading

YMCA CEO Kyle Cronk
Andy Cochrane of Power Trip Energy

Businesses can get a charge out of car charging stations, entrepreneur says

PORT TOWNSEND — Businesses on the North Olympic Peninsula can promote themselves and increase tourism by installing free charging stations for electric cars, a Port… Continue reading

Andy Cochrane of Power Trip Energy
Scott Walker

WEEKEND: Civic project Saturday to fill in trail’s missing link in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — A work party to build one of the missing links in Port Townsend's public trail system takes place Saturday. “This is not… Continue reading

Scott Walker
Port Townsend High School students Colin Coker

Mountain View Commons’ nonprofits juggle space as bond measure results awaited in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — As City Hall awaits the results of the Feb. 10 election on a bond issue to support renovating and repairing Mountain View… Continue reading

Port Townsend High School students Colin Coker
Scott Walker

WEEKEND: Civic project Saturday to fill in trail’s missing link in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — A work party to build one of the missing links in Port Townsend's public trail system takes place Saturday. “This is not… Continue reading

Scott Walker
City Manager David Timmons ()

Port Townsend city manager gets new contract, says he’ll retire in 2018

PORT TOWNSEND — The City Council has approved an employment contract for City Manager David Timmons that is expected to be in effect until his… Continue reading

City Manager David Timmons ()
East Jefferson Fire-Rescue Chief Gordon Pomeroy connects a server in the department’s new location

East Jefferson Fire-Rescue gains administrative breathing room with relocation

PORT TOWNSEND — East Jefferson Fire-Rescue has moved its administrative headquarters — without the use of a moving van. The agency, which has occupied the… Continue reading

East Jefferson Fire-Rescue Chief Gordon Pomeroy connects a server in the department’s new location