Charlie Bermant

Port Townsend Librarian Cris Wilson adjusts the display promoting this year’s Community Read with Atina Diffley’s Turn Here Sweet Corn. — Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Port Townsend Community Read book selection combines farming, activism

PORT TOWNSEND — The topic of the book selection for this year’s Community Read, Turn Here Sweet Corn, resonates through the entire region. For the… Continue reading

Port Townsend Librarian Cris Wilson adjusts the display promoting this year’s Community Read with Atina Diffley’s Turn Here Sweet Corn. — Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Fort Worden group application is finalist for national grant of six figures

PORT TOWNSEND — A joint grant application by Centrum and the Fort Worden Public Development Authority could help to provide a roadmap for the operation… Continue reading

Blue Heron School librarian Cheryl Brady

Port Townsend school librarian: Kids still love to read regardless of medium

PORT TOWNSEND — Even with all the distractions, kids still love to read, the Blue Heron Middle School librarian says. “These days it is hard… Continue reading

Blue Heron School librarian Cheryl Brady
Pinbar owner Paul Rice

Port Townsend Main Street starts quarterly pub crawl to amp up Monday nights

PORT TOWNSEND — The Main Street Program has started a new initiative designed to promote Port Townsend bars and restaurants by holding a quarterly pub… Continue reading

Pinbar owner Paul Rice
Port Townsend Film Festival Executive Director Janette Force displays the tickets for Sunday's Oscar celebration at the Northwest Maritime Center

WEEKEND: Break out the bubbly, root for Bruce at Port Townsend Oscars party Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — The whole room is likely to be rooting for Bruce Dern at the Port Townsend Film Festival's Oscar party Sunday. Dern, 77,… Continue reading

Port Townsend Film Festival Executive Director Janette Force displays the tickets for Sunday's Oscar celebration at the Northwest Maritime Center

North Beach wastewater pipe fixed in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — A broken pipe at North Beach that was leaking treated sewage into the Strait of Juan de Fuca has been repaired. “There… Continue reading

Wooden Boat Festival co-director Carrie Andrews inspects a print of this year's festival poster artwork with its artist

Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival off to an early planning start, new poster

PORT TOWNSEND — This year's version of the Wooden Boat Festival, a Port Townsend tradition for 38 years, should run a little more smoothly than… Continue reading

Wooden Boat Festival co-director Carrie Andrews inspects a print of this year's festival poster artwork with its artist

State Supreme Court upholds permit for Port Townsend biomass expansion

PORT TOWNSEND — The state Supreme Court denied an appeal by environmental group PT AirWatchers and other groups Thursday, upholding a lower court’s ruling that… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend agrees to settlement before environmental group files suit over stormwater management

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port of Port Townsend has settled with an environmental group that threatened to file a lawsuit if certain environmental standards for… Continue reading

State Supreme Court upholds permit for Port Townsend biomass expansion

PORT TOWNSEND — The state Supreme Court denied an appeal by environmental group PT AirWatchers and other groups Thursday, upholding a lower court’s ruling that… Continue reading

Port Townsend Film Festival Executive Director Janette Force displays the tickets for Sunday's Oscar celebration at the Northwest Maritime Center

WEEKEND: Break out the bubbly, root for Bruce at Port Townsend Oscars party Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — The whole room is likely to be rooting for Bruce Dern at the Port Townsend Film Festival's Oscar party Sunday. Dern, 77,… Continue reading

Port Townsend Film Festival Executive Director Janette Force displays the tickets for Sunday's Oscar celebration at the Northwest Maritime Center
Vintage Hardware owner Ken Kelly holds an induction bulb. Kelly will give a presentation about different lighting technologies at the Home and Garden Expo on Saturday. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Exhibits, seminars to be offered Saturday in Port Townsend on bettering home

PORT TOWNSEND — A home can be said to be a family's most important asset. An exposition from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday is… Continue reading

Vintage Hardware owner Ken Kelly holds an induction bulb. Kelly will give a presentation about different lighting technologies at the Home and Garden Expo on Saturday. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Port of Port Townsend agrees to settlement before environmental group files suit over stormwater management

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port of Port Townsend has settled with an environmental group that threatened to file a lawsuit if certain environmental standards for… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend agrees to settlement before environmental group files suit over stormwater management

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port of Port Townsend has settled with an environmental group that threatened to file a lawsuit if certain environmental standards for… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend agrees to settlement before environmental group files suit over stormwater management

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port of Port Townsend has settled with an environmental group that threatened to file a lawsuit if certain environmental standards for… Continue reading

State Supreme Court upholds permit for Port Townsend biomass expansion

PORT TOWNSEND — The state Supreme Court denied an appeal by environmental group PT AirWatchers and other groups Thursday, upholding a lower court’s ruling that… Continue reading

State Supreme Court upholds permit for Port Townsend biomass expansion

PORT TOWNSEND — The state Supreme Court denied an appeal by environmental group PT AirWatchers and other groups Thursday, upholding a lower court’s ruling that… Continue reading

State Supreme Court upholds permit for Port Townsend biomass expansion

PORT TOWNSEND — The state Supreme Court denied an appeal by environmental group PT AirWatchers and other groups Thursday, upholding a lower court’s ruling that… Continue reading

Rose Theatre in Port Townsend to screen some films with subtitles in coming weeks

PORT TOWNSEND — The Rose Theatre will begin presenting films with captions sometime within the next two weeks so the hard of hearing can stay… Continue reading

Nathanael O’Hara

Accountant, father appointed to Port Townsend School Board and will be sworn in March 10

PORT TOWNSEND — An accountant with three small children will be the newest member of the Port Townsend School Board. Nathanael O’Hara, 36, will be… Continue reading

Nathanael O’Hara