Jeff Chew

Jefferson Land Trust digs its roots into county’s open space and habitat protection

PORT TOWNSEND - With ambitious 2005 goals that include bumping its membership from 400 to 500, Jefferson Land Trust is a conservation organization with a… Continue reading

Victorian Festival under way in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- Get Victorian this weekend during Jefferson County Historical Society's ninth annual Port Townsend Victorian Festival. The event that draws hordes of people… Continue reading

United Good Neighbors about $35,000 short of goal, but there’s still time

PORT TOWNSEND -- Volunteer representatives of Jefferson County United Good Neighbors, which has fallen $35,000 short of its 2004-2005 goal, are holding out hope generous… Continue reading

Jefferson Transit board leans toward Four Corners property for new transit center

PORT TOWNSEND -- Needing more information, Jefferson Transit board members on Tuesday delayed picking a new transit center site for two weeks. Following a 30-minute… Continue reading

Reconsider Port Townsend graving yard site, Jefferson commissioners to ask state

PORT TOWNSEND -- Still hopeful that multimillion-dollar Hood Canal Bridge work comes to Jefferson County, county commissioners and a Port of Port Townsend administrator want… Continue reading

Sergeant reunited with Jefferson County family members after year near Baghdad

PORT TOWNSEND -- Sgt. 1st Class Erik Nelson last week enjoyed some peaceful rest and relaxation with family in Port Ludlow and Port Townsend. That,… Continue reading

New Jefferson County Courthouse doors blend history with technology

PORT TOWNSEND -- A $140,000 doorway replacement project that duplicates the once-deteriorating 113-year-old front entryway atop the Jefferson County Courthouse steps is expected to open… Continue reading

Mats Mats residents irked by prospects of state graving yard in nearby quarry

PORT LUDLOW -- Rae Belkin shakes her head when she thinks of a proposed Hood Canal Bridge graving yard at the Port Ludlow Quarry at… Continue reading

South Jefferson County commissioner sees problems with Mats Mats selection for graving yard

PORT LUDLOW -- The Jefferson County commissioner whose district includes the Mats Mats quarry site under top consideration by the state expressed doubts Thursday about… Continue reading

Jefferson County site among top three for new graving yard; other two on Puget Sound

PORT TOWNSEND -- Port Ludlow Quarry at Mats Mats Bay is one of three sites named Wednesday as front-runners for a Hood Canal Bridge graving… Continue reading

Mats Mats residents likely to fight attempt to build graving yard in their neighborhood

PORT LUDLOW -- While the Port Ludlow Quarry at Mats Mats Bay scores in the top three "preferred" sites as a Hood Canal Bridge graving… Continue reading

Port Townsend Wooden Boat Foundation, Northwest Maritime Center to merge

PORT TOWNSEND -- Two prominent Port Townsend maritime education organizations have set sights on setting sail as one. The Wooden Boat Foundation and Northwest Maritime… Continue reading

New representatives ready to market Port Townsend tourism

PORT TOWNSEND -- A pair of newly hired consultants aims to build on much of the Port Townsend tourism promotion done in recent years, but… Continue reading

State officials in Port Townsend discuss proposed ferry fare increases, collection changes

PORT TOWNSEND -- Calling state ferries "our highway to the other side," longtime Port Townsend resident Sharon Durga intensely questioned state officials Wednesday night about… Continue reading

PUD commissioner appointed in Jefferson County

PORT HADLOCK -- M. Kelly Hays, a Marrowstone Island resident since 1992, has been appointed to fill the District 2 position on the Jefferson County… Continue reading

State considering tourism consortium’s request to close Hood Canal Bridge on weekdays

State transportation officials are reviewing a North Olympic Peninsula marketing group's request for midweek Hood Canal Bridge traffic closures this summer to stanch a multimillion-dollar… Continue reading

Port Townsend, Jefferson County keep eye on low snowpack

Low mountain snowpack now could put a drain on Jefferson County utilities this summer. In East Jefferson County, that means the threat of higher power… Continue reading

Emergency breakwater work proceeds in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- Moving quickly to beat stormy weather, work is set next week to repair about 300 feet of the severely wave-damaged breakwater protecting… Continue reading

Peninsula tourism marketers think midweek closings of Hood Canal Bridge best

A group of North Olympic Peninsula tourism marketers recommends to state officials that midweek Hood Canal Bridge work closures are better this summer to avoid… Continue reading

Jefferson County’s portion of Olympic Discovery Trail laying groundwork for bigger things

PORT TOWNSEND --Olympic Discovery Trail supporters -- pedestrians, bicyclists and equestrians -- plan to connect Jefferson County with Clallam County's trail system within six years.… Continue reading