Jefferson County

Peninsula groups receive arts funds

Statewide program awards $10 million

Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There will be… Continue reading

Wooden Boat Festival returns this weekend

Four-day event to kick off Thursday in Port Townsend

Jesse Adams, front, of Port Townsend, and son Evan of Allyn paint eyes on a section of the fence surrounding Port Townsend’s Memorial Field as their contribution to the Outsiders Street Art Project Port Townsend during Jefferson County’s first community public art project. Adams’ project, titled “Eye Strain,” had to be submitted for approval before work could begin. Each artist had an 8-foot section of fence to work on. The fence will be taken down, most likely next spring, to be replaced with a new one. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Street art project

Jesse Adams, front, of Port Townsend, and son Evan of Allyn paint eyes on a section of the fence surrounding Port Townsend’s Memorial Field as… Continue reading

Jesse Adams, front, of Port Townsend, and son Evan of Allyn paint eyes on a section of the fence surrounding Port Townsend’s Memorial Field as their contribution to the Outsiders Street Art Project Port Townsend during Jefferson County’s first community public art project. Adams’ project, titled “Eye Strain,” had to be submitted for approval before work could begin. Each artist had an 8-foot section of fence to work on. The fence will be taken down, most likely next spring, to be replaced with a new one. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Port Townsend’s Kevin Mason, center, and the PT All Stars perform the last Concerts on the Dock set for the season on Thursday at Pope Marine Park in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Concerts on the dock

Port Townsend’s Kevin Mason, center, and the PT All Stars perform the last Concerts on the Dock set for the season on Thursday at Pope… Continue reading

Port Townsend’s Kevin Mason, center, and the PT All Stars perform the last Concerts on the Dock set for the season on Thursday at Pope Marine Park in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

A GROWING CONCERN: Four essential elements to great gardening plans

AS WE BEGIN the month of September on Monday,we are but a few weeks from autumn and then the winter season. These are the seasons… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Meetings at noon on Wednesdays at the student-run Wildcat Cafe at Lincoln School, 905 W. Ninth St., Port Angeles. This… Continue reading

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Commissioners to hear potential parcel fee charge

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Becky Forrester participated in a project during which people living in Port Townsend and experiencing homelessness were given cameras to photograph their lives. After finding housing at Caswell-Brown Village, she started a community garden. (Becky Forrester)

Jefferson history exhibitions to open next week

Artist’s 30-year work highlights shows

Becky Forrester participated in a project during which people living in Port Townsend and experiencing homelessness were given cameras to photograph their lives. After finding housing at Caswell-Brown Village, she started a community garden. (Becky Forrester)

Jefferson Transit updates Port Townsend routes

Jefferson Transit Authority has announced several changes to its services effective Sept. 29. They include adding a midday trip on route 1… Continue reading

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POINT OF VIEW: Recompete grant projects unfold across region

WHAT DOES IT take to strengthen the economy of a region and transform the livelihoods of those who live there? With the help of a… Continue reading

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Port Ludlow, Mats Mats Bay closed to shellfishing

Port Ludlow and Mats Mats Bay beaches have been closed for recreational shellfish harvesting due to high paralytic shellfish poison levels in… Continue reading

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Breathe in the grace that surrounds us

DID YOU SMELL that? No, I don’t mean whatever your “that” might be. I’m writing about the aroma of summer rain that blessed us a… Continue reading

Library program encourages reading for children

‘1,000 books’ gets students ready for school, official says

Music on the Strait to host performances

Music performances, an art fair and a reopening ceremony for a Fort Worden bar and kitchen highlight weekend events on the North Olympic Peninsula. •… Continue reading

Speaker set at Unity in Port Townsend for weekend service

PORT TOWNSEND —David Goldsmith will present “The Tao of Pooh” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Goldsmith will be the guest speaker at Unity in Port Townsend,… Continue reading

Policy would protect access

Jefferson modeling state laws at courthouse

Earth will play its record “Hex; Or Printing In The Infernal Method” in its entirety on Sunday. (Jamie Parkhurst)

Earth to headline two-day Live Life Loud

Fest to feature music characteristic of Northwest

Earth will play its record “Hex; Or Printing In The Infernal Method” in its entirety on Sunday. (Jamie Parkhurst)

PAT NEAL: The joys of summer fishing

IT’S SUMMERTIME AND the fishing is easy. The fishing might not be any better than in the winter, but it never snows in summer and… Continue reading