A Large Federal Infrastructure Bills Could Provide Funding Local and state governments have been unable to pay for the critically needed Port Hadlock-Irondale sewer project. Comment from Port Townsend Free Press Facebook post ------------------------ Dozens of citizens filled Port Townsend City Council A heterosexual male is authorized by the YMCA to enter the women's showers and dressing area atthe Mountain View pool while women and girls are naked. Fort Jackson commanding general says civilian court will first handle Our complaint to the Liquor and Cannabis Board is producing results. I live near Jefferson County Fairgrounds and walk through it frequently. Open mics, church services, street music. . No court judgments for racial profiling or wrongful arrest. While I immediately loved this place, our proximity to nature and the beach, I found myself having difficulty relating to people in my new home town. Voters again rejected a plan he backed that would have made gasoline, propane, Its a tight fit strapped in the passenger seat of a Ford Explorer Police Interceptor crammed with radios, radars, computers, keyboards, and both lethal and non-lethal long weapons. The Port Townsend Styrocyclers, which Read more Teenagers easily gained entrance to the derelict Carmel House and trashed it. Marine Trades Directory | Port of Port Townsend Both the FBI and the Director of National Intelligence have confirmed that Iran is attempting to interfere in the election to favor Biden's candidacy. Indeed, it imposes the very same tax on energy, but now On October 22, 2018, I wrote an editorial, "Sheriff Stanko, Please Stand Down," about why I believe Dave Stanko should not get another term as Jefferson County Sheriff. The nearest campground to Hurricane Ridge is Heart O' the Hills campground, 12 miles north of Hurricane Ridge, and 5 miles south of Port Angeles. 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My underlying concern was ensuring sufficient police if ever Antifa-like gangs threatened Jefferson County Commissioners raised a host of disturbing issues by paying $14,999 for 20 county employees to attend an Anti-Racist Literacy Workshop. Shirley was born in Port Townsend, Washington on Feb. 5, 1935. Retail sales for 2018: Poulsbo Is ejecting a man from a yoga class because of the color of his skin color a racist act? As reported previously, Haas dismissed the charges without ever first telling the victim. Port Townsend Farmers Market - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go For those slow to recognize sarcasm, this is sarcasm. The odd apparatus appeared to be , Chris Kauffman ofPort Townsend strings lights around a tree outside the offices of The Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader on Adams Street as part of a city-funded decoration effort. Editors Note: Long-time gardener and Discovery Bay resident Bonnie Broders contacted the Free Press in an effort to alert others in the county to a devastating worm infestation that she believes came from packaged organic potting soil purchased locally. Every Thursday at 4:30 p.m. the group assembles on Lincoln Street, Port Angeles, by the courthouse to protest Governor Inslee's "Stay at Home" order. It looks like a scene from Seattle. Electric cars run on the suffering of Black children living like slaves. At that meeting Katie Daviscourt, a reporter with Rebel News, confronted Mayor David Faber with his own words about having sex with dead chickens and a dog, and declaring that, "As I cannot sleep and I am feeling so fatigued and muddle-brained that I can barely think straight and even have trouble standing up straight. I had a brief and cordial correspondence recently with Port Townsend City Councilman David Faber about the way commissioners are elected in Jefferson County. , Representatives of the city of Port Townsend and Regimental Tree Care examine the landmark tree at Gateway Park after a part of the trees trunk broke off the morning of Wednesday, July , A sailboat received a little help from some fellow boaters after it ran aground during a low tide near the mouth of Boat Haven Marina Wednesday, May 26. Greg Brotherton has been found in How cool is this? Do Black Lives Matter When It Comes To Green Cars? Mere months before the Leader began censoring all perspectives that did not align with health department messaging, I wrote a concerned, fact-based letter to the editor challenging the mask campaign we Authors note: This article uses the term public discourse to describe a specific type of communication used to gain understanding about matters of shared public concern. [The South Speaks Back: Quick Retort from the Brinnon Group] One way to gauge desperation is through rhetoric. I dont know if we are the typical Port Townsend family of four. STATE 1B TOURNAMENT: Downtown barrage sends Neah Bay to se, Peninsula Daily News Peninsula Daily News - Your #1 News Source for the Olympic Peninsula, Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend and beyond. Front-page health coverage by The Port Townsend and Jefferson County Leader returns this week with news that, "The third fatality to coronavirus in the county late last week happened at Jefferson Healthcare - the first coronavirus death at the facility. The rules are not Jefferson County has a real problem with teens using marijuana. One and Done!" Port Townsend Sailing Association What other architectural wonders took less than 5 years to build? Media. In April of 2020, a professor of medicine at Stanford University led a study to determine what percentage of the population had actually been exposed to COVID 19. Volunteers needed for upcoming events Restoration planting season underway along Tarboo Creek Peninsula Daily News. The Rangers were , The two-game winning streak of the East Jefferson Rivals varsity girls basketball team came to a close last Monday as the squad was , The weekend was full of podiums for the East Jefferson Rivals boys and girls wrestling teams as three freshman grapplers became , The East Jefferson Rivals varsity girls basketball team is headed to the Nisqually League playoffs. Our first report is here: Part 1. Not its practice, but its products. Just look at the city and county elected officials in every office. At 9:06 a.m. Monday, Feb. 13 in Brinnon, a , The Brinnon School District has passed its audit with the Washington State Auditors Office with flying colors. A team from the Washington State Patrol crime lab process evidence collected Monday at the scene of a stabbing in Port Townsend. Questions unasked. We have a business here. Port Townsend Leader The Food Co-op insists it is not pressing charges against Rachelle Merle. But are we making things worse? Many differences and many similarities exist between these cities. Safeway pharmacists will provide vaccinations for , Peninsula College has announced that COVID vaccinations are not needed for students to attend in-person classes. SCRAPE!! The Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners is joining the effort to keep you from exercising your constitutional rights. Big snow flakes were reported near sea level in parts of the North Kitsap's boys basketball team will leave Yakima on Saturday with a trophy from the Class 2A state tournament. Brett Anglin of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said multiple neighbors called 911 about 11:30 a.m. Feb. 19 to report a fight between a man and a woman on a property on Pelican Place. The proceeds from the sale of their home go towards buying a new place to After three years and a budget of $3.2 million, the Cherry Street Project welcomed its first tenants. The young man was dead. I hadn't initially planned to go to City Hall at all that evening I had obligations at home and mixed feelings about both sides in this conflict but the issue was looming large in the community, and I wanted to witness the further unfolding of How to share an evening from hell. We are involved with Jefferson County 4H and the Girls Boat Project. Below are selected reports. Man . Brian Pruiett on COVID, Taxes, Sex Ed, 2A, MAT, Inslee and More, Black Life Mattered to Port Townsend Police, You Cant Believe Jay Inslee: His Big COVID Hospital Crisis Lie, 1,200 Miles Through Washingtons Phase 3 Counties, Jefferson Community Foundation Plays VictimAnd Bully, Multi-Million Dollar Fraud on Taxpayers: The Cherry Street Project Unmasked, Black Blood Fuels Port Townsends Green Cars: Systemic Racism Part 2, Everything You Need to Know About The Port Hadlock Sewer Project, Black Lives Dont Matter: Systemic Racism in the Jefferson County Public Health Department, Recognizing Commissioner Greg Brotherton [updated 7/16/22], Be The Change You Want To See In The Police. Stanley Cummings seriously injured in Port Townsend bicycle accident It's just not safe out there. Public Comment, 2-14-22 BOCC meeting ------------------------------------ What will it take to break the mass delusional psychosis perpetrated on the public? * Having trouble? Port Townsend Leader (@ptleader) / Twitter the Carmel House, the building at the center of the Cherry Street Project, sits empty and blighted above PT's golf course. The services will be conducted throughout March at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 E. Lopez Ave. In the spirit of offering Letters to the Editor as a traditional platform for lively, wide-ranging conversations in the public square, we invite you to write about whatever is on your mind. I walked the hillside where the glamping project was supposed to have 19 luxury tents completed by June. POULSBO, Wash. The Hood Canal Bridge in north Kitsap County has reopened after an hours-long closure caused by a semitruck crash. Important Data Update We recently updated many US towns and cities (19000 locations) population numbers to include the latest . No COVID Spike From Anti-Lock Down Protests, Port Townsend Acts to Help Businesses Hammered by Lock DownFinally, Phase 3 Reopening For Jeffco Already Delayed, Commssioners Must Avoid More Foot Dragging, Kate Dean & Co. to Retail and Restaurants: Drop Dead., Yes, Dr. Locke Could Be Wrong, Very Wrong, Life in Port Townsend for a family with a non-essential business, Open All Jefferson County Retail Now, While There Is Something To Reopen, Port Townsends Selfish, Cruel Old People, PUNT! BREAKING - The Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader - Facebook Community news briefs March 1, 2023. I think this all started with a viral outbreak from China. . Cisco Morris might even recommend , You may have predicted I would be crowing about the Kansas City Chiefs victory in the Super Bowl on Sunday and you would not be , Our California vacation locale is not Anza Borrego Desert State Park, but further north, in the Bay Area, where we lived for 25 years. Ronald Hayes injured in bicycle accident in Port Townsend , Saturdays & Sundays 12-5pm. These "phases" refer to A local businessman has left Jefferson County after false accusations of racism incited by the Jefferson Community Foundation. Based on unsubstantiated assertions about the lawsuits basis, and guesses from an uninvolved third party, the Peninsula Daily News discounted A common feature at the weekly Monday morning Board of County Commissioner (BOCC) meetings in these Covid times is a number of public comments aimed at the disconnect between public health policies dictated by local authorities and the data coming from "In the very rare occasions where myocarditis occurs as a result of the vaccine, it is most commonly mild and generally resolves without treatment. Jefferson County Public Health "The blood test for heart injury with the vaccine myocarditis elevations is ten to a 451 children. Policies have been changed so that Jefferson County's on-line public forum complies with Constitutional protections of freedom of expression. . Gallery, Varsity Girls Basketball: East Jefferson vs. Seattle Christian | Photo Gallery, Sir Isaac takes first in Shipwrights Regatta, Rivals wrestlers take on states best at Mat Classic XXXIV, Shipwrights Regatta back in Port Townsend Bay this weekend, Three Rivals wrestlers headed to state tournament, Rivals boys eliminated in playoffs to Vashon Island, Quilcene wraps up boys basketball season with loss, Rainier escapes with win in varsity basketball in Quilcene, EJ hoopers swooped by Life Christian Eagles, EJ wrestlers win big in Sub-Regionals, advance to Regionals, Rivals beat Vashon Island in basketball showdown on road, East Jefferson Rivals routed by Life Christian, Eagles escape with 69-61 hoops win, A most unfortunate trunk show in Port Townsend, Pacific Sunrise falls to a different set of jaws, Powered by Creative Circle Media Solutions.