In late February, I received an email from a Port Townsend friend about her 85-year-old aunts rapid decline following her first shot of Pfizer's experimental mRNA vaccine. 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. No comments on this item Peninsula Daily News Peninsula Daily News - Your #1 News Source for the Olympic Peninsula, Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend and beyond. The Port Townsend City Council heard my policing concerns in this Public Comment at their September 6 meeting: In past public comments, I regularly asked about police staffing. Port Townsend Washington is a beautiful town in the Olympic Peninsula with an abundance of Victorian era architecture, making it a picturesque town and perfect for enjoying outdoor activities such as camping, hiking, and water sports. The clouds were spitting rain and the wind cut like a knife. At 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 17, a case of malicious mischief was reported in the 700 block , Please log in to comment by clicking here, Lecture: "Gray whales in Washington state: three groups, three stories, from death to promise", Seattle singer/songwriter performs in Chimacum, City of Port Townsend approves $50k software upgrade, Port Townsend Police Log | Downtown window smashed, Powered by Creative Circle Media Solutions. Only one is not a Democrat. This election will not heal wounds or build bridges. That sums up the Port Townsend City Council's weekly meeting on No deaths, no new cases, ICU's not overrun, hospital beds open. If you had an active account on our previous website, then you have an account here. . Apocalyptic fear mongering about climate change has no basis in science. Jammi had been living in a Chrysler minivan at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Calculations are based on the geo co-ordinates of Latitude: 48.0354, Longitude:-122.814 and use the Haversine formula.. Population data is sourced from a variety of national and international databases. There are legends among us in our area. I had a brief and cordial correspondence recently with Port Townsend City Councilman David Faber about the way commissioners are elected in Jefferson County. Incredibly Expensive Affordable Housing Project Follows Cherry Street Debacle, Two More Deaths from Heart Failure Following Pfizer Vax, Local Challenge to Proof-of-Vaccine Mandate Supported by Federal Rulings, Christmas for Children Program Reaching More Kids Than Ever, New Majority on City Council Should Kill the Cherry Street Project, County Commissioners To Make Housing Even More Unaffordable, New Laws Sweep Away Barriers to Churches Helping the Homeless, Health Enforcers Catch Misinformation Fever. 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. We will be running their responses this week. The Port Townsend City Council has unanimously , received a total of 161 calls between Friday, Feb. 17, and Thursday, Feb. 23. Even the buyer's agent is part of the problem, for they are incentivized to seek a higher sale price though that goes against One segment of the housing market can and should bear higher taxes to generate funding for affordable housing. Below are selected reports. CANDIDATE FORUM LONG ON GRIPES, SHORT ON ANSWERS, DEMOCRAT HOUSE INCUMBENTS CRUSHING REPUBLICAN CHALLENGERS IN FUNDRAISING. was born to Cecil Joseph ("Scotty") and Pearl Leona Atkinson on June 7, 1929, in Butte, MT, and passed away in Port Townsend, WA . The charge was trespassing, but it was really about a woman's refusal to wear a mask while shopping in the Port Townsend Food Co-op. The following is an mail shared with us anonymously that has been sent from the co-chairs of the Fort Worden Public Development Authority to the Mayor of Port Townsend. Questions unasked. This information is absolutely and unequivocally false. Pressured to take the experimental injection for employment, within days of the shot her body aches and As the Covid crisis has unfolded in Jefferson County over the last two years, a slick, relentless, well-orchestrated fear narrative has created the greatest divide many of us have ever seen in our diverse, once-tolerant community. To showcase how sights and scenes can fluctuate form and feeling, the , The city of Port Townsend is switching to the cloud as it looks to beef up the financial software systems integral to running the municipality. 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. I look forward to featuring some of them in this monthly article and telling parts of their stories. We received this press release from Windward School, one of the excellent enrichment programs run privately in Jefferson County for children and families wanting more than our public schools offer. . I am back at my desk. Fort Worden's $2 million glamping project is a soggy mess. 100% recommend!" more Takeout 2. At 12:55 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, a construction. The Great Reopening! "We get a lot of people . Illegal immigration hurts Black Americans. Open year-round, Heart O' the Hills has 105 campsites in the old-growth forest. Live music downtown is back! The KPTZ program called "The Reckoning," was supposed to be a moderated conversation between Jefferson County Sheriff Joe Nole and a Native American woman, an organizer of Black Lives Matter of Jefferson County and an Hispanic man, with Port Townsend's Mayor jumping Former Port Townsend Free Press contributor Scott Hogenson has an article in the August 2, 2020 edition of the Wall Street Journal. 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. By Brian Gawley Olympic Peninsula News Group March 1, 2023 1:30 am . Forget facts. Hes something of an anomaly in American politicsbecausehes one of the most honest politicians on the scene, not just today but going back decades. The Wild Fish Conservancy, a Washington-based nonprofit, has been pushing litigation forward that could cancel operations of , There are few structures as important to Olympic Peninsula residents as the Hood Canal Bridge. 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. We receive ashes for penance for our sins, but also so we can rememb, Peninsula Daily News Peninsula Daily News - Your #1 News Source for the Olympic Peninsula, Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend and beyond. Washington (WA) Port Townsend ; Port Townsend Restaurants; Search. California had mandated this policy so Washington couldnt be "By the time weekly boosters are mandated, symptoms will be reduced to a mildly ticklish nose & a vague feeling of being conned. comment below a YouTube video Ive just recovered from the Omicron variant of Covid. Marijuana use by teens, medical experts agree, damages brain development and can A little campaign news. (2-14-22 BOCC meeting) FACT CHECK: Last February, Jefferson doesnt have the level of population immunity that others do, because it did such a good job controlling the virus before. Dr. Allison Berry _______________________________ Public Health Officer Dr. Allison Berry has presided over a pandemic response Summer is over. Many beautiful Victorian buildings were built in participation of a boom from a railroad that never arrived. Fort Jackson's Brig. That organization is OlyCap. We live in a society with plenty of opportunity. And that's how it's going with Jay Inslee. It happened at Danks Warehouse, a pot shop in Edmondsvideo shows at least two crooks smashing into a business. Last month they approved the purchase of 14.4 acres next to the first traffic circle at the entrance "Mom! "That's what Jesus does for us. I dont know if we are the typical Port Townsend family of four. For we are, as the Psalmist said, like grass: were here today, gone tomorrow. That in turn allows development to occur where Violence ended the career of Port Townsend Police Officer Mark DuMond. The first six months of Ravyn's journey opened with happiness and hope then crashed hard into the reality of being a teen mother. In my eight years in this town, I have personally known one young man who hanged himself, and I'm friends with people whose relatives have taken their lives in what should have Twenty-five percent of Jefferson County high schoolers made a plan to kill themselves in the last year. It wasnt that I felt anyone gave off a negative Initiative 1639 is not the only threat to your Second Amendment rights on the November 6 ballot. A spokesperson with the Department of Natural. A public records request by Port Townsend Free Press has obtained the application for the special use Outside money bankrolled Lorna Smith. Calling police to arrest one of its co-owners for trespassing has put the The Food Co-op on trial. All are white. That is our considered position on local beer and were sticking to it. But, this doesn't get the Co-op out of the dock. Port Townsend Free Press has obtained emails between Cameron Jones, who has identified himself You're not going to die. On Friday, July 24th the citizens and businesses of Seattle were told by their police chief Carmen Best that because of Seattle City Council decisions, they would be without law enforcement protection if a peaceful protest/riot occurred in their neighborhood. Community news briefs March 1, 2023. One of the great injustices of Governor Inslee's lock down order is that he has bludgeoned We are triaging the young and healthy for the sake of the elderly and already sick. Desperate addicts began breaking into local pharmacies, stealing whatever inventories of medicinal narcotics they could get their hands on, and once again the papers were full of lurid, drug-related crime stories. Population, from the 2018 U.S. Census: Poulsbo 10,927 people. The owners are now offering a $5,000 reward that leads to the arrest of the suspects involved. I was never locked down. Of his $103,000 campaign war chest for reelection to the House $2,329,961 to remodel and finish 8 modest, low rent apartments in an old building. Edmonds Police say the incident happened just before 3 a.m. Thursday. We started this modest effort at citizen journalism a little over two years ago. Governor Jay Inslee can still be a climate champion on a global scale. Huge breaking news! 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