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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1914"] Photo-illustration by Eden Blooms [/caption] A monthly ethnobotany column by Eden Blooms. Growing up in Cascadia, I took for granted the abundant diversity of edible berries that grow around us. It wasn’t until I got older that I realized
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2000"] Data updated on Feb 11, 2025 at 3.30pm [/caption] News Commentary by Ross Pruden Port Townsend is famous for its annual Wooden Boat Festival, but some kids have complained that it can be hard to find anything to do
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News Commentary by Tom Hodson, courtesy of The Athens County Independent On the first day of Donald Trump’s second term as president, he signed an executive order to halt birthright citizenship, a national precedent that has been in place for over a century. Birthright citizenship grants U.S. citizenship
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1434"] Photo by Bear Belle. [/caption] News by Angela Downs Though there has been a 7% decrease in American farms between 2017-2022, there has also been a steady increase in sustainable and community gardening in America. While the decrease in farms
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1182"] Image courtesy of connectivityproject.com [/caption] Citizen Screen is a monthly column dedicated to film and film-related topics, sourced and curated by Port Townsend Film Festival. This month’s column is by filmmaker Rose Madrone, the Producer/Director of the
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="3024"] Canvas rabbits for Karen Lené Rudd’s March installation, “Ever After”. Photo by Karen Lené Rudd. [/caption] Arts reporting by Carolyn Lewis Arriving at Karen Lené Rudd’s studio feels like entering a creative enclave nestled in the woods. After
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2051"] Photo by Nhatt Nichols [/caption] News by Nhatt Nichols Enough workers at The Food Co-op in Port Townsend have signed union authorization cards to trigger a federally sanctioned unionization vote. Co-op employees cited a critical disconnect from upper management, including
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="5712"] Photo of the proposed conservation burial grounds curtesy of Erik Kingfisher and the Jefferson Land Trust. [/caption] News by Angela Downs On Tuesday, Jan. 21, the Marrowstone Island Community Association (MICA) held an educational and informative meeting on the proposal
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A Grief Column by Angela Downs My paternal grandmother had early onset dementia at around fifty years of age, which went uncared for until her eighties. I was twenty-four when I moved in with my cousin and uncle in LA to try and help the family with their transition needs,
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Editorial content by Liz Revord Dear Beacon Readers, As a community, we have been unaware of the true extent of the housing crisis. We’ve consumed news clips and heard stories of workers forced to leave due to a lack of housing, yet we’ve remained in the dark about
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4032"] Photo: Boston Common: Bronze sculpture ‘The Embrace’ by Hank Willis Thomas and MASS Design Group, honouring the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, based on a photo after Dr King was awarded
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="5184"] Construction on the new Dollar Tree in Hadlock is set to be finished in February. Photo by Derek Firenze [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] News by Derek Firenze Flyers and zines proliferate around Jefferson County with a warning of “Dollar