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Despite her humble name, Seaweed manages to boast an impressive history. Before her exploits at Alcatraz, she dates back to 1932, and from the deck up she’s made of teak salvaged from the bridge of the US battleship, Missouri, BB-11. Photo by Derek Firenze. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption]
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Aislinn Palmer (left) and her city council colleague Amy Howard shown at Palmer’s garage giveaway last weekend. Beacon photo by Charlie Bermant [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] Election news and commentary by Charlie Bermant The Port Townsend City Council is moving ahead with the process to replace Position 2
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Lou Geraghty lives just outside Port Townsend where he’s recovering post surgery. Beacon photo by Derek Firenze. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] by Derek Firenze “Being of service” and “self-care” are concepts so commonplace that the power they bely can be forgotten. Not so, though, for a group of
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Election news and commentary by Charlie Bermant The retirement announcement by six-term Democratic Congressman Derek Kilmer last November triggered a scramble to represent Washington State’s 6th Congressional District, which has a population of 773,605 (32,977 in Jefferson County) and includes the entirety of Jefferson, Clallam, Kitsap, Mason,
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Maggie G. traveled five days via Amtrak to reach the United States Supreme Court where she made sure her voice was heard and got this shirt. Beacon photo by Derek Firenze [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] by Derek Firenze The Jefferson County Emergency Shelter located at the American Legion Hall
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Port Townsend architect Richard Berg collaborated with Seattle architecture firm Olson Kundig to create plans for the Camas Meditation Hall. The hall will have two levels totalling over 7K square feet. While the outside presents as looking like concrete, it is actually wood. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] by Kathie
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Each month, The Beacon invites a different housing organization to contribute a column on housing solutions in Jefferson County. This month, the column is by Eric Jones from the Housing Solutions Network My daughter and I walk over to Salish Coast Elementary early today – we are normally among the “run
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Zhaleh Almaee, program director for The Nest at right, demonstrates how eyes might fit into the head of a giant cat puppet being built by local youth, while Rose Martin from The Benji Project, left, and Jefferson County Fairgrounds art building superintendent Sam Wall show off the ears. Beacon photo
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Aislinn Palmer’s recent LinkedIn profile picture. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] Election news and commentary by Charlie Bermant Port Townsend City Council member Aislinn Palmer announced her resignation at Monday night’s business meeting, It will take effect on May 31. And she’s doing it for love. “I