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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4000"] Adventuress crew checks out Zodiac, its competition for CRISR 2024. [/caption] By Kathie Meyer When an invitation was extended to join Adventuress (soundexp.org) in the Captain Raynaud International Schooner Race (CRISR; pronounced “chris-er”) (crisr.org), June 21-23, it was
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2000"] State Senate candidate Marcia Kelbon, left, chats with Jefferson County District 1 candidate Heather Dudley-Nollette at a recent forum. [/caption] Election news and commentary by Charlie Bermant The Washington State Primary, where all races are narrowed down to the top
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="940"] Clockwise from upper left: Fred Obee, Heidi Haney, Neil Nelson, and Theo Howard [/caption] by Charlie Bermant Four people applied for the open Port Townsend City Council position seeking to complete the term of Aislinn Palmer, who resigned in May.
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Please note: This letter to the editor is in response to a letter from the editor that went out in our last newsletter. If you want to receive these letters, please subscribe to our weekly newsletter. It’s free! Dear Editor, I am the President of the Port Townsend Summer
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2000"] People file into Behavioral Health Court on Tuesday, June 25. Beacon photo by Derek Firenze [/caption] By Derek Firenze While “The Carrot and Stick” approach of motivation is credited to philosopher Jeremy Bentham who wrote it down over 200 years
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2000"] Imprint Bookstore goes up for sale on Tuesday, July 2nd. Photo by Nhatt Nichols [/caption] By Nhatt Nichols After five tumultuous years, Imprint Bookstore owners Samantha Ladwig and Thom Nienow have decided to sell the beloved bookstore and writing workshop
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2048"] Image courtesy of National Fair Housing Alliance [/caption] 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 Liz Revord from the Housing Solutions Network
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2432"] Bill Evans, photo by Jim Dusen [/caption] By Angela Downs When I was fifteen, I started in formal dance. When I was sixteen, my oldest brother accidentally killed himself. What took me through the dense forest of grief was improvisational
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2000"] The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department contacted the food bank association on Thursday, June 13 about malicious signs posted outside the Tri-Area Food Bank where the executive director Patricia Hennessy has an office. Photo courtesy of the Jefferson County Food