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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4032"] Samuel Hughes works in the barn at the Quilcene Lantern, the venue for this weekend's Tarboo music festival. Photo by Angela Downs [/caption] News by Angela Downs It’s music festival season, and the opportunities abound. Coming right
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News by Angela Downs When collective power magnifies each individual’s strength, we see the beauty of gathering together. Isabel, Lucy, Frankie and Marisa are four friends and collaborators with a shared vision of community wellness through an interest in safety that is mutual and inclusive. With the help of
Housing
[caption id align="alignnone" width="2490"] Photo Courtesy of Liz Revord [/caption] News by Angela Downs Liz Revord has been the Network Director for Housing Solutions Network (HSN) for the past three years, and will be stepping down effective June 30th. “When I first started at
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="3708"] Roughly two thousand protesters lined Sims Way on Saturday for the No Kings protest. Photo Angela Downs [/caption] News by Angela Downs On Saturday, June 14, Jefferson County residents lined Sims Way and gathered at the Kah Tai Lagoon, joining
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Caswell-Brown planning to expand to include eight small shelters with the capacity to house an additional 39 people. Photo by Scott France [/caption] News by Angela Downs The Bayside Overnight Emergency Shelter at the American Legion has been funded by
Editorial
[caption id align="alignnone" width="2048"] Illustration by Nhatt Nichols [/caption] A column on grief by Angela Downs It is a natural law that embryos, infants, and young are a vital source of nutrition and prosperity for our earth, like the many fish and turtle eggs,
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1760"] Port Townsend’s watershed. Photo courtesy of the City of Port Townsend. [/caption] News by Angela Downs The water out of a tap in Port Townsend travels 30 miles through the Olympic Gravity Water system (OGWS), from the Big Quilcene
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="3024"] Ulva Algea, a nuisance species, is being tested on local farms as fertilizer. Photo courtesy of the Puget Sound Restoration Fund [/caption] News by Angela Downs “Long kelp fronds waving through clear green waters evoke a strong sense of home
Environment
[caption id align="alignnone" width="716"] Image of Last Crocker forest courtesy of The Legacy Forest Defense Coalition website [/caption] News by Angela Downs The “Last Crocker Timber Sale”, Legacy Forest Defense Coalition of Washington vs. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) came before the court
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1515"] Volunteers strip bark from cedar logs that will become part of the Longhouse For the People. Photo by Angela Downs. [/caption] News by Angela Downs Recognition of the need to heal settler history and reinforce Indigenous sovereignty has only recently
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1732"] Irondale celebrated May Day with a parade, including this hamster wheel float. Photo By Angela Downs. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] News commentary by Angela Downs Close to Beltaine, a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of summer, May Day celebrations
Food
[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Farmers who own farms within city limits are concerned about the city’s comprehensive plan. Photo by Nhatt Nichols. [/caption] News by Angela Downs In many ways, Port Townsend is ahead of the curve when it comes to climate resilience.