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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] City of Port Townsend seeks citizens willing to illuminate them on budget priorities. Photo by Jen Geo, Unsplash [/caption] News by Scott France The department and staff of the City of Port Townsend are finalizing the draft of their 2026
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4624"] This encampment, which houses between 40-50 people, may be removed in early November. Photo by Scott France [/caption] News by Scott France The fate of approximately 40 to 50 people living at the tent encampment next to the DSHS facility
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Photo by Shridhar Vashistha, Unsplash [/caption] News by Scott France The City of Port Townsend issued a voluntary water conservation notice last Thursday for households, businesses and industrial water use. The City’s primary water source, the Big Quilcene River,
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Photo from the Beacon archives [/caption] News by Angela Downs In the August 11, 2025, Council Finance and Budget Committee Meeting, details of efficiency and overall improvements were covered through Audit updates and reviewing changes to policy and code. Jenny
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1000"] Photo courtesy of https://ptpubliclibrary.org/library/page/history-library [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] News by Angela Downs Over a year of negotiations came to completion on Monday, July 21, when a resolution for the collective bargaining agreement with City