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News by Angela Downs The first City Council meeting of the year was light and hopeful, with the inauguration of Rufina Garay as the new Poet Laureate, the swearing-in of new police officers and Kamal Sharif being promoted to Deputy Chief of Police. Fred Obee took an oath to serve
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2414"] Infographic from the five-year plan meeting [/caption] News by Scott France The mounting challenges of meeting the housing needs of those at or near the edge of homelessness have spurred a coalition of housing and homeless services providers, City and
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2268"] Scott Walker and Obsidian on one of the many trails of the system that Walker started almost 40 years ago. Photo by Scott France [/caption] News by Scott France The iconic Port Townsend city trails system was developed not through
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="3472"] An injuction filed by Michele Goodwin (pictured), an encampment resident, has temporarily halted the encampment closure. Photo by Scott France [/caption] News by Scott France The City of Port Townsend voted in a special City Council meeting tonight to change
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1786"] Photo by Manny Becerra, unsplash [/caption] By Beacon Staff We are, at the time of publishing, 27 days into the federal government shutdown. We’re mere days away from SNAP running out of money, and there are no guarantees that
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="7321"] Judy Dobkevich hands fresh strawberries to her husband, Michael Dobkevich, at the Port Townsend Farmers Market. The Dobkevichs use food access programs to help supply their pantry with fresh fruit and vegetables. Photo by Heather Johnson [/caption] Sowing Resilience: Rural
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1280"] Photo by Nhatt Nichols [/caption] News by Scott France The Washington Department of Ecology has fined the Port Townsend Paper Company (PTPC) $20,000 for two separate spills of untreated and potentially harmful wastewater into Port Townsend Bay earlier this
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4032"] Photo by Angela Downs [/caption] News by Angela Downs If you’ve been frustrated by the parking situation at Quimper Plaza, it turns out you’re not alone. Mark D. Hall, President and CEO of Hall Equity Group, who owns
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4032"] Photo by Nhatt Nichols [/caption] News by Nhatt Nichols Families suddenly separated, long-term green card holders held for an indeterminate amount of time in detention centers, sometimes hundreds of miles from their home. This is the heartbreaking reality of Trump’
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4032"] Since the automated parking system has been in place, several people have complained that they received a fine in spite of not staying over the allotted 30 minutes. Photo by Angela Downs [/caption] News by Angela Downs Society is in
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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
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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