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The 2023 Clemente Program Graduates. Photo by Dana Weir. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] BY Nhatt Nichols After a year-long hiatus, the Jefferson Clemente Course has partnered with OWL360, an organization that supports youth and young adults, to once again provide accredited humanities classes to those facing economic hardship.
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A School Liaison Officer has already been working on a trial basis in the Port Townsend School District, including at Salish Coast Elementary. Photo by Nhatt Nichols. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] BY Nhatt Nichols After taking time to consider public opinion and the limited police resources, on Monday the
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John Pierce, copublisher of Empty Bowl Press, hosted a reading of their latest release at the Port Townsend Friends Meetinghouse last Saturday, September 14. Photo courtesy of Empty Bowl Press [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Derek Firenze Local small press Empty Bowl is overflowing with energy after two years
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Laurae Hughes in her barn during Farm Tour weekend. Photo by Nhatt Nichols. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Nhatt Nichols Though Farm Tour weekend was rainy and cold, the spirits were high at Beaver Valley’s Gray Fox Farm. When the farm was put on the market last month,
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Black Lives Matter of Jefferson County has held four public information sessions to discuss concerns with the Port Townsend Food Co-op. The latest was held on September 3, one day before the Co-op’s board of directors was set to meet. Photo by Derek Firenze [https://www.jeffcobeacon.
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OlyCAP signed a lease with the county for the Caswell-Brown Village two years ago this August. Photo by Derek Firenze [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Derek Firenze Editor’s note: This article walks a fine line between news and an op-ed written by a Beacon staffer. We
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Illustration by Nhatt Nichols [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Will O’Donnell, Broadband and Communications Director at Jefferson County PUD For the last few years, I've been putting most of my energy into creating a publicly owned fiber optic network that will reach rural residents in Jefferson
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Rose Theatre owners Michael D'Alessandro and George Marie with their youngest son Emile, age 9. Photo by Derek Firenze [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Derek Firenze Like its namesake, the Rose Theatre requires attentive care to continue to blossom. Even when the theater first emerged from the
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This initial design of the Quilcene skate park was set to be closer to the street. While maintaining the same features, the park will be moved back further towards the forest and incorporate some of the trees into its new shape. Photo courtesy of Brady MacDonald [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/
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James Schultz, owner of Quimper Sound, holds a Paul Reed Smith custom 24 semi hollow guitar that just arrived at the shop made from woods he picked out in 2021. Beacon photo by Derek Firenze [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Derek Firenze There’s not usually such solid tunes
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The Uptown Theatre plans to reopen to show Deadpool & Wolverine at the end of July. Photo by Charlie Bermant By Charlie Bermant Port Townsend’s Uptown Theatre, once a local entertainment touchstone that has fallen upon hard times, is for sale. The theater, located on the corner of Lawrence
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Adventuress is maintained and used as a teaching vessel for youth education in the maritime environment and classic sailing techniques. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Kathie Meyer Day Two – Friday Harbor to Sucia Island We awake to singing as well. I feel rested enough, but it’s going to