Arts and Entertainment
Running the gauntlet: Day three
Day three BELLINGCAT: TRUTH IN A POST-TRUTH WORLD As a newspaper reporter, the most harrowing moments of the documentary …
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Running the gauntlet: Marathoning the PT Film Fest, day one
The Port Townsend Film Festival lasts three days, and presents 15 blocks of films, five per day. Because I covered a news story on …
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PT’s Martha Krabill to fly home for two concerts
Sgt. First Class Martha Krabill, a singer, dancer and daughter of Anne and Dave Krabill of Port Townsend, is on her way back to the …
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New for Film Festival: Parade of Dogs
Friends of Port Townsend's Film Festival have created a new sculpture and parade to launch the annual gathering of cinema …
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Local news
PT Film Fest rings in 20th anniversary

Twenty years in, the Port Townsend Film Festival gained a new locale to celebrate its anniversary toast Sept. 19, as filmmakers, film fans and patrons of the festival sipped from glasses and grazed on hors d’oeuvres during the late afternoon at the Port Townsend Vineyard’s wine plaza in the city’s downtown.

County enacts 2nd moratorium on shooting ranges
After about three hours of closed-door sessions, the Jefferson County Commission declared a moratorium on commercial shooting range development while it revises related ordinances a state appeals board has invalidated.
PTHS joins global climate strike
Locked out of a Sept. 20 student demonstration demanding a faster response to climate change, like-minded adults nonetheless stayed near and soon those outside the fence at Port Townsend High School and those inside were chanting in unison.
Protesters picket anti-abortion event
Trainees at an anti-abortion workshop got a quick lesson in political confrontation Sept. 20, when pro-abortion rights protesters showed up to demonstrate against the “Life Conference 2019” seminars.
Hiker rescued after fall on Lake Constance trail
Jefferson Search and Rescue, a team of all volunteers, rescued a man who fell nearly 30 feet down the difficult Lake Constance trail on Sept. 21, suffering multiple broken bones.
On the calendar
Community Calendar for Sept. 25, 2019

Wednesday, Sept. 25 Ranger and the Re-Arrangers. 5-8 p.m., Port Townsend Brewing, 330 10th St. Thursday, Sept. 26 Jack Dwyer. 6-8:30 p.m., Ajax Cafe, 21 S Water St, Port Hadlock. Taproom Trivia. 6:30 p.m., Discovery Bay Brewing, 948 N Park Ave.

Community Calendar for Sept. 18, 2019

Wednesday, Sept. 18 Farmstrong. 5 p.m., Port Townsend Brewing, 330 10th St. Samara Jade Going Away Concert. 7 p.m., The Keg and I, 1291 Chimacum Rd, Chimacum. Thursday, Sept. 19 Jack Dwyer. 6-8:30 p.m., Ajax Cafe, 21 S Water St, Port Hadlock. Taproom Trivia. 6:30 p.m., Discovery Bay Brewing, 948 N Park Ave. Jonathan Doyle’s Too Hot For Socks. 7 p.m., The Keg and I.

Obituaries
On Friday October 4th from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., there will be a celebration of Darrell’s life at the Beach Club. A resident of Port Ludlow for 27 yrs, he was involved in golf, bridge, boating, …
Leianna “Annie” Mullen, died on September 14th 2019, at Harrison Hospital. A Celebration of Life to be announced at a later date.
Born in Denver, Colorado, October 21, 1956. Pam lived and attended schools at Vandenberg AFB, California, Knob Noster, Missouri, Kensington, Maryland, and Fort Dodge, Iowa. She attended high …
Richard Leroy Breeden (Dickie Brown) age 75, of Forks Washington passed away in his home on September 9, 2019. Richard was born in Spokane Washington on April 23, 1944. He attended Quilcene High …
Anita Louise Stuen Potthoff, beloved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, great-grandmother, and aunt, and Port Townsend resident for almost 70 years, died August 24, 2019 in Anacortes at the age of …
Columnists

Margaret Atwood, fearsome goalie?

—New Testaments: OK, Margaret Atwood’s best-selling new book, “The Testaments,” probably won’t be President Bobby Bonespurs’ favorite book. Oops, forgot. He …

All hail the party season in Port Ludlow

The 2019-2020 season of the Port Ludlow Performing Arts is upon us. Due to a variety of circumstances there are many new people on the board bringing the same high quality programs to town at a …
Opinion

Some good news

There’s so much good news in town right now and it’s brought to us by volunteers and the city. A group of women are giving their time at the library to bring the grounds up to …

It’s getting old

You would think that residents could express their concerns about the increased traffic that more and bigger festivals bring to Port Townsend without being scolded by your cartoonist not once, but in …