Brazilian music in our “little village”

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We are republishing this article from last year as we begin the 2023 Centrum Choro workshop. Some years back a Brazilian musical friend stated "we...

Tickling Keyboards at Type Townsend

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At some point, long before the pandemic, manual typewriters seemed to join rotary telephones, hand-cranked car windows and kerosene lanterns on the scrap heap...

Pleasant Harbor opponents ask for investigation into sales activities

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Since 2006 a Master Planned Residential Resort (MPR) has been in the planning stage by the Canadian Stateman Group, on what is known as...

Meltdown at the Park:  How the Arts Clashed with History at Fort Worden

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Ross Anderson is a founding member of Rainshadow. This story originally ran in Post Alley and the Port Townsend Leader. Ross has allowed...

So Long, Pygmy Kayaks

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More than three decades ago, when guys like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were building technology companies that would change the world, another Ivy...

Treading Water: PT’s Nonprofits and the Virus

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By Ross Anderson When the state closed down for the pandemic, the staff of the Port Townsend Marine Science Center did what most of us...

Hometown Underwear: Quimper Merc Ain’t Hip, But It’s Ours

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As Port Townsend began to re-open this month, folks rushed out to the barbers, the bars and restaurants.  But maybe not to Quimper Mercantile. ...

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So Long, Pygmy Kayaks

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More than three decades ago, when guys like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were building technology companies that would change the world, another Ivy...

George Vancouver and the Puget Sound Map

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On a foggy spring morning in May, 1792, 231 years ago this week, a sea-weary group of British sailors made their way out of...

Fort Núñez Gaona

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In 1792, Spanish colonists, led by Lt. Sálvador Fidalgo, constructed Fort Núñez Gaona on the shore of Neah Bay. Named after Admiral Manuel Núñez...

The Delightful Harbor Seal

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One of the delights of my Port Townsend life is watching harbor seals. Looking out at the sea while walking along a beach, I...

Insects on the Peninsula

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Butterflies, Moths and Caterpillars We are fortunate to live on the Olympic Peninsula for so many reasons. One that doesn’t get enough attention is that...