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2009
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. Guardian Angels for Soldiers Pets Ever think about what happens to a soldiers pet if he or she is called to active duty in a foreign country? I just read in a small local publication called the Port Ludlow Voice, about a program to foster pets of soldiers who are being deployed, or have an em...
09/30/2009
Yesterday I was saddened to learn of the closing of a small local publication that seemed to me just started a short time ago. I remember when the owners started up the paper, a business journal, that covered the Olym...
09/27/2009
The 10th anniversary of the Port Townsend Film Festival is starting today, September 24 and will run through Sunday. The person most responsible for the success of our festival, director Peter Simpson passed away this year, and he will be sorely missed by the community, festival staff, and vol...
09/24/2009
Cielo Mare Lots of excitement and a sense of community pride was evident last Saturday at the Port Townsend Boat Haven. The occasion was the launching of the beautiful custom built 127 foot yacht, the Cielo Mare. It was wheeled out of the huge 50 ft. tall Townsend Bay Marine's shop as intereste...
09/23/2009
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This area has very interesting shipping lanes and waterways. This photo was taken going from Port Townsend area to Kitsap Peninsula across the Hood Canal Bridge. Sub is most likely on it's way to the Keyport Naval Base. Traffic is held up with each passing for about 30 to 40 min. but does not ...
09/21/2009
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My listing at 1234 Franklin Street in Port Townsend, Washington was built by one of Port Townsend's most interesting characters named Captain Henry Tibbals. Capatain Tibbals was instrumental in the building of the Union Wharf, The Pioneer Hotel, built in 1858, and the Palace Hotel which is stil...
09/16/2009
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Port Townsend's annual Victorian Home Tour is coming up this weekend on September 19th and 20th. Port Townsend is one of 4 Victorian Seaports on the National Register, and has a wonderful collection of well preserved or re-habed homes, mostly from the late 1800's. These lovely homes can be ...
09/15/2009
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Watch a video of storm surge downtown Port Townsend in February of 2007My son shot this amateur footage the morning after a night of 70 mile per hour winds! The storm destroyed a restaurant ironically named "The Surf" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjld4ulvyx4
09/15/2009
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Return to my website: http://www.porttownsendrealestatesearch.net/ Wooden boats may seem like a thing of the past, but here in the Pacific Northwest they are a passion for many, and thousands of people around the world. In this Victorian seaport village with so many shipwrights and marine ...
09/09/2009