
Local News for 12/01/23



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Co-hosts Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City manager John Mauro had a wide-ranging and relaxed discussion on a variety of topics including the new roundabout, Discovery Road, the new test patch paving on Lawrence, and the upcoming contract for the Port Townsend Golf Park. Apparently it is going to include frisbee golf!


Please join KPTZ in welcoming the contemporary blues band Kid Anderson’s Greaseland All-Stars to the Palindrome in Port Townsend on Friday, December 8 at 7:30pm. The Greaseland All-Stars consists of some of the most in demand stars on the blues, soul, and funk scenes. There is Norwegian born guitar phenom Christoffer “Kid” Anderson, singer and harmonica player, Alabama Mike, guitarist and vocalist, D.K. Harrol and singer Lisa Anderson. Together, these four musicians perform incredibly. This is a night you do not want to miss!


Part Two of a special tour of Port of Port Townsend’s Boatyard with students and faculty of the Williams College/Mystic Connecticut Seaport Coastal & Ocean Studies Program. This episode is all about “the Catch” – fishing and life on the water. Hosts Chris Bricker and Port Commissioner Pam Petranek visit Brian Dafforn, skipper and owner of the Polaris, one of the twenty remaining historic vessels of the Longliner Fleet; Captain Ozzie Anderson, owner of the fishing tender Sunnyvale: and Rick Ottman, captain and owner of schooner Cape Cleare, along with crew member Kaila Janders.

(Airdate: November 28, 2023) Maryanne interviews Tim Caldwell of the Friends of Port Townsend Golf Park. The issue of what to do with the acres of land under the Port Townsend Golf Course has rippled through the community for months. There are passionate supporters for a number of different scenarios. Some want nothing but a traditional golf course; others want multiple parks and mini-golf; and still others want housing on the land. There are other ideas floating around as well. The citizens’ group of “friends” is working towards a compromise that will hopefully include elements of most of the proposed ideas. Tim ran the PT Chamber of Commerce for years and knows most of the players well. He thinks this non-profit group can steer a course which will offer a blend of the best suggestions.