This Week
Emergency Management: Preparedness on a Budget – Thu, Mar 19th
This presentation will share important information you can use to prepare for an emergency and ways to gather supplies for you and your family on a budget.
The monthly talks are a collaborative effort between many groups that support Jefferson County’s emergency preparedness and response. Learn more at the Jefferson County Department of Emergency Management website.
Register for this event here.
Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm | Location: Jefferson County Public Library, 620 Cedar Street, Port Hadlock
Learn about Jefferson County recycling program changes – Thu, Mar 19th
For those living in unincorporated Jefferson County, learn more about the changes coming to the recycling program. Beginning April 1st, the un-staffed recycling drop boxes will be removed. Want to know more? Visit the website or attend a presentation:
Port Townsend: Thursday, March 19; 6:30-7:30PM; Community Center; 620 Tyler Street
Quilcene: Tuesday, March 24; 6:30-7:30; Community Center front room; 294952 US-101
Chimacum: Thursday, April 2; 6:30-7:30; Tri-Area Community Center; dining room; 10 West Valley Road
Plant & Tree Sale by Friends of the Trees Botanicals – Sat, Mar 21st *New*
Come and browse a wide selection of fruit trees, berry bushes, ornamentals, and medicinal herbs (a specialty) offered by Friends of the Trees Botanicals.
There will be a large selection for drop-in customers.
For more information, contact Ashley at 360-215-0189.
Time: 11am – 4pm | Location: Finnriver Farm and Cidery, Chimacum
Port Townsend Community Dance – Sat, Mar 21st *New*
The Port Townsend Community Dance is inspired by traditional kitchen and barn dances and features a mixture of traditional sets, always danced to live music along with a dance caller. All experience levels are welcome; all dances are taught!
Admission is $10 per person/$20 per family; however, no one will be turned away at the door. Please bring your own personal water bottle and consider arriving on foot or by bicycle if possible. Come alone, with a friend, with a partner, with the family – or with the whole village!
Time: 7:15 -10pm | Location: Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona Ave, Port Townsend
Tides of March 2026: Make Waves! – Sat, Mar 21st
A benefit for the Port Townsend Marine Science Center. Dive into an evening of delicious dinner, drinks, curious minds, marine science play, and a joyful paddle raise. Come Make Waves! In support of the Salish Sea.
The night unfolds with drinks, appetizers, marine science activities, and conversation, followed by dinner by GBF Catering. An inspiring program and paddle raise will cap the evening—proof that when we come together, we can truly make waves. Get tickes now!
Time: 5pm | Location: The Commons at Fort Worden
Basics of Brooder Management: Natembea NW Class Series – Sat, Mar 21st
This will be the second class in the Natembea NW Class Series. With the guidance of Theresa Kim from Mollayo Farm, you’ll explore a live brooder setup housing approximately 300 chicks and see best practices in action—from heat management to ventilation, lighting, and bedding.
Register and learn more.
Time: 10 – 11:30am | Location: “Natembea NW”, 3057 7th St., Port Townsend
Brinnon Repair Event – Sat, Mar 21st
Join JeffCo Repair for this free community gathering in which people with repair skills share their time and talents to fix their neighbors’ belongings. Bring your toaster that no longer toasts, sweater with a hole in the elbow, and excitement to get these belongings repaired while also learning how they did it and ways you could do it yourself next time!
Learn more about this and other upcoming Repair Events at the JeffCo Repair website.
Time: 11am – 2pm | Location: Brinnon Community Center, 306144 US-101, Brinnon
Music + Nature – Sun, Mar 22nd
Join Jefferson Land Trust for a special event celebrating spring. Nature offers musicians an endless score while music becomes a conversation with our living world. Enjoy Devin Champlin and the Diamond Club Band as they explore themes inspired by nature’s power at this family friendly concert at the Quilcene Lantern, one of the Land Trust’s protected properties. Adults $12/$20 at the door. Children 17 and under are free. Click here to purchase your tickets.
Time: 2pm | Location: Quilcene Lantern, 7360 Center Rd, Quilcene
Calling Local Photographers!
Local 20/20 Weekly Announcements invites local photographers to submit images that capture the character of our community and its natural setting. For the opening photo of each weekly email (which is also posted to our website), we seek local color, horizontal (“landscape”) orientation, and jpeg format. Please no children, pets, or recognizable faces. Kindly email your photos, including your name in the jpeg filename. If you’re sending multiple images, please send one per email. We are an all-volunteer non-profit, so compensation for your talent and generosity is a photo credit and our profound thanks.
Photo: The Beautiful Ms. Baker by Lisa Miller
For the full set of announcements, including Upcoming Events, Recurring Events, Community Notices, Community Resources, and Resilience Readings, see here.
