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Results 1 - 12 of 12 in Marrowstone, WA

1. Jefferson halts new moorage permits in Mystery Bay

   Tuesday Nov 24 | Peninsula Daily News

   In an effort to keep Mystery Bay open to commercial shellfish harvests, Jefferson County commissioners approved a moratorium on new boat moorage permits in the Marrowstone Island waterway.

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   Related Topix: Boating, Outdoor Recreation

2. Mystery Bay diesel spill averted thanks to residents' quick response

   Tuesday Nov 3 | Peninsula Daily News

   Marrowstone Island residents Susie and Brad Clinefelter chat on the dock at Mystery Bay State Park on Monday morning after they responded to the sinking 1920s vessel Yankee Sundowner in Mystery Bay, background, pumping out water that had caused the vessel to list and nearly sink, threatening the shellfish-rich bay with a diesel fuel spill.

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   Related Topix: Jefferson County, WA, Nordland, WA, Port Townsend, WA

3. Artists open studios for tour this weekend

   Oct 9, 2009 | Peninsula Daily News

   ... and pottery to sculpting, furniture making and silk painting. The art studios are spread from Port Townsend to Marrowstone Island, Chimacum and Cape George. As part of the weekend event, QuimperArts will present live- model painting during tour ...

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   Related Topix: Port Townsend, WA, Arts, Painting, Chimacum, WA

4. 'Twilight' author buys home in W. Wash.

   Sep 18, 2009 | KVAL-TV Eugene

   World-famous Twilight series author Stephenie Meyer has bought a million-dollar waterfront home on Marrowstone Island - and has been apparently living there with her family on a part-time basis.

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   Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Jefferson County, WA, Port Townsend, WA, Forks, WA, Entertainment

5. 'Twilight' author buys home in W. Wash. w/Photo

   Sep 18, 2009 | KVAL - News - Entertainment

   World-famous Twilight series author Stephenie Meyer has bought a million-dollar waterfront home on Marrowstone Island - and has been apparently living there with her family on a part-time basis.

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   Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Jefferson County, WA, Port Townsend, WA, Forks, WA, Entertainment

6. Heat blamed for record water use

   Jul 24, 2009 | Peninsula Daily News

   ... definitely weather-related, and it does correspond with the fact that we have more than 220 new customers on Marrowstone," Bill Graham said of the island where PUD finished installing a new water system more than a year ago. The all-time PUD water ...

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   Related Topix: Jefferson County, WA

7. Demand for costly appraisal angers Jefferson PUD

   Jul 22, 2009 | Peninsula Daily News

   ... now topped with coils of concertina razor wire along state Highway 116. The highway runs from Indian Island to Marrowstone Island, where the PUD water line would connect a loop around Indian Island to the north and south ends of Marrowstone's new ...

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   Related Topix: Jefferson County, WA, US Military, US Navy, Port Hadlock, WA, US News, Port Townsend, WA

8. OUTDOORS: Where to find the best beach fishing

   Jul 16, 2009 | Peninsula Daily News

   ... The North Olympic Peninsula possesses many productive saltwater beaches. Here are some of the better ones: Marrowstone Point Location: Northeastern tip of Marrowstone Island, off Marrowstone Point Road. Target: Coho and chinook. Fishing: Anglers ...

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   Related Topix: Outdoor Recreation

9. Public weighs in on Navy's proposed sea turbine generators

   Jul 16, 2009 | Peninsula Daily News

   ... three undersea turbines mounted on a 40-ton frame are proposed to be sunk off the northern or southern end of Marrowstone Island as part of a U.S. Navy tidal energy kinetic hydropower system test in Admiralty Inlet. The turbines will be anchored ...

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   Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, Alternative Energy, Tidal Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Chimacum, WA, Port Hadlock, WA, Port Townsend, WA

10. Navy holds open house tonight to show off sea turbine plans

    Jul 15, 2009 | Peninsula Daily News

    The U.S. Navy is taking steps to design and install a hydropower system offshore of Marrowstone Island and wants to float the proposal in front of the public before it sinks any turbines.

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    Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Tidal Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Chimacum, WA, Silverdale, WA

11. State plans to close outer Mystery Bay to shellfish harvest

    Jul 10, 2009 | Peninsula Daily News

    ... Department of Natural Resources, which owns the bedlands in Mystery Bay -- a sheltered bay of about 78 acres off Marrowstone Island -- and the rest of the state, has removed six buoys from the outer bay and one in the inner bay, which will help keep ...

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    Related Topix: Jefferson County, WA, Chimacum, WA, Nordland, WA

12. Kitsap Tribe Protests Management of Marrowstone Shellfish Beds

    Jun 15, 2009 | Kitsapsun.com

    Two Olympic Peninsula tribes say federal, state and county officials have failed to protect tribal shellfish beds in Marrowstone Island's Mystery Bay in violation of treaty rights.

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    Related Topix: Blyn, WA