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Jefferson County Library to hold Tech Tuesday

The Jefferson County Library will host Tech Tuesday from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday. The free class will stream on Zoom… Continue reading

Port Angeles Friends of the Library to hold Bag of Books sale

The Port Angeles Friends of the Library will host its monthly Bag of Books sale for two weeks this month, beginning Thursday.… Continue reading

Port Townsend Marine Science Center to host lecture on marine microplastics

Andrew Mason will present “Microplastics as Marine Debris” at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The presentation, sponsored by the Port Townsend Marine Science Center,… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Make use of the last sighs of summer

WELL, I CAN certainly see that the trees are beginning to change color. Labor day is over and school has started, but hold your horses… Continue reading

Photo by Katie Newton Cutline: Ready for the Hunt seat class at the 4-H horse show at the Clallam County Fairgrounds are Lela Bankson, left, on Banjo, KK Pitts on Mikey and Lila Torey on Smokey.

HORSEPLAY: Time to get 4-H, other groups going again

SMASH AND GRABS are on the rise at Olympic Peninsula trailheads. Recently, there were a number of break-ins reported by trail users at Miller Peninsula… Continue reading

Photo by Katie Newton Cutline: Ready for the Hunt seat class at the 4-H horse show at the Clallam County Fairgrounds are Lela Bankson, left, on Banjo, KK Pitts on Mikey and Lila Torey on Smokey.

Olympic Theatre Arts’ ‘A Facility for Living’ cast, in rehearsal

Play to be stagged in early October

Sisters Jenny Edwards, left, and Julia Ahrndt, both of Port Angeles, assemble flower bouquets that will be distributed to teachers and staff members of the Port Angeles School District at an assembly session with volunteers on Thursday at Hamilton School. The pair collected more than 4,000 flowers from their own flower farms, along with donations from other farms and area gardeners, that will be arranged in tin can vases and given out in the days to come to about 450 school district employees as a token of thanks for their hard work in tending to the needs of children. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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A bouquet of gratitude in Port Angeles

Sisters Jenny Edwards, left, and Julia Ahrndt, both of Port Angeles, assemble flower bouquets that will be distributed to teachers and staff members of the… Continue reading

Sisters Jenny Edwards, left, and Julia Ahrndt, both of Port Angeles, assemble flower bouquets that will be distributed to teachers and staff members of the Port Angeles School District at an assembly session with volunteers on Thursday at Hamilton School. The pair collected more than 4,000 flowers from their own flower farms, along with donations from other farms and area gardeners, that will be arranged in tin can vases and given out in the days to come to about 450 school district employees as a token of thanks for their hard work in tending to the needs of children. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Joseph Bednarik will present “Defining Shadows” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, his presentation will stream on Zoom.

Bednarik set as Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship speaker

Joseph Bednarik will present “Defining Shadows” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, his… Continue reading

Joseph Bednarik will present “Defining Shadows” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, his presentation will stream on Zoom.

Friends of Library to hold book sale Saturday

The Friends of the Sequim Library will conduct a book sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The sale is at the… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Personality types cope with COVID

ALTHOUGH WE’D LIKE to think that we’re all on the same page with regards to this latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, that’s hardly the… Continue reading

Party in the park benefit set for Sequim

Buttercup Lane will perform at “Party in the Park II” from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17. The benefit concert is… Continue reading

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Rock, Gem & Jewelry Show returns to Port Angeles

After 2-year absence, show is back this weekend

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Unity speaker set for Sunday

The Rev. Larry Schellink will present “All Is Well With My Soul” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Schellink is the pastor at Unity… Continue reading

Yom Kippur services offered in Port Angeles

The Olympic B’nai Shalom congregation will celebrate Yom Kippur this week. Services will be conducted outside the Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1033… Continue reading

Klallam ethnography topic of online program

David Brownell will present “Klallam Ethnography”: S’Klallam Interviews with Erna Gunther” at 3 p.m. Thursday. The free, online presentation is sponsored by the… Continue reading

Jody Moss of Congregation Olympic B'nai Shalom blows the Shofar to usher in the Jewish New Year at sunrise Tuesday on City Pier in Port Angeles. (Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News)
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Looking forward in Port Angeles

Jody Moss of Congregation Olympic B’nai Shalom blows the Shofar to usher in the Jewish New Year at sunrise Tuesday on City Pier in Port… Continue reading

Jody Moss of Congregation Olympic B'nai Shalom blows the Shofar to usher in the Jewish New Year at sunrise Tuesday on City Pier in Port Angeles. (Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News)
Jamie Haney helps her fourth-grader Elise prepare for the first day of school Tuesday morning at Salish Coast Elementary in Port Townsend. The school has 408 students enrolled in kindergarten through fifth grade; 21 were absent Tuesday, principal Lisa Condran noted. "We are very successfully running outdoor breakfast and lunch to keep our students safe, so we are excited about that," she added. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
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School starts at Salish Coast Elementary

Jamie Haney, above, helps her fourth-grader, Elise, prepare for the first day of school Tuesday morning at Salish Coast Elementary in Port Townsend. The school… Continue reading

Jamie Haney helps her fourth-grader Elise prepare for the first day of school Tuesday morning at Salish Coast Elementary in Port Townsend. The school has 408 students enrolled in kindergarten through fifth grade; 21 were absent Tuesday, principal Lisa Condran noted. "We are very successfully running outdoor breakfast and lunch to keep our students safe, so we are excited about that," she added. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Yacht club speaker set today

David Richardson and John Johnson will address a meeting of the Sequim Bay Yacht Club at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The presentation is in… Continue reading

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Green Thumbs series to consider composting in time of climate change

Al Cairo, who built a Johnson-Su Bioreactor along with help from like-minded Master Gardeners in 2018 and 2019 at the Woodcock Demonstration… Continue reading

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Felicidad Garcia, left, marries Dese’rae L. Stage in one of the joyful moments in “The S Word,” the Port Townsend Film Festival Pic available for free streaming throughout this week. (Photo courtesy of “The S Word”)

Film focuses on survival through connection

Show delves into importance of talking, listening

Felicidad Garcia, left, marries Dese’rae L. Stage in one of the joyful moments in “The S Word,” the Port Townsend Film Festival Pic available for free streaming throughout this week. (Photo courtesy of “The S Word”)