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Louisa Monger of Port Angeles, right, shows off a handmade wreath she was purchasing at tables staffed by members of the Port Angeles High School Choir, including seniors, from left, Kaelyn Herringer, Rayna Mathison and Grace Possinger, on Saturday at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in downtown Port Angeles. The wreath sale was a benefit to help fund a spring trip to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York with members of the school’s choir, orchestra and band. Leftovers from Saturday’s sale, along with a bake sale and silent auction, will be available during the school’s holiday concert at 7 p.m. tonight at the Port Angeles Performing Arts Center, 304 E. Park Ave. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Choir fundraiser

Louisa Monger of Port Angeles, right, shows off a handmade wreath she was purchasing at tables staffed by members of the Port Angeles High School… Continue reading

Louisa Monger of Port Angeles, right, shows off a handmade wreath she was purchasing at tables staffed by members of the Port Angeles High School Choir, including seniors, from left, Kaelyn Herringer, Rayna Mathison and Grace Possinger, on Saturday at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in downtown Port Angeles. The wreath sale was a benefit to help fund a spring trip to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York with members of the school’s choir, orchestra and band. Leftovers from Saturday’s sale, along with a bake sale and silent auction, will be available during the school’s holiday concert at 7 p.m. tonight at the Port Angeles Performing Arts Center, 304 E. Park Ave. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS An excavator picks up woody debris for loading onto a nearby truck for disposal on Tuesday at the site of the former aquaculture site near the boat ramp on Ediz Hook in Port Angeles. The Ediz Hook Shoreline Restoration project, conducted by Western Marine Construction, Inc. in conjunction with the Navy Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Northwest, is designed to return a section of shoreling on the harborside section of the hook to its former condition with the removal of an area formerly used for maintining fish pens in Port Angeles Harbor.
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Ediz Hook restoration

An excavator picks up woody debris for loading onto a nearby truck for disposal on Tuesday at the site of the former aquaculture site near… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS An excavator picks up woody debris for loading onto a nearby truck for disposal on Tuesday at the site of the former aquaculture site near the boat ramp on Ediz Hook in Port Angeles. The Ediz Hook Shoreline Restoration project, conducted by Western Marine Construction, Inc. in conjunction with the Navy Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Northwest, is designed to return a section of shoreling on the harborside section of the hook to its former condition with the removal of an area formerly used for maintining fish pens in Port Angeles Harbor.
In honor of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, about 75 people paraded up Harrison Street in Port Townsend toward St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church on Monday afternoon. The police-escorted procession marked the day on which Roman Catholics believe the Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego, an indigenous man, in 1531. Mary, known as Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico, is the patron saint of that country and “the Mother of us all,” according to a handout at the parish. St. Mary Star of the Sea, the only Catholic church in Jefferson County, celebrates Sunday masses in Spanish and in English. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

In honor of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, about 75 people paraded up Harrison Street in Port Townsend toward St. Mary Star of… Continue reading

In honor of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, about 75 people paraded up Harrison Street in Port Townsend toward St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church on Monday afternoon. The police-escorted procession marked the day on which Roman Catholics believe the Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego, an indigenous man, in 1531. Mary, known as Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico, is the patron saint of that country and “the Mother of us all,” according to a handout at the parish. St. Mary Star of the Sea, the only Catholic church in Jefferson County, celebrates Sunday masses in Spanish and in English. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

Port Townsend city officials: Deer count first step in developing plan

Some members of public complain of acts of aggression

East Jefferson Fire Rescue and Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue firefighters fought a fire at the Port Townsend Paper Mill on Tuesday. (East Jefferson Fire Rescue)

Port Townsend Paper Mill fire put out Tuesday

Cause of blaze is undetermined

East Jefferson Fire Rescue and Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue firefighters fought a fire at the Port Townsend Paper Mill on Tuesday. (East Jefferson Fire Rescue)

Scholarships available from Center for Quality Communities

The City of Port Angeles is accepting applications for the Association of Washington Cities’ Center for Quality Communities scholarships until 4 p.m.… Continue reading

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Sequim woman in 90s escapes car fire

Neighbor provides aid

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High school culinary program going mobile

Food truck will be learning lab for students

Jefferson County seeks more on carbon

Letter wants analysis on potential program

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Dave Rice, a principal water resources engineer with Anchor QEA — the lead engineering company for the Dungeness Off-Channel Reservoir project — gives an overview of the project to the audience at an open house at the Dungeness River Nature Center.

Plans detailed for Dungeness Off-Channel Reservoir project

Residents concerned about proposed height of embankment

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Dave Rice, a principal water resources engineer with Anchor QEA — the lead engineering company for the Dungeness Off-Channel Reservoir project — gives an overview of the project to the audience at an open house at the Dungeness River Nature Center.
Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Visitors look at the Dungeness River near the site in 2017 where Clallam County officials continue to seek support for the Dungeness Off-Channel Reservoir.

Sequim council drafts letter to support county reservoir project

Sequim City Council members have unanimously agreed to a letter of support for the Dungeness Off-Channel Reservoir. Carol Creasey, Clallam County senior planner… Continue reading

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Visitors look at the Dungeness River near the site in 2017 where Clallam County officials continue to seek support for the Dungeness Off-Channel Reservoir.
Brian King, the chief criminal deputy for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, is among more than 100 volunteers from a dozen agencies to participate in the Shop with a Hero program at Wal-Mart in Port Angeles. About 80 kids from the community got to go on a shopping spree with law enforcement officers from Port Angeles, Sequim and other agencies and spend $100 however they wished. They also had a chance to take photos with Santa, sip on hot chocolate, decorate cookies and see police vehicles up close. (Jesse Major/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Shop with a Hero

Brian King, the chief criminal deputy for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, is among more than 100 volunteers from a dozen agencies to participate in… Continue reading

Brian King, the chief criminal deputy for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, is among more than 100 volunteers from a dozen agencies to participate in the Shop with a Hero program at Wal-Mart in Port Angeles. About 80 kids from the community got to go on a shopping spree with law enforcement officers from Port Angeles, Sequim and other agencies and spend $100 however they wished. They also had a chance to take photos with Santa, sip on hot chocolate, decorate cookies and see police vehicles up close. (Jesse Major/for Peninsula Daily News)
Featured soloist Stephen Schermer smiles at the audience during Saturday’s public dress rehearsal with the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra, which brings musicians from across and beyond the North Olympic Peninsula to the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center. The symphony celebrated its 90th anniversary over the weekend with the world premiere of the specially commissioned Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra by Seattle composer Sarah L. Bassingthwaighte. (Diane Urbani de la Paz for Peninsula Daily News)
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World premiere

Featured soloist Stephen Schermer smiles at the audience during Saturday’s public dress rehearsal with the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra, which brings musicians from across and… Continue reading

Featured soloist Stephen Schermer smiles at the audience during Saturday’s public dress rehearsal with the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra, which brings musicians from across and beyond the North Olympic Peninsula to the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center. The symphony celebrated its 90th anniversary over the weekend with the world premiere of the specially commissioned Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra by Seattle composer Sarah L. Bassingthwaighte. (Diane Urbani de la Paz for Peninsula Daily News)

Woman’s body found along Olympic Discovery Trail

The middle-aged woman whose body was found Sunday morning in the Morse Creek area of the Olympic Discovery Trail appears to have… Continue reading

East Jefferson Fire District board to consider levy lid lift

Special meeting, hearing on Tuesday

Election numbers: turnout, rejections

Data shows Peninsula’s general election markers

Energy audit to be conducted at Fort Worden to address goals

Project intended to improve efficiency, reduce emissions

Jefferson County Community Leadership Awards nominations open

Deadline is Feb. 3; awards presented March 25

New on-demand Clallam Transit service starts today

Riders can download an app for a ride

A pair of Portland Loo public restroom stalls wait on Saturday for their official opening, scheduled for today, at the breezeway parking lot in downtown Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles to open 24-hour restroom facilities

Three Portland Loos to be in downtown

A pair of Portland Loo public restroom stalls wait on Saturday for their official opening, scheduled for today, at the breezeway parking lot in downtown Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)