Jefferson County

Several of the workers who built Meadow Manor, a tiny house destined for a farmworker village, celebrate its completion at the Community Boat Project last Friday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Tiny house on display in Port Hadlock

Prototype built for small affordable housing in Jefferson County

Several of the workers who built Meadow Manor, a tiny house destined for a farmworker village, celebrate its completion at the Community Boat Project last Friday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Author Barbe Chambliss will discuss her book, “Women Peacemakers,” in an online talk Thursday evening. (photo courtesy Barbe Chambliss)

Author to speak online about how to make peace

Definition of peacemaking: People treating each other with respect

Author Barbe Chambliss will discuss her book, “Women Peacemakers,” in an online talk Thursday evening. (photo courtesy Barbe Chambliss)
Phina Pipia of Port Townsend, pictured in spring 2021, is one of the multi-instrumentalists returning to the Buskers on the Block series of free performances this month and next. Tyler Street Plaza in downtown Port Townsend, with Nora Kingsley’s wings mural, is the setting. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Buskers on the Block returns to Port Townsend

Free outdoor shows begin Thursday at Tyler Street Plaza

Phina Pipia of Port Townsend, pictured in spring 2021, is one of the multi-instrumentalists returning to the Buskers on the Block series of free performances this month and next. Tyler Street Plaza in downtown Port Townsend, with Nora Kingsley’s wings mural, is the setting. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Key City Public Theater’s Brendan Chambers, wearing his actor hat before rehearsal for KCPT’s forthcoming production “Around the World in Less Than 80 Days,” is also co-instructor of the youth theater programs starting next week in Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Key City Public Theatre to host drama classes

Sessions at Quimper Grange open for youth through teenagers

Key City Public Theater’s Brendan Chambers, wearing his actor hat before rehearsal for KCPT’s forthcoming production “Around the World in Less Than 80 Days,” is also co-instructor of the youth theater programs starting next week in Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Vehicles pass a streatery on Lawrence Street, where patrons of Seal Dog Coffee stopped in Saturday morning. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Streateries provoke various comments

Majority in survey are opposed due to parking

Vehicles pass a streatery on Lawrence Street, where patrons of Seal Dog Coffee stopped in Saturday morning. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News A surfer starts to get up on his board to catch a nice 5 foot wave that was formed by high winds and tide at Port Townsend’s Point Hudson beach on Monday morning.
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Wave rider hits Point Hudson beach

A surfer starts to get up on his board to catch a nice 5-foot wave that was formed by high winds and tide at Port… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News A surfer starts to get up on his board to catch a nice 5 foot wave that was formed by high winds and tide at Port Townsend’s Point Hudson beach on Monday morning.

Rhododendron Society to host meeting, lecture

Steve Hootman will address a meeting of the Olympic Peninsula Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society at 3 p.m. Thursday. The chapter will… Continue reading

Orchestra teacher Daniel Ferland works with his students at Port Townsend High School. About 75 musicians recently traveled to the Central Washington University Orchestra Festival in Ellensburg. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Townsend High School symphony improvises

Students, parents rally after positive COVID test

Orchestra teacher Daniel Ferland works with his students at Port Townsend High School. About 75 musicians recently traveled to the Central Washington University Orchestra Festival in Ellensburg. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Quilcene bond back on ballot

Measure needs 60 percent to pass

An aerial photo shows the Caswell-Brown Village on Mill Road at the edge of Port Townsend. The site, purchased by Jefferson County and operated by the Olympic Community Action Programs, has the potential for expansion to serve more families and single people who are homeless. photo courtesy Olympic Community Action Programs

Update: Unhoused find homes

Caswell-Brown Village encampment expansion before county

An aerial photo shows the Caswell-Brown Village on Mill Road at the edge of Port Townsend. The site, purchased by Jefferson County and operated by the Olympic Community Action Programs, has the potential for expansion to serve more families and single people who are homeless. photo courtesy Olympic Community Action Programs

Co-housing discussion scheduled Saturday

Architect and author Charles Durrett will discuss co-housing from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Durrent’s presentation, which is sponsored by the… Continue reading

Barbarian Fine Cuisine’s Chris Kauffman was among the numerous cooks working opening day of the Port Townsend market on Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
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Farmers Market opens

Barbarian Fine Cuisine’s Chris Kauffman was among the numerous cooks working opening day of the Port Townsend Farmers Market on Saturday. Jefferson County Farmers Markets… Continue reading

Barbarian Fine Cuisine’s Chris Kauffman was among the numerous cooks working opening day of the Port Townsend market on Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
A donation of $38,000 from the Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild to Clallam County Fire District 3 will help purchase a ZOLL X Series monitor/defibrillator that paramedics said they use on nearly every call. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Hospital Guild helps Fire District 3 buy defibrillator

Device can monitor patients’ cardiac events

A donation of $38,000 from the Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild to Clallam County Fire District 3 will help purchase a ZOLL X Series monitor/defibrillator that paramedics said they use on nearly every call. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Judge: Navy can’t use Washington parks for training

SEALs sought up to 28 state facilities to work cold water scenarios

Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be no field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There will… Continue reading

Three more Peninsula deaths as case numbers begin to creep up

Masks urged if case rates rise over 100 per 100,000 people

A GROWING CONCERN: Every brassica on the team is a winner

WELL, EVEN OUR very own Peninsula College women’s basketball team lost in overtime at the buzzer. But still, second place is nothing to sneeze at—… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

In-person meeting 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive (off U.S. Highway 101) in east Port Angeles.… Continue reading

Marine Thrift shop reopens today in Port Townsend

Marine Thrift, the Northwest Maritime Center’s second-hand store for sailors, builders and do-it-yourselfers, is reopening today with a swap meet at its… Continue reading

Slight climb seen in COVID-19 case numbers

Peninsula reports 37 more cases between Tuesday, Friday