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Keith Rasmussen is sprucing up The Keg & I in Chimacum for its reopening — with live music on the back deck — this Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Doyle and Dwyer set to enliven Keg & I deck

Dancing to the live, in-person music this weekend at the Keg & I isn’t allowed, but you could say Keith Rasmussen is doing… Continue reading

Keith Rasmussen is sprucing up The Keg & I in Chimacum for its reopening — with live music on the back deck — this Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
AmeriCorps service members Nathan Rees, left, and Anna Marchand will lead guided walks through Fort Worden State Park starting Saturday. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

Guided tours of Fort Worden to start Saturday

Botany, gun batteries topic of walks

AmeriCorps service members Nathan Rees, left, and Anna Marchand will lead guided walks through Fort Worden State Park starting Saturday. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)
Pam Petranek pedals her Cape Cleare Salmon trailer down Lawrence Street toward the Port Townsend Farmers Market last year as she will do again when the market reopens Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Larger Port Townsend Farmers Market to open Saturday

Some 55 vendors are scheduled, and more will come

Pam Petranek pedals her Cape Cleare Salmon trailer down Lawrence Street toward the Port Townsend Farmers Market last year as she will do again when the market reopens Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Margaret Randall

Poet, photographer, essayist, activist Margaret Randall to read works

Margaret Randall — poet, essayist, oral historian, translator, photographer and social activist — will offer a commented poetry reading followed by a… Continue reading

Margaret Randall
The Rev. Mark Anthony Lord will speak at Unity in the Olympics on Easter Sunday.

Triduum services offered in-person this weekend

St. Anne Parish will conduct in-person services for Easter Triduum. Services will be at St. Anne Catholic Church, 511 Fifth Ave. Today there… Continue reading

The Rev. Mark Anthony Lord will speak at Unity in the Olympics on Easter Sunday.

Clallam officials suspect U.K. variant in three cases

Clallam County officials suspect that three COVID-19 cases are of the U.K. variant of the novel coronavirus, officials reported Thursday. If tests confirm the mutated… Continue reading

First Friday talk on art, electrochemistry

Another virtual program in the “Art of Making” speaker series, this one focusing on jewelry, is set for 7 p.m. Friday courtesy… Continue reading

Artist Peggy Smith-Venturi prepares to unveil “Unwrapped,” her new exhibition at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History. The downtown Port Townsend museum reopens Friday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Artist Peggy Smith-Venturi prepares to unveil “Unwrapped,” her new exhibition at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History. The downtown Port Townsend museum reopens Friday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

State vaccine eligibility expands to 16 and older April 15

Washington state is opening up COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all residents age 16 and older starting… Continue reading

Wooden Boat Festival director Barb Trailer says the future is bright for the September event at and around the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

2021 Wooden Boat Festival charts its course

Planned: Outdoor activities, indoor events, presentations

Wooden Boat Festival director Barb Trailer says the future is bright for the September event at and around the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Artwork by Linda Marie Kempe will be on display at Gallery 9 through the month of April in an exhibit, “Flow Energy Art,” that combines her paintings and wearable art.

Flow Energy Art to be featured at Gallery 9

April artist known for paintings and wearable pieces

Artwork by Linda Marie Kempe will be on display at Gallery 9 through the month of April in an exhibit, “Flow Energy Art,” that combines her paintings and wearable art.

Port Townsend Farmers Market opens online shopping

In anticipation of the first Port Townsend Farmers Market of the season this Saturday, the online produce market is open to shoppers… Continue reading

More now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine

Among them: Restaurant workers, those with chronic illness

Aaron Asis, installing his “Fort Words” paintings at Fort Worden State Park last September, is among the many artists who have received Port Townsend Arts Commission grants. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Aaron Asis, installing his “Fort Words” paintings at Fort Worden State Park last September, is among the many artists who have received Port Townsend Arts Commission grants. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
<strong>Diane Urbani de la Paz</strong>/Peninsula Daily News
Paul Carter of Port Townsend makes the most of the day’s sunshine as he joins a Washington State Ferry on Port Townsend Bay. Monday was his first time out on his single MAAS 24 rowing shell.

Out on the bay

Paul Carter of Port Townsend makes the most of the day’s sunshine as he joins the Washington State Ferry on Port Townsend Bay. Monday was… Continue reading

<strong>Diane Urbani de la Paz</strong>/Peninsula Daily News
Paul Carter of Port Townsend makes the most of the day’s sunshine as he joins a Washington State Ferry on Port Townsend Bay. Monday was his first time out on his single MAAS 24 rowing shell.