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Jefferson County Library gets large bequest

Board welcomes ‘amazing, unexpected’ gift

Todd Horton has installed his new exhibition, "Mystic West," at Port Townsend's Grover Gallery. The show includes six afternoons of live painting by the artist, this weekend and in February and March. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Mystic West artist to paint live

Exhibit ‘journey beneath glimmering moons’

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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Change perception to switch the code

Of hoodies and humanity

Julia Maynard, who at 22 constructed a cedar-mahogany Nevins yacht tender in Mystic, Conn., will be one of the speakers in “She Builds: Wit & Wisdom from Three Port Townsend Woman Boatbuilders,” a Northwest Maritime Center discussion to stream online Thursday evening. (Julia Maynard)

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Three boatbuilders to speak on livestreamed program

Ninety-minute discussion part of ‘Ask an Expert’ series

Kathy Ryan checks on salad greens at the Quimper Grange food-bank garden, one of 10 plots that provided thousands of pounds to local food banks last year. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Food bank gardens in a growth spurt

Expansion in works for Food Bank Farm Gardens

Artist and poet Nhatt Nichols, at Aldrich’s upstairs space in Port Townsend, has released her book, “This Party of the Soft Things.” She and fellow author Ward Serrill will discuss their work at Finnriver Farm on Wednesday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Pair of writers to host release

Books to be celebrated at Finnriver Farm Cidery

Marny Friedman, left, and Christine Emmes are part of the Just Soup crew each Tuesday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, where free hot lunches are handed out in the church parking lot. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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More than just soup: Volunteers work rain or shine

St. Paul’s provides frees meals each Tuesday

Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro.

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Work plan for Port Townsend lacks workers

Staffing, bidding a challenge

Port Townsend artist and writer Velda Thomas, having just released her book “Blended: Perspectives on Belonging,” is now at work on a new printmaking project. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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‘Blended’ offers space to remember

Author to present free online talk on Thursday

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Chimacum, Port Townsend districts formalize alliance

Collaboration not a merger

“Spring Reunion” by Celeste Tucker is one of 39 photographs in “The World on Pause,” the exhibition open now at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. From left are Port Angeles high schoolers Gillian Wolfe, 17, Olivia Carroll, 17, Bella Artis, 16, and Celeste Tucker, 17. (Celeste Tucker)

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‘The World on Pause’ illustrates teen experiences during pandemic

Photography bolstered by written thoughts

Scenes from the Civil Rights Movement are part of “MLK/FBI,” the free community film to screen at the Rose Theatre on Martin Luther King Jr. Day this Monday. (Photo courtesy IFC Films)

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MLK/FBI to be screened at Rose Theatre

Free civil rights movie an annual tradition

Malaika Rosenfeld of the Port Townsend Marine Science Center will shepherd participants in next Monday’s Day of Service outing at Fort Worden State Park. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Day of Service, work party set

Fort Worden State Park to get volunteers’ care

East Jefferson Fire Rescue crew extinguished a chimney fire on Jolie Lane in Port Townsend. East Jefferson Fire Rescue

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All safe after chimney fire

PORT TOWNSEND — No one was injured in a chimney fire Sunday evening at a house on the…

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Two school levies on Port Townsend ballot next month

Funds would go to educational programs, capital projects

Katie Davis, left, and Jessica Garcia are the Olympic Angels case managers working with foster families and volunteers in Clallam and Jefferson counties. (April Thompson/Olympic Angels)

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Olympic Angels supports foster children, parents

Adding a case manager expands reach

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Two school levies on Port Townsend ballot next month

Funds would go to educational programs, capital projects

Local author Harriet Cannon has just published "Exiled South," her first novel. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Peninsula woman writes of mixed heritage

No welcome given some members of family

Port Townsend Marine Science Center Executive Director Janine Boire admires photos in "We Are Puget Sound," the free exhibition inside the Flagship Landing building at 1001 Water St. in downtown Port Townsend. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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‘We Are Puget Sound’ photo show open in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The decorated warbonnet, a strange, full-lipped fish. Three tribal canoes, paddles at rest. A jellyfish…

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Appeals court upholds $23.9 million verdict

Jefferson Healthcare was negligent, court ruled