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The a cappella Wild Rose Chorale, caroling in downtown Port Townsend earlier this month, will give the first in-person Candlelight Concert in 20 months this Thursday at Trinity United Methodist Church. The members are, from left, director Leslie Lewis, Doug Rodgers, Viola Frank, Al Thompson, Sarah Gustner-Hewitt, Eugenia Frank, Steve Duniho and Lynn Nowak; not pictured is Chuck Helman. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Candlelight Concert returns to in-person in Port Townsend

A capella singers offer variety of holiday cheer

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Town hall on poplar tree removal plan set tonight

Controversial plan topic of online forum

Habitat for Humanity job site supervisor Dave Weld of Sequim drives into Port Townsend to work with a crew of volunteers on a two-bedroom house he says will be filled with natural light. It’s one of several Habitat homes to be finished in 2022. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Crews from across Peninsula join forces on Port Townsend housing

Habitat for Humanity working to build affordable homes

Lisa Anderson and Ben Casserd, along with Half Pint, their terrier mix, are the staff monitors at the Winter Welcoming Center. The center offers warmth, coffee, snacks, wi-fi and electricity for charging devices in the Pope Marine Building at Water and Madison streets in Port Townsend. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Winter Welcoming Center opens

Morning shelter offered in Port Townsend

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Big holiday fair in Chimacum this weekend

One of the largest holiday fairs on the North Olympic Peninsula returns this Saturday: The Chimacum Arts and…

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Port Townsend mulls buying land for housing

Development would add affordable, workforce quarters

The Old Whiskey Mill’s tent on Water Street in Port Townsend is one of four “streateries” now permitted to stay up through Mother’s Day 2022. The outdoor dining enclosures, first allowed in mid-2020, have been given four extensions. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Townsend extends streateries through Mother’s Day

Provision also affects food carts

Author Corky Parker will give a talk on memoir-writing this Saturday. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Memoir author will sign books, talk about telling one’s story

Corky Parker to introduce “La Finca: Love, Loss and Laundry on a Tiny Puerto Rican Island”

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Port Townsend City Council OKs budget of $45.3 M

Staffing, infrastructure priorities

Farmer Jennings Briley of Foggy Hog Farm works with pigs of various ages at Port Townsend’s Foggy Hog Farm. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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‘A pig with a purpose’ is the motto at Foggy Hog Farm

The farm is part of a cooperative operation that raises local meat

Holly Stone Cabe of Port Townsend and her dog Louie recently connected with Pet Helpers, a new nonprofit organization which provides aid in veterinary emergencies. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Pet Helpers provide aid for pets and owners

Donations help with emergency care

Harpist David Michael’s latest album is available for free streaming. (Photo courtesy Jesse Allen)

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Port Townsend harpist releases album

Free streams offered on website

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Port Townsend transit plan draws criticism

Language to acknowledge the climate crisis to be added

Copper Canyon Press’ Joseph Bednarik is editor of the largest book ever published by the Port Townsend press: “Jim Harrison: Complete Poems.” The book will be celebrated in an online launch party, free to the public, at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Copper Canyon Press to publish poetry tome

‘Jim Harrison: Complete Poems’ launch party Wednesday

“The Long Today,” about a Saskatchewan canoe trip to mark a man’s 70th birthday, is one of the short films in the “Jane’s Faves” package available for streaming this week from the Port Townsend Film Festival. (Port Townsend Film Festival)

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‘Jane’s Faves’ stream through Sunday in Port Townsend Film Festival Pic

Final session of the year

The Kiwanis Choo Choo pulled onto Taylor Street in downtown Port Townsend for the community Christmas tree lighting Saturday evening. The lighted, horn-sounding train will make another appearance in Uptown and downtown Port Townsend this coming Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Choo Choo arrives

The Kiwanis Choo Choo pulled onto Taylor Street in downtown Port Townsend for the community Christmas tree lighting…

Food writer Sara Dickerman will share her work during Centrum's Creative Aging conference this Friday. photo by Sarah Flotard

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Conference: Connections vital for creative aging

PORT TOWNSEND — Connections — with others, with nature — are what Dr. Kristoffer Rhoads hopes people will…

The neighbors near Chetzemoka Park in Port Townsend collaborate to put up a public Christmas tree every year. Its lights are visible from Lawrence Street as one approaches Jackson Street, while Admiralty Inlet provides the background. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Neighborhood decoration among Port Townsend treasures

Brightens area near Chetzemoka Park

Artist Lisa Leporati checks the fragrance of her flower confetti, one of the items she'll offer during the Handwork Market, an artists' showcase at the Cotton Building in downtown Port Townsend on Saturday. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Art, drama, dance on tap this weekend

Like a flock of multicolored sheep turned loose, the Handwork Studio artists are bursting out of their studio…

Mary Bennet (Merrin Packer) and Arthur DeBourgh (Matt Forrest) are a bookish, sometimes awkward pair who meet in “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley,” the romantic comedy opening Friday at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse. (Photo courtesy Mahina Hawley)

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Sequel to ‘Pride and Prejudice’ takes off in new direction

Choice: Romance or independence?