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Jefferson County homeless count begins Thursday

Vaccination clinics also planned

The Blues Is a Woman ensemble — including, from left, Pamela Rose, Pat Wilder, Kristen Strom and Daria “Shani” Johnson — brings its theatrical show to the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center this Saturday. (Blues Is a Woman)

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Women and the blues on stage this weekend

Pandemic forces a long wait for theatrical concert

Jefferson County Commissioner Kate Dean greeted Jefferson Transit’s No. 14 Kingston Express bus Tuesday morning as it began its first trip — with eight passengers — to the Kingston ferry dock. Rides are free through March 31 on the new route, whose departures are at 7:15 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. Monday through Saturday from Port Townsend’s Haines Place transit center. The bus stops at Jefferson Transit’s Four Corners park-and-ride lot and at the Gateway Visitors Center in Port Ludlow on its 72-minute journey to Kingston, where riders can catch the Kitsap Transit foot ferry to Seattle or the Washington state ferry to Edmonds. Information can be found at https://jeffersontransit.com/14kingstonexpress. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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All aboard

Jefferson County Commissioner Kate Dean greeted Jefferson Transit’s No. 14 Kingston Express bus Tuesday morning as it began…

Jolene Dalton Gailey of Port Angeles conducts the Junior All-State Treble Choir in concert at the Capitol Theatre last Saturday with James Ray, Gailey’s former Port Angeles High School colleague, playing violin at left. (Monika Tabor)

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Longtime Port Angeles educator leads all-state choir

Gailey selects seven songs for performance

Jan Jacobson of the Port Townsend Library helped choose “Seya’s Song,” the current StoryWalk at Kah Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend. “Seya’s Song” is a book that contains S’Klallam words in its story about the people and wild creatures of the North Olympic Peninsula. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Peninsula walking path follows a S’Klallam tale

Panels encourage readers to take care of creatures

The inaugural THING festival in 2019 drew thousands to Fort Worden State Park and was then postponed by the pandemic until 2022. The three-day event is scheduled to return to the fort in August. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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THING coming back in August

Tickets for event to go on sale Friday

Jean Lenke is one of three vocalists to appear in Thursday’s “All Women — All Jazz” Candlelight Concert this Thursday. The live performance will be for an in-person audience as well as presented online and on KPTZ-FM 91.9.

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Candlelight Concert in person, online, on radio

‘All Women, All Jazz’ described as a ‘big, small band’

The local duo True Reckoning — AB McSpadden, left, and Tex Armstrong — play an acoustic set Friday afternoon at Tyler Street Plaza in downtown Port Townsend. The pair also performs at local clubs and plans to tour up Alaska’s Inside Passage this summer. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Acoustic set

The local duo True Reckoning — AB McSpadden, left, and Tex Armstrong — play an acoustic set Friday…

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Kingston Express connects Port Townsend to Seattle

New route begins operation on Tuesday

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7th Haven construction set to begin at 5 a.m. Tuesday

Part of Seventh Street in Port Townsend will be closed to traffic

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Up-lifting addition

Port of Port Townsend Commissioner Pam Petranek, below center, christens the port’s new 75-ton Travelift by whacking a…

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Port Townsend ‘strong but tired’

City manager outlines success, issues

Oboe soloist Anne Krabill of Port Townsend, having just performed Jean Francaix’ “Flower Clock” concerto with the Port Angeles Symphony, is applauded by conductor Jonathan Pasternack during Saturday’s morning concert. Krabill and the orchestra received a standing ovation from the capacity audience at the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Round of applause

Oboe soloist Anne Krabill of Port Townsend, having just performed Jean Francaix’ “Flower Clock” concerto with the Port…

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Port Townsend hires finance, parks directors

Golf course, staffing solutions in work plan

The Boston-based Merz Trio arrives in Port Townsend this weekend for a Sunday afternoon concert at Fort Worden's Wheeler Theater. From left are Lee Dionne, Brigid Coleridge and Julia Yang. (Dario Acosta)

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Boston-based chamber ensemble in Port Townsend on Sunday

First concert in 2022 Centrum chamber music series

Canadian-born oboist Anne Krabill of Port Townsend is the featured soloist in the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra’s two concerts this weekend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Featured oboe soloist longtime Peninsula resident

Waiting list available for weekend concerts

Arborist Jeff Wakefield of Precision Tree Care trims and cables Port Townsend’s Gateway Park corkscrew willow tree, which suffered a partial collapse last summer. The city of Port Townsend hired Wakefield to reinforce the tree against further failure. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Securing reinforcement

Arborist Jeff Wakefield of Precision Tree Care trims and cables Port Townsend’s Gateway Park corkscrew willow tree, which…

Uptown Theatre owner Rick Wiley plans to reopen the Port Townsend movie house this Friday night. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Uptown Theatre to reopen Friday

Proof of vaccination not required

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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Serving up history at hospital cafe

The zoom call ran less than half an hour, but it blew my mind wide open.

Quilcene High School principal Sean Moss, left, faces a group of students who walked out of class Tuesday afternoon, protesting what they say is a lack of support for students who have been sick with COVID-19. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Teens seek more support after COVID-19 isolation

Principal: Teachers work with pupils