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Exhausted health care workers tell of virus surge

Jefferson strained; Clallam on verge of collapse

Tyler Myles Vega.

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Questions sought for forum

Port Townsend council candidates to take part in forum

Author Corky Parker will give two outdoor readings of her memoir, “La Finca: Love, Loss and Laundry on a Tiny Puerto Rican Island,” tonight at Chester Square in Uptown Port Townsend and Friday at Marrowstone Vineyards. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Author to give pair of readings

‘La Finca’ in Port Townsend, Marrowstone

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Aid program for rent, utilities explained

Three sessions scheduled this week

Felicidad Garcia, left, marries Dese’rae L. Stage in one of the joyful moments in “The S Word,” the Port Townsend Film Festival Pic available for free streaming throughout this week. (Photo courtesy of “The S Word”)

Life

Film focuses on survival through connection

Show delves into importance of talking, listening

Life

Free Wooden Boat Festival videos online through Sept. 12

Festival moments include past tours

Anna Petrova, pictured taking her bow with Port Angeles Symphony conductor Jonathan Pasternack in 2017, is slated to return as guest pianist this November. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Entertainment

Port Angeles Symphony adjusts its season

COVID-19 resurgence changes plans

Anita Edwards has turned her Come Sew studio into a free space for sewing in downtown Port Townsend. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Come Sew for free

Entrepreneur turns business into open creative space

Blue sharks swim the Gulf of Maine in Bill Curtsinger’s photograph on display at Port Townsend’s Grover Gallery. (Photo by Bill Curtsinger)

Entertainment

Undersea photographer’s show open in Port Townsend

Meet-the-artist opportunities available

"All That Jazz" is one of the numbers in "Broadway in Your PJs," the online show presented through Saturday by Ghostlight Productions. The show was filmed in Port Angeles' Lincoln Theater with, from left, Jeremy Pederson, Courtney Smith, Darian Rentas, Danielle Lorentzen, Anna Pederson, Quinton Cornell, Emily Spink and Mark Lorentzen. (photo courtesy Ghostlight Productions)

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Hucksters, Soulshakers and Hidden History this weekend on Olympic Peninsula

This Labor Day weekend brings a whole lot of music and visual art to explore, both online and…

Joe Gillard of Quilcene, pictured on the steps of the Centrum building where he works, is author of “The Little Book of Lost Words.” (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Entertainment

Peninsula author offers collection of words, fine art

No eyeservant, he is at times quanked

Weaver Susan Pavel is the presenter in the First Friday Speaker Series program this Friday evening. The Jefferson County Historical Society event highlights “The Art of Making,” and local craftspeople of many disciplines. (photo courtesy Jefferson County Historical Society)

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Master weaver to demonstrate Coast Salish craft

Pavel will offer a show-and-tell of her work, a process that can require several months of dedicated focus

Ben Rutherford, an employee of River Run Farm near Sequim, arranges locally grown produce at the Port Angeles Farmers Market. Such markets are among the destinations in this month’s “Eat Local First” campaign. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Peninsula-wide Eat Local First effort underway

Virtual Bingo Challenge promotes activities

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Boy rescued, airlifted from Buckhorn Wilderness

Child had been kicked by a mule

Anne Liu Kellor of Seattle is author of "Heart Radical" on She Writes Press.

Opinion

Stories create connection between strangers

This summer I traveled to China and spoke, with effort, in Chinese and English. I saw the crush…

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State ferries halt Labor Day weekend reservations

Staffing shortages continue

Proof of vaccination required at these businesses and events.

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Proof of vaccination required at these businesses and events

List of local businesses and events that require proof of full COVID-19 vaccination

Northwind Art Executive Director Teresa Verraes shows off the just-finished collective painting at the close of “The Big Reveal,” the fundraiser held at Fort Worden State Park on Sunday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Life

Artists create pieces of bigger picture

‘Big Reveal’ a fundraiser for Northwind Art

The Windsong sailboat of Port Townsend departs Friday morning from Point Hudson, where the Wooden Boat Festival would have taken place. The Sept. 10-12 festival is among two Port Townsend festivals canceled due to the changing COVID landscape, organizers said Friday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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COVID-19 issues lead to festival cancellations

CrabFest still on — for now

Entertainment

Olympic Music Festival hosts GardenMusic ensemble

Live show prelude to Virtual Salon Concerts