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Port Townsend acts on pool, traffic, utility fees

Shutoffs moratorium extended though December

Port Townsend Record Show organizer Chuck Moses, who works at Magpie Alley downtown, is preparing for the show Saturday at the American Legion Hall. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Townsend Record Show returns

Vendors bringing wares from all over the state

Port Townsend Record Show organizer Chuck Moses, who works at Magpie Alley downtown, is preparing for the show Saturday at the American Legion Hall. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Following the Takács Quartet’s performance Sunday in the barn at Trillium Woods Farm, Music on the Strait co-artistic directors Richard O’Neill, far left, and James Garlick, center, take a breather. With them are quartet violinists Harumi Rhodes and Edward Dusinberre and cellist András Fejér. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Music on the Strait finales in Port Angeles, Quilcene

Live performances will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination

Following the Takács Quartet’s performance Sunday in the barn at Trillium Woods Farm, Music on the Strait co-artistic directors Richard O’Neill, far left, and James Garlick, center, take a breather. With them are quartet violinists Harumi Rhodes and Edward Dusinberre and cellist András Fejér. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Pianist Josu de Solaun, left, and Port Angeles Symphony conductor Jonathan Pasternack, pictured in Port Angeles in February 2020, pore over the music they will record this month in the Czech Republic. (Photo by Dorthe Grube Porter/Port Angeles Symphony)

Music project in Czech Republic

Symphony director, solo pianist plan to record concertos

Pianist Josu de Solaun, left, and Port Angeles Symphony conductor Jonathan Pasternack, pictured in Port Angeles in February 2020, pore over the music they will record this month in the Czech Republic. (Photo by Dorthe Grube Porter/Port Angeles Symphony)
Ukuleles Unite! group strummed and sang its way down Lawrence Street in Saturday's Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade. The procession gathered 40 entries and hundreds of spectators to Uptown and downtown Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
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Rhody parade

The 85th annual Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade cruised through Port Townsend on Saturday afternoon. About 40 floats and pedestrian groups, from the North Olympic Orca… Continue reading

Ukuleles Unite! group strummed and sang its way down Lawrence Street in Saturday's Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade. The procession gathered 40 entries and hundreds of spectators to Uptown and downtown Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Smilemobile in Port Townsend starting Monday

The SmileMobile, a traveling dental clinic serving people of all ages, will be at the Port Townsend School District office, 1610 Blaine… Continue reading

Coronavirus

Peninsula-wide mask mandate starts Monday

Major surge in cases now; primarily younger people affected

‘Bill Evans 81!’ dance concert postponed

Surge in COVID-19 cases led to decision

Artist Sara Mall Johani, pictured outside her workshop in Chimacum, will present her new book, "Mine, Yours, Nobody's: My Story of Wild Olympic Salmon," at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History this Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Book tells of ‘Wild Olympic Salmon’

Artist and community organizer Sara Mall Johani has a new book out: “Mine, Yours, Nobody’s: My Story of Wild Olympic Salmon,” and… Continue reading

Artist Sara Mall Johani, pictured outside her workshop in Chimacum, will present her new book, "Mine, Yours, Nobody's: My Story of Wild Olympic Salmon," at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History this Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Jefferson County Fair staffer Laurie Hampton is organizing the garage sale that opens today and runs through Sunday in the fairgrounds' 4-H Cat Building. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson County Fair brings garage sale, free live music

The 2021 Jefferson County Fair is a hybrid animal. Starting today and running through Sunday, it’s mixing virtual elements, a garage sale… Continue reading

Jefferson County Fair staffer Laurie Hampton is organizing the garage sale that opens today and runs through Sunday in the fairgrounds' 4-H Cat Building. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

National juried exhibit opens at Port Angeles Fine Arts Center

“Resilient & Creative,” a national juried exhibition, opens today at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center (PAFAC), and the public is invited… Continue reading

Port Townsend pool to shut doors Monday

The Mountain View Pool, Port Townsend’s municipal pool at 1919 Blaine St., will be shut down starting Monday due to a staffing… Continue reading

Builder Bliss Morris is preparing the "Stop and Smell the Rhodies"-themed float for Saturday's Rhody Grand Parade. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Rhody parade, Cake Picnic blooms Saturday

Saturday’s forecast calls for warm weather, a Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade, live music and 1,500 slices of cake served free in the… Continue reading

Builder Bliss Morris is preparing the "Stop and Smell the Rhodies"-themed float for Saturday's Rhody Grand Parade. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Adrienne Wilson will perform alongside Bill Evans in this Saturday’s “Bill Evans 81!” concert at Fort Worden’s Wheeler Theater. (Photo courtesy Auburn University)

Thoughts of Port Townsend kept returning dancer going

After contracting COVID-19, professor to perform Saturday

Adrienne Wilson will perform alongside Bill Evans in this Saturday’s “Bill Evans 81!” concert at Fort Worden’s Wheeler Theater. (Photo courtesy Auburn University)
Jeremy Denk, a MacArthur “genius” grant winner, is among the guest artists at this month’s Music on the Strait festival. His performances will be available for free via live streaming. (Photo courtesy of Music on the Strait)

Festival is live, online, indoors, outdoors

Six concerts set for hall in Port Angeles, farm in Quilcene

Jeremy Denk, a MacArthur “genius” grant winner, is among the guest artists at this month’s Music on the Strait festival. His performances will be available for free via live streaming. (Photo courtesy of Music on the Strait)

Port Townsend council approves funding seven projects

Tax increase comes from banked capacity

Sarah Rubenstein is the administrator of the Port Townsend School District’s new online program for first- through 12th-graders.

Online programs to be offered in Port Townsend, Chimacum

Digital course work includes electives, languages, honors

Sarah Rubenstein is the administrator of the Port Townsend School District’s new online program for first- through 12th-graders.
Port Townsend eighth-grader Peter Sanok, top, plays the title role in “Timon of Athens,” the movie to screen this week at Chimacum’s Finnriver Farm & Cidery. Costarring are, from left, eighth-graders Auden Darrock and Anna Munn and seventh-grader Sierra Douglas. (Photo by Maggie Kelley)

Students act in 90-minute Shakespeare film

Show to be played Wednesday, Thursday

Port Townsend eighth-grader Peter Sanok, top, plays the title role in “Timon of Athens,” the movie to screen this week at Chimacum’s Finnriver Farm & Cidery. Costarring are, from left, eighth-graders Auden Darrock and Anna Munn and seventh-grader Sierra Douglas. (Photo by Maggie Kelley)
Lauren Ehnebuske, pictured during a rehearsal Friday, is among the performers in “Bill Evans 81!,” the celebration of Port Townsend-based dancer and educator Bill Evans’ career. The concert is set for Saturday evening in Fort Worden’s Wheeler Theater. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Dancer-choreographer marks 81st birthday

Olympic Mountains inspire pieces in Saturday’s concert

Lauren Ehnebuske, pictured during a rehearsal Friday, is among the performers in “Bill Evans 81!,” the celebration of Port Townsend-based dancer and educator Bill Evans’ career. The concert is set for Saturday evening in Fort Worden’s Wheeler Theater. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Amid the Saturday afternoon drizzle, the Seattle band Great American Trainwreck brought country and rock to the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center in Coyle. The Concerts in the Woods series (coyleconcerts.com) is presenting free outdoor shows this summer. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
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Great American Trainwreck performs at Concert in the Woods

Amid the Saturday afternoon drizzle, the Seattle band Great American Trainwreck brings country and rock to the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center in Coyle. The… Continue reading

Amid the Saturday afternoon drizzle, the Seattle band Great American Trainwreck brought country and rock to the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center in Coyle. The Concerts in the Woods series (coyleconcerts.com) is presenting free outdoor shows this summer. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)