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Peninsula plant sales slated for next week

A variety of organizations across the North Olympic Peninsula will host their annual plant sales next weekend.

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A GROWING CONCERN: Show a little love for dandelions

SO MANY COMMENTS have been coming to me concerning dandelions — and this year they are earlier than…

Martha Worthley is the new executive director at Northwind Art in Port Townsend.

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Northwind Art names new executive director

PORT TOWNSEND — She thought she’d jump in, help out, “and keep things running until someone else came…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Chill out before you plant too early

AS THIS PAST week’s chill lay heavy in the valleys and the snow-frosted trees sit low on the…

Pictured are Susan Hillgren, on left, and Emily Murphy.

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TAFY donation in Port Angeles

The Port Angeles Garden Club has donated $1,000 to The Answer For Youth’s Sprouting Hope Greenhouse. The Answer…

The Olympic Kiwanis Club reports that its recent electronics recycling event was even more popular than planned for.

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Kiwanis recycling event a success

The Olympic Kiwanis Club reports that its recent electronics recycling event in Port Angeles was even more popular…

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Future Chefs contest names cooking contest winners

PORT ANGELES — Sodexo and the Port Angeles School District have announced the winners of the 2024 Future…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Get the dirt on soil

SINCE WE TALKED extensively about you growing your own award-winning vegetables, we should certainly talk about how your…

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Now is the perfect time to lay down some rich, organic compost and rake in a high quality grass seed for a beautiful lawn come summer.

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A GROWING CONCERN: Garden chore list grows in spring

SPRING HAS SPRUNG, the grass has risen, now’s the time to get down to business. And the business…

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A GROWING CONCERN: For a winning garden, add Brassica to your basket

WELL, WE ARE down to the Elite Eight in basketball. And now, you can pick your own winners…

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Easter services set for Sequim

SEQUIM — St. Luke’s Episcopal Church will conduct Easter services this weekend.

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Sunrise service set for Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Strait View Baptist Church will conduct an Easter sunrise service at 7 a.m. Sunday.

“Sol Duc Solitude” by Kathie Cook of Sequim took first place in the PC Student Art & Digital Art division of the 2024 Tidepools Magazine contest. (Tidepools Magazine)

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Tidepools Magazine announces contest winners

PORT ANGELES — The 2024 Tidepools Magazine contest winners in the categories of art, photography, writing and music…

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Jim’s Cares Monthly Charity named in Port Angeles

The Port Angeles Food Bank was the recipient of Jim’s Cares Monthly Charity at Jim’s Pharmacy in Port…

The Parking Lot Pipers, seen performing at the Sequim Lavender Weekend in 2023, are a modern trio keeping up a historically rich musical art form. (Emily Matthiessen/for Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Bagpipe tradition forms family on Peninsula

Parking Lot Pipers keep Great Highland music marching on

Deb Pavlich-Boaz and her husband Tony Boaz say strangers stop to feed her horses and it’s endangering their health. They care for aging equines and others with special dietary needs at their home off Old Olympic Highway in Agnew. (Karen Griffiths/for Peninsula Daily News)

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HORSEPLAY: Hey, don’t touch the hay. Don’t feed strangers’ horses

“ONE BAD APPLE don’t spoil the whole bunch girl!” Today’s column is about reminding folks NOT to feed…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Learn your way around the cabbage patch

SINCE I STRAINED the limits last week trying to connect the madness of basketball in March to vegetable…

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ISSUES OF FAITH: Sow the seeds of faith in spring

IS IT TIME to plant sweet peas? I’m hoping so, because I just did!

Vivian Matt's "The Emperor's Choice, the Peony" is among the paintings in Northwind Art's new installation at Jefferson Healthcare Hospital. (Vivian Matt)

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New installation brings 40 paintings into Jefferson Healthcare hospital

PORT TOWNSEND — “Street Music,” “Beach Walk” and “Sweet Cosmos Harmony” are among the titles of new artworks…

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STEAM night slated Wednesday

PORT HADLOCK — The STEAM Night Extravaganza is set for 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.