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Ingrid Sorensen of Port Angeles reads a magazine on a park bench at Port Angeles City Pier on Tuesday as a catamaran sits at anchor just offshore in Port Angeles Harbor. As summer begins to give way to autumn, the forecast calls for seasonal conditions across most of the North Olympic Peninsula.

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Summer reading on Port Angeles pier

Ingrid Sorensen of Port Angeles reads a magazine on a park bench at Port Angeles City Pier on…

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Community invited to United Way’s campaign kickoff

‘Together We Can’ slated for Sept. 16 at 7 Cedars

Bob Blackett will present “Succulents” at noon Thursday.

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Green Thumb lecture series scheduled for Zoom Thursday

PORT ANGELES — Bob Blackett will present “Succulents” at noon Thursday.

Carved lapis pendants and other jewelry will be for sale at the Clallam County Gem & Mineral Association’s Rock, Gem & Jewelry Show. (Photo courtesy of Kathy Schreiner/Clallam County Gem & Mineral Association)

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Unearth treasures at annual Rock, Gem & Jewelry Show

PORT ANGELES — With something for rockhounds of all ages and lapidary interests, the Clallam County Gem &…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Planting bulbs is a bright idea

HERE WE ARE, Labor Day at our doorstep, school starting and summer sun is waning.

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BACK WHEN: The tale of Pvt. Giuseppe Romeo

WHEN PEOPLE PASS away, there are always earthly possessions left over from someone’s life. Many of us have…

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Port Angeles Water Utility workers Garey Hampton, left, and Logan Beebe apply a new coat of paint to a fire hydrant near the corner of 12th and I streets on a warm Friday in Port Angeles. The work was part of an on-going effort to maintain the city's water systems.

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Hello, yellow hydrants in Port Angeles

Port Angeles Water Utility workers Garey Hampton, left, and Logan Beebe apply a new coat of paint to…

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‘Follow me’ subject of Sunday service

PORT ANGELES — The Rev. Kristin-Luana and the Rev. Olaf Baumann will present “Follow Me: Biblical Practices for…

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Religious education classes planned

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will resume its religious education program at 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept.…

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Evensong service scheduled

PORT TOWNSEND — Katy Taylor offer music for an Evensong service from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Sunday.

Mark Stanton Welch will present “Living As If Already Whole... now imagine that!” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. 

Welch will be the guest speaker at Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle Ave.

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Unity speaker slated for Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Mark Stanton Welch will present “Living As If Already Whole… now imagine that!” at 10:30…

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith

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The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Matter and DeChardin — Labor Day” at Unity in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Matter and DeChardin — Labor Day” at 11 a.m.…

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Speaker set for Unitarian service

Roddy Biggs will present “Chaplaincy: Heart-Wrenchingly Painful Holy Work”

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ISSUES OF FAITH: Faith, even in the darkest of days

MY WIFE AND I were married in 1995, while still in college. I was able to get good…

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Sequim Art Walk to feature dancing, art, books

Variety of venues open late for visitors on Friday

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Book discussion groups planned at NOLS

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Library System will host book discussions in person and online this month.

Randy Smith of Sequim, a volunteer with the Sequim Botanical Garden Society, pulls weeds from the organization’s garden at the Water Reuse Demonstration Park at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Buckets of experience at Sequim garden

Randy Smith of Sequim, a volunteer with the Sequim Botanical Garden Society, pulls weeds from the organization’s garden…

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Cutline: BCH Buckhorn Range member, and Jefferson County Assessor Jeff Chapman, left, with fellow member Bob Hoyle and State Representative Mike Chapman discuss some of the problems and possible solutions to keeping dedicated multi-use trails open to horses, along with preserving the ruralness of Miller Peninsula State Park for “our kids and future generations,” emphasized M. Chapman.

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HORSEPLAY: Fairs, 4-H and camping for horses on the Peninsula

AFTER THE WORLD as we knew it came to a screeching halt at the height of the pandemic,…

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Several hundred people assembled at Pope Marine Park on Thursday for the final Concert on the Dock presented by the Port Townsend Main Street Association but also, for a Community Portrait that happened during intermission. Local photographer David Conklin, on the roof of the building, directs the crowd to raise their hands in celebration of the event. The photo session was over in less than 1/500th of a second.

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Community portrait taken in Port Townsend

Several hundred people assembled at Pope Marine Park on Thursday for the final Concert on the Dock presented…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Plant tulips for a kiss of spring color

SINCE WE BECAME informed about the “miracle drug” of gardening (Bone Meal) and how crucial it is to…