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Master gardeners, from left, Keith Dekker, Tom Del Hotal and Gordon Clark will present classroom lectures and hands-on workshops covering many of the skills and knowledge that homeowners need to get optimal performance from their fruit trees during the 2025 Home Orchard Series from Jan. 22 through June 7. (Brenda Lasorsa)

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Home Orchard series to feature lectures, workshops

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Master Gardeners and the Olympic Orchard Society will offer the 2025 Home Orchard…

Holiday Lane stretches most of Diamond Point Road and features ornaments, homemade signs and more through the holidays. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Diamond Point’s decorating crew keeps holiday tradition

Volunteers decorate about 4 miles of Holiday Lane

Santa’s elves, better known as the Port Angeles Fire Department, decorate their vintage 1956 Seagrave fire engine to get ready for the six-day Operation Candy Cane. This will be the 39th annual trek through the streets of Port Angeles to collect donations for area food banks. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Operation Candy Cane hits Port Angeles streets this week

Operation Candy Cane hits Port Angeles streets tonight to distribute candy canes and collect donations of food or…

Cherie Kidd of Port Angeles was crowned the champion of the 70s age category during the Ms Senior World Pageant on Nov. 23 in Biloxi, Miss. (Holli Hobbs Photography)

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Former mayor wins crown at Ms Senior World Pageant

The first runner-up last year, Cherie Kidd brings home title

Image of the Coast Trader (submitted photo)

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BACK WHEN: A day to remember: Pearl Harbor Day

TODAY IS A DAY of remembrance. National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day set aside to honor and remember the…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Be prepared for winter snowfall

HERE WE ARE, going into the second week of December with the next 10-day forecast calling for above-freezing…

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Permits for Christmas trees available in national forests

PORT ANGELES — If you have a vision of walking into the woods and finding the perfect Christmas…

Massey-Ferguson, nicknamed “Fergie,” prepares for the upcoming Agnew Grocery and Feed Tractor Parade with an afternoon nap. The parade is scheduled for Dec. 14, starting at the Agnew Grange on Barr Road at 4:30 p.m. and ending at Agnew Grocery on Old Olympic Highway by 6 p.m. Information on how to enter and a route map are available online at the Agnew Grocery and Feed Facebook page. (Kip Tulin)

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Resting up for parade

Massey-Ferguson, nicknamed “Fergie,” prepares for the upcoming Agnew Grocery and Feed Tractor Parade with an afternoon nap. The…

The crowd of several hundred holiday revelers, most of which were children, watches as the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree is lit. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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O Christmas tree

A crowd of several hundred holiday revelers, most of which were children, watches as the downtown Port Angeles…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Winter chores for Peninsula gardeners

HERE WE ARE! Can you believe it? Tomorrow is already the month of December!

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Arts and crafts fairs to open across Peninsula

Several arts and crafts fairs will be conducted this weekend across the Peninsula.

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A GROWING CONCERN: A gift list for gardeners as holiday shopping begins

SO, THIS COMING Thursday is Thanksgiving, which means the Christmas shopping season begins in earnest the day after.

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HORSEPLAY: The story of how Robin Hill Park came to be

“WANNA MEET ME for a ride at Robin Hill Park?” I think 2007 was the first time I…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Get in the middle of a great garden

AS I WAS going through my records and notes, I came across an article from 2020 that was…

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

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Unity in Port Townsend planning for Sunday services

PORT TOWNSEND — The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “The Soul of Money” during services at 11 a.m.…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Deck the halls by trimming the trees

A GREAT WAY to enhance your yard and entrance-way is to incorporate evergreen displays around your house and/or…

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When Ukrainian musical group Kommuna Lux played at the Palindrome recently they met up with Paradigm Sporthorse Trainer Rebecca Cushman to see her two Ukrainian Warmblood imports Tux (shown) and Artist. From left Sergei Zhuravel, Volodymyr Gitin, Bagrat Tsurkan, Oleg Vasianovych, Sergei Poltorak and Yaroslav Besh. They’re currently touring the U.S. and Cananda to raise money to aid their fellow citizens affected by Russian’s military attacks.

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HORSEPLAY: From inhuman to humane

THIS FEBRUARY WILL mark the third anniversary of Putin’s large-scale war on Ukraine. His warring atrocities have proven…

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

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Unity in Port Townsend planning for Sunday services

PORT TOWNSEND — The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Blessed and Blessing” during services at 11 a.m. Sunday.

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A GROWING CONCERN: Be the brightest bulb in the box with holiday lighting

NOW THAT IT is the beginning of November and darkness has truly descended upon us, what can we…

A bellwether is traditionally the leading sheep of a flock, which has a bell to lead the others.

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BACK WHEN: Is Olympic Peninsula the bellwether?

HERE WE ARE. Just days away from another Presidential election. There is a certain level of weirdness that…