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Jefferson Community Foundation CEO Siobhan Canty.

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Jefferson Community Foundation fund moves to second phase

COVID relief turns to look toward recovery

Jim Hansen, left, stands with his mother Lorraine on Friday during a drive by celebration of her 104th birthday on Saturday at the Port Townsend Life Care Center. The local law enforcement, first responders, and friends and family of Lorraine drove through waving and wishing her well. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Townsend woman marks 104th birthday

Well-wishers congratulate her in outdoor procession

Catherine Leona Delo

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Malpractice lawsuit to weigh life and death

Daughter says mother fought to get out of body bag

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Peninsula in a race against variants

COVID-19 cases rising in state, nation

Pam Petranek pedals her Cape Cleare Salmon trailer down Lawrence Street toward the Port Townsend Farmers Market last year as she will do again when the market reopens Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Larger Port Townsend Farmers Market to open Saturday

Some 55 vendors are scheduled, and more will come

AmeriCorps service members Nathan Rees, left, and Anna Marchand will lead guided walks through Fort Worden State Park starting Saturday. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

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Guided tours of Fort Worden to start Saturday

Botany, gun batteries topic of walks

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Peninsula counties have child care chasm

Deficit hurts in both Clallam, Jefferson

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COVID-19 tightens child care screws

Wages low for workers

Locals can view the 2021 Sequim Irrigation Festival royalty float reveal at 4:45 p.m. Saturday from the festival’s website, www.irrigationfestival.com. Last year’s float, pictured here, was used only for the 2020 Kickoff Dinner and Grand Parade/Procession due to the pandemic. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Irrigation Festival kicks off Saturday in Sequim

Float reveal, auction open online for all

Keith Rasmussen is sprucing up The Keg & I in Chimacum for its reopening — with live music on the back deck — this Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Doyle and Dwyer set to enliven Keg & I deck

CHIMACUM — Dancing to the live, in-person music this weekend at the Keg &I isn’t allowed, but you…

A proposed expansion of the Sequim Library includes a new entryway. Artwork courtesy of North Olympic Library System

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Proposed legislation likely to fund Sequim Library expansion

Project rated fifth in list of library priorities

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Port Townsend School District tells of more schedule changes

Most Salish students to return to classrooms

Artist Peggy Smith-Venturi prepares to unveil “Unwrapped,” her new exhibition at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History. The downtown Port Townsend museum reopens Friday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Jefferson Museum of Art & History debuts three exhibits Friday

Historical society hopes to expand later this spring

Anne Chastain, Clallam County emergency operations coordinator, discusses the county’s response to COVID-19 at the Port Angeles Business Association’s breakfast meeting. (Rob Ollikainen/Peninsula Daily News)

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Official: Clallam County could see herd immunity by June

Emergency Operations Center chief discusses vaccine program

Wooden Boat Festival director Barb Trailer says the future is bright for the September event at and around the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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2021 Wooden Boat Festival charts its course

Planned: Outdoor activities, indoor events, presentations

Amy Miller

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Outreach programs solve problems to cut arrests, ER visits

Main goal: To improve people’s lives

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Coast Guard rescues pair in tandem kayak off Dungeness Spit

Two people treated for exhaustion at John Wayne Marina

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Changes to bring students to class

Port Townsend adjusts model

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Region needs services, study says

Mental health issues higher than state average

A group of bicyclists make their way down a section of the Olympic Discovery Trail near William R. Fairchild International Airport on the west side of Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Volunteers keep Olympic Discovery Trail in shape

Jefferson County secures land for additional path