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WEEKEND: Other area events on North Olympic Peninsula

Garage sales along 61 miles of scenic highway, book signings, dances and walking tours of Port Townsend’s Victorian seaport are among activities available on the… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Sailing team booth to fund yearly costs

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend High School sailing team will have a fundraising booth at the Wooden Boat Festival this weekend. Team members will… Continue reading

Kim Aldrich waits for a mooring rope to be tossed from a guest boat as boats trickle into Point Hudson Marina for the Wooden Boat Festival in 2011. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Wooden Boat Festival to draw sailors, curious

PORT TOWNSEND — The 36th annual Wooden Boat Festival, which begins today, is one of the busiest weekends of the year, drawing an estimated 30,000… Continue reading

Kim Aldrich waits for a mooring rope to be tossed from a guest boat as boats trickle into Point Hudson Marina for the Wooden Boat Festival in 2011. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

JOHN NELSON’S LIVE MUSIC COLUMN: A variety of venues, vibes for music

Port Angeles and Joyce ■ Today at Castaways Restaurant and Night Club, 1213 Marine Drive, Jerry’s Country Jam lasts from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.… Continue reading

Trisa Chomica and her son

Port Angeles shops to take part in Fashion’s Night Out

PORT ANGELES — These three women intend to dispel what they perceive as downtown's bad reputation. Well, maybe not so bad — but boring, they… Continue reading

Trisa Chomica and her son
Dance teachers Rosalynn Rees and Paul Kelly

Salsa dance heats up Wednesdays in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — As promised, salsa dancing is turning into a regular thing downtown. This Wednesday night Salsa in PA, the new organization devoted to… Continue reading

Dance teachers Rosalynn Rees and Paul Kelly
Sarah Cronauer says goodbye to “my captain

Mourners bid farewell to Port Angeles entrepreneur Paul Cronauer

PORT ANGELES — Until not long ago, Paul and Sarah Cronauer would wake up together, talk a bit and share a deep belly laugh before… Continue reading

Sarah Cronauer says goodbye to “my captain

PENINSULA PROFILE: Young couple put heart into dairy

DUNGENESS — Out here, the labors of love are many. There is love between two young mates. Love for animals. Love for the family who… Continue reading

Willie Van Nostrand of Sequim peers down on the Dungeness Valley from 3

It’s Sequim Balloon Festival weekend [PHOTO GALLERY ]

SEQUIM — The long and long-awaited weekend is just about here: three days when a dozen hot-air balloons will be sprinkled across the sky, and… Continue reading

Willie Van Nostrand of Sequim peers down on the Dungeness Valley from 3

WEEKEND — Huge garage sale fundraiser scheduled in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Thousands of items will go on sale during the Clallam County Historical Society's annual garage sale, conducted from 8 a.m. to 2… Continue reading

WEEKEND — More events (music, food, races, a gun show) by city on North Olympic Peninsula

CONCERTS, RACES, BARBECUES, a gun show and a motorcycle hill climb are among the myriad activities planned on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. For… Continue reading

A reenactor shows two boys how things were done way back when at the annual Green River Mountain Men rendezvous in 2011. Peninsula Daily News Staff File Photo

WEEKEND — Mountain men to descend for rendezvous on Peninsula

SEQUIM — The Green River Mountain Men will host its annual rendezvous at the Peninsula Long Rifle Association's property off Slab Camp Road this Labor… Continue reading

A reenactor shows two boys how things were done way back when at the annual Green River Mountain Men rendezvous in 2011. Peninsula Daily News Staff File Photo

WEEKEND — Music will soar at Sequim Balloon Festival, too

SEQUIM — Jazz from the American songbook, marimba music from Africa, electrified Celtic violin: One after another, they will fill the air at this weekend's… Continue reading

WEEKEND — Olympic Music Festival winds up with ‘West Side Story’ and classics

QUILCENE — For the last Olympic Music Festival concerts of the summer, two young pianists will step inside a century-old dairy barn to offer four… Continue reading

Lee Oskar

WEEKEND — Rare Earth concert tonight: Lee Oskar, legendary harmonica player, will perform, too.

LEE OSKAR, THE revered harmonica player who formed the band War with Eric Burdon back in 1969, has been added to tonight's roster of rock… Continue reading

Lee Oskar
WEEKEND — Rare Earth concert tonight!  It kicks off Sequim Balloon Festival

WEEKEND — Rare Earth concert tonight! It kicks off Sequim Balloon Festival

SEQUIM — In the air tonight: a universal theme of sight and sound. “Once in a blue moon, you get to see Rare Earth,” is… Continue reading

WEEKEND — Rare Earth concert tonight!  It kicks off Sequim Balloon Festival
Evening of food, music to benefit Jefferson Clemente Course

Evening of food, music to benefit Jefferson Clemente Course

CHIMACUM — So a bunch of food and music lovers from across the North Olympic Peninsula got together and, seeing how they savor the same… Continue reading

Evening of food, music to benefit Jefferson Clemente Course

JOHN NELSON’S LIVE MUSIC COLUMN: Rollicking rock ‘n’ roll, blues on tap at venues

JUST BECAUSE SEPTEMBER is here doesn’t mean summer is over. September offers up hot-air balloons, music, blues festivals and more. Port Angeles ■ Today at… Continue reading

The Peninsula Junior Rodeo team raked in the points at last weekend's rodeo

KAREN GRIFFITHS’ HORSEPLAY COLUMN: Junior Rodeo rides to victory in Port Angeles

“BRACE YOUR BACKBONE and forget your wishbone” is an old saying among rodeo contestants. In keeping with that theme, our local Junior Rodeo youths got… Continue reading

The Peninsula Junior Rodeo team raked in the points at last weekend's rodeo
The Diamond Sun

Up, up and away: A new view of Peninsula

SEQUIM — Up here, it's easy to feel reverent. It's warm. Still as a mountain morning. And it feels as if an invisible hand has… Continue reading

The Diamond Sun