BUSINESS BRIEF: Port Angeles’ Feiro Marine Life Center to maintain summer hours into October . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — The Feiro Marine Life Center, 315 N. Lincoln St., will extend the center’s summer hours through the Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival weekend, slated for Oct. 8-9.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily.

Staff will take a short break after the Labor Day holiday; the center will be closed Tuesday, Sept. 8, and Wednesday, Sept. 9.

Feiro’s 2015 attendance through Aug. 24 was up 36 percent versus the same time period in 2014, according to a news release.

“We are sure that the good weather and the emphasis on Port Angeles from the Outside magazine’s Best Town Ever contest has helped our attendance” said Gail Tate, Feiro board chair.

Summer admission fees also will be extended.

Admission is $4 for adults, $2 for children ages 3 to 17 and free for children 2 and younger.

Feiro members receive free entry.

Membership information is available at www.feiromarinelifecenter.org/members.

Wind Rose change

SEQUIM — Wind Rose Cellars, located at 143 W. Washington St., is changing its hours effective Tuesday.

The business’ new hours are from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and noon to 10 p.m. Saturdays.

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