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Ceremonies, lights, shopping mark Thanksgiving weekend

Port Angeles and Sequim both will mark the Saturday after Thanksgiving with tree-lighting ceremonies to coincide with Small…

A fire broke out in an excavator on Key Road earlier this week.

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No one hurt in excavator fire

PORT ANGELES — No one was injured when an excavator became engulfed in flames in the 1000 block…

Anna-Marie Tax, 7, of Port Angeles and her brother A.J. Tax, 4, behind, are served by volunteers, from left, Phil Becillis, Lorenz Sololmann and Patty Sollman during Thursday’s Community Dinner at Queen of Angeles community hall in Port Angeles. Hundreds of people took part in the free meal, which featured traditional Thanksgiving fare, dessert and the companionship of other community members. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Free community feasts draw Peninsula residents

Volunteers serve hundreds with turkey, all the fixings

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Election field is lining up for 2024

Candidates emerge for vacant positions

Singers, from left, Abbigail Cuellar, 16, Danielle Lorentzen of Ghostlight Productions, Kaylyn Stroup, 15, and Max MacFall, 15, perform a Christmas carol during Wednesday evening’s opening ceremony for the 33rd annual Festival of Trees at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Tickets are available for Festival of Trees

Senior breakfast, gala and family days also part of annual event

The Rev. Larry Schellink will present “The Great-Fullness” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Schellink is the guest speaker at Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle Ave.

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Weekend program scheduled for Unity in the Olympics

PORT ANGELES — The Rev. Larry Schellink will present “The Great-Fullness” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

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‘Grace’ is set for Sunday program

PORT ANGELES — Joseph Bednarik will present “Holding Hands with Grace” at 11 a.m. Sunday.

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ISSUES OF FAITH: Being thankful for Thanksgiving

I AM THANKFUL for Thanksgiving and how it prepares our hearts for the Christmas season.

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Capital plan in Clallam; fees in Jefferson before county boards

Government meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Volunteer Merry Svenson of Port Angeles carries plates of turkey and fixings to be served to hungry visitors during Wednesday’s annual pre-Thanksgiving lunch at the Salvation Army Social Service Center in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Salvation Army offers meal on Thanksgiving Eve

Additional free community fests to be offered today

Bruce Emery, Clallam County’s director of Community Development, chats with about 30 farmers on Nov. 7 to seek input on updating the county’s code in order to better help farms come into compliance. “This is going to be cooperative, constructive, and it’s not going to be punitive,” he said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Clallam working on farm guidelines

Survey open to public; action possible in ’24

Temporary fencing blocks the end of Port Angeles City Pier at the observation tower after the city closed the area. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Angeles closes observation tower pending engineering report

PORT ANGELES — The future of the waterfront observation tower, which was fenced off to the public on…

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Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department workers Eli Hammel, left, and Todd Shay string lights on the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain on Tuesday in preparation for Saturday's lightning ceremony.

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Tree lighting ceremonies, other festivities set on Peninsula

Lights will glow in Port Angeles, Sequim and Port Townsend along with special events this Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

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City Pier viewing tower closed

PORT ANGELES — Citing safety concerns, the city of Port Angeles has closed the viewing tower at City…

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Free public Thanksgiving feasts offered on Peninsula

First meal set today in Port Angeles

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Volunteers provide more than 1,000 Thanksgiving meals in Sequim

SEQUIM — Thankfulness was a key word among many visitors of Sequim Food Bank’s Family Holiday Meal Bag…

Acerbic magazine columnist Daria Chase (portrayed by Jamie Pauley) reveals that newly-married Simon Bright (Stephan Willms) has inherited a fortune in an early scene of “The Game’s Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays.” Looking on are host William Gillette (Joel Hoffman) and Bright’s new bride, Aggie Wheeler (Merrin Packer). (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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OTA thriller/farce channels Sherlock Holmes for production that runs Dec. 1-18

tickets on sale now

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Conservation district hosting annual plant sale

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam Conservation District is taking orders for its annual native plant sale.

Betsy Reed Schultz (far left), founder of Captain Joseph House, gets a look at a carved bear donated by Bret Wirta’s Black Bear Diner and Holiday Inn & Suites last week at the Port Angeles facility. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Carved bear added to Captain Joseph House grounds

Gold Star families can find respite at Port Angeles facility

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On your mark, get set, shop

Small Business Saturday growing