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Hanna Paoluccu of Alexander, N.Y., and Rosie Berg of Nevada City, Calif., members of the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group and working with the Jefferson County Noxious Weed Board, remove poisonous hemlock weed from along the Larry Scott Trail in Port Townsend on Monday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Poison hemlock removal in Port Townsend

Hanna Paoluccu of Alexander, N.Y., and Rosie Berg of Nevada City, Calif., members of the Hood Canal Salmon…

Bobby Doisher, a prospective member of the Olympic Kiwanis Club, carries a discarded printer to a waiting truck to be taken away for recycling as a line of cars wait to drop off unwanted electronic equipment during the club’s electronics recycling event on Saturday in the parking lot of Port Angeles Civic Field. The club, in partnership with SBK Recycling, collected hundreds of pounds of old computers, televisions, printers and other equipment as vehicles lined up for blocks along nearby Race Street to dispose of castoff electronics. Proceeds from the event were to benefit Kiwanis service programs. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Recycling electronics at Port Angeles Civic Field

Bobby Doisher, a prospective member of the Olympic Kiwanis Club, carries a discarded printer to a waiting truck…

Matt Klontz with the Port of Port Townsend, in a yellow jacket, looks over the nearly completed south breakwater jetty at the entrance to Point Hudson Marina with Jacob Bates, an Orion employee, during a punch-list review on Wednesday. The jetty is expected to be finished next week. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Jetty nearly complete

Matt Klontz with the Port of Port Townsend, in a yellow jacket, looks over the nearly completed south…

Joel Arrington, boat shop manager for the Northwest Maritime Center, looks at the bow of a boat he cut in half that will be an exhibit piece in the new Welcome Center being constructed in what was formerly the retail shop. The new space will have a smaller retail space with the rest of the floorplan devoted to exhibits. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Northwest Maritime Center welcome center in the works

Renovated space will serve as information hub for activities

As is tradition at the end of the Walk for Water, Interact Club members douse the president — this year Krista Charters — in Sequim’s original irrigation ditch by Sequim Middle School. Charters said carrying two large buckets of water 2 miles was harder than she thought it’d be. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Interact Club continues to ‘Walk for Water’

Fundraiser looks to build well for school in Ghana

North Olympic Library System public service specialist Jessica Raivo transfers books from the stacks to a cart on Saturday at the Sequim Public Library for eventual transport to a temporary library building. The current library on North Sequim Avenue is slated for renovation and expansion with library services slated to resume on April 1 at 609 W. Washington St., next to Fifth Avenue Furniture, in the storefront that was previously Brian’s Sporting Goods. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Book transfer

North Olympic Library System public service specialist Jessica Raivo transfers books from the stacks to a cart on…

Casey and Karen Proud, both of Sequim, look at a selection of St. Patrick’s Day hats and other souvenirs for participating in Saturday’s Shamrock Shuffle & Pub Crawl in downtown Port Angeles. The event, a benefit for the Hurricane Ridge Winter Sports Education Foundation, allowed crawlers to receive six tasting tokens for libations at participating bars and restaurants in the downtown area with a drawing for additional prizes. Numerous downtown businesses also offered sale discounts for purchases during the crawl. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Winter sports benefit in Port Angeles

Casey and Karen Proud, both of Sequim, look at a selection of St. Patrick’s Day hats and other…

Mary Kniskern, Sonny’s Spaw and Self Wash owner, shares a moment with Casey, a Great Dane who was rescued after suffering a gunshot wound and the effects of severe hunger in February. (Welfare for Animals Guild)

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Great Dane shot in jaw recovering from wounds

Welfare for Animals celebrates event with community

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Marine Drive in Port Angeles, shown Tuesday, is slated for repaving this summer to replace the aging and frequently-patched road surface.

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Bumpy section of Port Angeles’ Marine Drive to be repaved

PORT ANGELES — Bids for repaving and improving Marine Drive between the Tumwater Truck Route and Hill Street…

Luisa Loi / Whidbey News Group Captain Mark Gripp smiles surrounded by the displays and controls in the Kennewick’s pilothouse, moments before leaving Keystone Harbor.

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Port Townsend-Coupeville ferry run is among state’s most challenging

Single-boat service unlikely to change in next four years

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Youth to offer production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

PORT TOWNSEND — A version of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” set on the remote west coast of…

Brenda Close of Port Angeles, left, talks with Cutco Cutlery representative Allison Gilman, right, as Matt Makowicz of Cutco uses his calculator at the company’s booth at the 39th annual Clallam County Home and Lifestyle Show on Saturday at Port Angeles High School. The two-day event, hosted by KONP Radio, featured 120 exhibitor booths showcasing a wide variety of goods and services with primary sponsorship by Clallam County Public Utilities District, Lumber Traders and Leitz Farm Supply. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Home show exhibit

Brenda Close of Port Angeles, left, talks with Cutco Cutlery representative Allison Gilman, right, as Matt Makowicz of…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Lisa Luebben of Port Angeles digs up a dahlia root from her plot in the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles on Thursday. With spring just around the corner, many people are getting a head start on gardening and other outdoor landscaping endeavors.

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Preparing for spring on Peninsula

Lisa Luebben of Port Angeles digs up a dahlia root from her plot in the Fifth Street Community…

Matthew Nash/ Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim Police Chief Sheri Crain listens to a proclamation at the Feb. 26 Sequim city council meeting as her husband Pat smiles with pride in her during the ceremony. Next to Pat is Clallam County Sheriff Brian King and, to his right, Port Angeles Police Chief Brian Smith.

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Crain reflects on policing career

Retired chief sees city grow, adapt into a ‘jewel’

Demolition continued last week by Jamestown Excavation at the former doctor’s office building at 103 W. Cedar St., adjacent to the Sequim Civic Center. Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe leaders told city staff in October 2022 that they intend to turn the space into an art gallery/gift shop. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim office demolished

Demolition continued last week by Jamestown Excavation at the former doctor’s office building at 103 W. Cedar St.,…

Patrick Brusven of Port Angeles skis at Hurricane Ridge on Sunday morning. There was a reported 63 inches at the Ridge, which is up to 35 percent of needed water supply, up from 29 percent a week ago. On Saturday, 240 cars made the trek up the mountain for the opening of ski season. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Ski season opens

Patrick Brusven of Port Angeles skis at Hurricane Ridge on Sunday morning.

Participants in the Sequim Sunshine Festival 5K Sun Fun Color Run navigate through a gauntlet of tempera paint on Saturday at the Albert Haller Play Fields at Carrie Blake Park. The two-day festival, hosted by the City of Sequim, also featured food, music, youth activities, a craft fair and a drone show. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Sunshine festival

Participants in the Sequim Sunshine Festival 5K Sun Fun Color Run navigate through a gauntlet of tempera paint…

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Peninsula seniors walk runways in New York City

Captain-Crystal, Kidd participate in Fashion Week

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Mobile Healing Clinic to start in Clallam Bay on Monday

RV offers similar MAT services as Sequim facility

Finalists for the 2023 Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber Commerce’s Citizen of the Year award include, front row, from left, Carol Labbe and Pauline Olsen. Not pictured is the award recipient, Renne Emiko Brock, who was unable to attend the chamber’s annual awards luncheon on Tuesday. Pictured with Labbe and Olsen are, back row, from left, chamber President Eran Kennedy, chamber Executive Director Beth Pratt and Lorie Fazio, Citizen of the Year committee chair. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Art advocate Brock named Sequim Citizen of Year

Labbe, Olsen finalists for town’s top civic award