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Earth Day celebrations set this weekend on Olympic Peninsula

The North Olympic Peninsula will offer a variety of Earth Day celebrations.

Principal horn player Bruce Kelley is the featured soloist with the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra, which will offer Armenian American composer Alan Hovhaness’ Artik Concerto tonight and Sunday at the Chimacum School Auditorium. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Townsend Symphony on stage Friday, Sunday

Performances set in Chimacum

News

Weekend workshop to explore plans for poplars

Groups oppose proposal to remove ‘heritage’ trees

Life

Grange meeting planned Wednesday

CHIMACUM — Richard Tucker will address a meeting of Chimacum Grange at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Life

Spring plant sale online through Wednesday

PORT TOWNSEND — The Food Bank Growers Network is hosting its second spring plant sale through Wednesday, April…

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Clallam funding, Jefferson right-of-way on agendas next week

Government meetings across Clallam, Jefferson counties

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County to lease encampment to OlyCAP

Plans are to upgrade site to permanent supported housing

Librarians Paige Wynkoop, in chair at left, and Emily Bufford, in chair at center, host Tuesday morning story time outside the Port Townsend Library. Both library staffers are new and planning youth-oriented activities this spring and summer. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Youth services librarian returns home for story time

Reading programs forthcoming for kids, teens, adults

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Youth theater classes to start in Chimacum

Five-week sessions culminate in showcase for family and friends

Jefferson Transit bus driver Lloyd Eisenman worked without a mask on his Port Townsend shuttle route Tuesday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Transit masking is now optional

Policies change after federal action

The new Creative Alliance at Fort Worden State Park includes, clockwise from left, Copper Canyon Press’ Joseph Bednarik; Heron Scott of the Port Townsend School of Woodworking; Renee Klein of Madrona MindBody Institute; Centrum’s Rob Birman; KPTZ’s Robert Ambrose, Copper Canyon’s George Knotek; KPTZ’s Kate Ingram; Corvidae Press’ Randy Arnest; Northwind Art’s Teresa Verraes and Fort Worden Public Development Authority Executive Director David Timmons. (Brian Goodman)

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New Creative Alliance takes on building upkeep at Fort Worden

Group to relieve PDA of capital maintenance obligations

Life

Healthy bones workshop scheduled

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Healthcare and the Madrona MindBody Institute will sponsor another Healthy Bones workshop from 1…

Arts & Entertainment

COVID-19 prompts cancellation of some Jazz in the Olympics shows

Saturday show still on

Corey Larson, history faculty with NPP, photographed on Weds., Feb. 5, 2020.

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Lecture to examine how present can influence interpretation of past

PORT ANGELES — A professor in the Native Pathways Program through the Evergreen State College will present a…

Politics

Kilmer telephone town hall tonight

TACOMA — U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer will conduct a telephone town hall at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

“Exposure,” a documentary about women from the Arab world and the West who intend to ski to the North Pole, is among the offerings during the 10-day Women & Film festival starting Friday. (Holly Morris)

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Women & Film explores ‘varieties of strength’

Online festival begins Friday, runs through May 1

The swing band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy headlines the new Jazz in the Olympics festival this Friday and Saturday in Sequim and Port Angeles. From left are Andy Rowley, Glen Marhevka, Karl Hunter, Scotty Morris, Kurt Sodergren, Joshua Levy and Dirk Shumaker. (Andy Rowley)

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Jazz in the Olympics returns this weekend

Sets to be played at Elks, 7 Cedars Casino

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Northwest Maritime Center to host event for prospective volunteers

PORT TOWNSEND — The Northwest Maritime Center invites prospective volunteers to its spring kickoff from 4:30 p.m. to…

Arts & Entertainment

Quimper Grange brings back Friday dancing

PORT TOWNSEND — The Quimper Grange has announced the return of dancing from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.…

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Website live for new cases

Link helps patients self-report illness