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Northwest Maritime Center Executive Director Jake Beattie has announced the purchase of the Swan Hotel from co-owner Cindy Finnie. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Maritime center to expand

Swan Hotel, community classroom to be added

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A GROWING CONCERN: Summer means mow chores to do

WELL, WE ARE close … today is Day 3 of late late-spring, and next Monday, June 21, is…

Sequim and Port Angeles high school equestrian teams take a break at the Washington High School Equestrian Team District 4's third and final meet in Elma before state finals. They are bottom row, from left, Haley Bishop (PA), Katie Marchant (PA), Libby Swanberg (S), Keri Tucker (S), Sydney Hutton (PA), Abby Garcia (S), Sara Holland (PA) and Amelia Kinney (PA); top row, from left, Susannah Sharp (S) and Rainey Bronsink (S). (Photo courtesy of Katie Newton)

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HORSEPLAY: Port Angeles, Sequim equestrians ready to head to state finals

SEQUIM AND PORT Angeles high school equestrian teams did an outstanding job at the third and final state…

Port Townsend artist Jonah Trople sculpted the city's Creative District "art markers" from local fir. The wayfinding markers will be cause for celebration at five sites around town this Tuesday at 5:15 p.m. photo courtesy PT Main Street Program

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Creative District markers invite discovery in Port Townsend

Celebration scheduled Tuesday

Crime & Justice

Nordland murder trial begins Monday in Port Townsend

Sixty-year-old man accused of killing 24-year-old

Luke Robins

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Peninsula College president to retire in a year

Pandemic recovery top focus for now

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Nathalie Ballou sends her son Pierre Ballou, 19, off to graduate from Port Townsend High School on Friday night. Ceremonies for Chimacum and Quilcene high school graduating seniors were on Saturday. To view ceremonies online, see https://highschool.ptschools.org/ for Port Townsend, https://www.csd49.org/CJSHS/home for Chimacum and https://fb.me/e/1oyAmiWdA for Quilcene.

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PHOTO GALLERY: Jefferson County graduates take the stage

Port Townsend High School held its graduation Friday evening. Ceremonies for Chimacum and Quilcene high school graduating seniors…

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Change in tactics to tackle COVID beginning

Officials going from pandemic to endemic

Arts & Entertainment

Festival of short films scheduled this week

PORT ANGELES — Like its predecessor, the One-Minute Film Festival in March, Good Things Come in Small Packages,…

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EYE ON JEFFERSON: Board of Health to consider masking directive

The Jefferson County Board of Health will discuss revisions to the county’s masking directive when they meet at…

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State COVID-19 officials coming to Peninsula

Focus on outbreak, antibody testing

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Parade planned today for high school graduates in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend High School seniors and their families will parade through Port Townsend in their…

Team High Seas Drifters Scott Wood, left, Mark Boston, Shad Lemke and Jefferson Franklin finished first and rang the bell while hoisting the first place belt for the WA360 on Thursday. The team finished the 360-mile race at 12:59 p.m., after leaving Port Townsend at 6 a.m. Monday. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

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WA360 teams come in

First arrivals ring the bell to cheers

Celebrating the reopening of the Quimper Grange this Saturday are, from left, George and Jo Yount, Susan Stone, Barbara Tusting, Kathy Ryan, Sheila Long, Mary Beth Haralovich, Doug Groenig and J.J. Johnson. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Grange hall hosts open house

Community can get together again with new ventilation system, remodeled space

Seattle-based flamenco artist Savannah Fuentes brings her art form back to Port Townsend this Sunday and Tuesday and to Sequim on Wednesday night. (Photo courtesy of Savannah Fuentes)

Arts & Entertainment

Flamenco returns to Peninsula

Concerts scheduled in Port Townsend, Sequim

Rev. Larry Schellink will present “Awakening, the Distanceless Journey” at Unity in the Olympics at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

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Unity speaker scheduled for Sunday service

PORT ANGELES — The Rev. Larry Schellink will present “Lessons in Awakening, Part 2: True Freedom” at 10:30…

Katherine O'Leary-Cole

Business

New loan consultant hired in Port Townsend

New loan consultant hired in PT

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Local law enforcement sets impaired driving emphasis

Law enforcement in Clallam and Jefferson counties will engage in high visibility enforcement campaigns in late June to…

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Jefferson County high school graduations online

Available video streams

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Free workshops scheduled at Fort Worden

PORT TOWNSEND — AmeriCorps service members will present two free workshops on Saturday.