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Joseph Bednarik will present “Pilgrimage to Inspiration Stump” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1033 N. Barr Road. Bednarik's presentation will also stream on Zoom.

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Bednarik will present ‘Pilgrimage’ at service

PORT ANGELES — Joseph Bednarik will present “Pilgrimage to Inspiration Stump” at 11 a.m. Sunday.

Bandleader Angie Tabor will bring her island-music ensemble Caribe to Coyle for an outdoor show Saturday. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Caribe’s steelpans featured at Concert in Woods

COYLE — Angie Tabor adores soca music, the soul of calypso born in Trinidad and Tobago.

Nancy Merrigan

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Poker run to raise funds for Olympic Peninsula woman with cancer

PORT ANGELES — A poker run is scheduled for Sunday to help Nancy Merrigan of Port Angeles with…

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Concerts in the Barn offers performances this weekend

QUILCENE — The Concerts in the Barn summer series continues with two performances this weekend — both free…

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Gibbs Lake closed because of toxins

Microcystin found in high levels in samples

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Port Townsend City Council names new PDA board

Eight members to have first meeting Wednesday

At a Housing Solutions Network forum last week, Port Townsend City Council hopefuls talked about where and how to provide more housing. From left are four of the six candidates: Cameron Jones, Tyler Vega, Ben Thomas and Libby Wennstrom. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Homelessness, climate change discussed at Port Townsend City Council candidate forum

One race to be narrowed to two following primary election

The Jefferson County Public Utility District is asking for voluntary conservation from the Bywater Bay water system, which affects 248 connections near Hood Canal.

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Water conservation urged in Bywater Bay

Seawater intrusion suspected

Len Feldman sends flowers to Port Townsend Bay in honor of Brion Toss, the famed rigger, teacher and author who died in June 2020. The smallest boat on the water, a one-fifth scale model of a 1933 Sam Crocker-designed catboat named Katy, was launched during the procession Wednesday morning; it bears Toss’ ashes. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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World-renowned master rigger, teacher mourned

Ashes, on a scale model catboat, now on final journey

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Time to mask up again against COVID-19

Honor system ‘not working’

Singer Jean Lenke will appear alongside vocalist Sarah Shea in Thursday night's Candlelight Concert, presented online. A portion of proceeds will benefit Olympic Angels. (photo courtesy Jean Lenke)

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Candlelight Concert to raise funds for Olympic Angels

PORT TOWNSEND — “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love),” “Lullaby of Birdland,” “Wonderful World,” “Straighten Up and…

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Tack sale set for Saturday

COYLE — The Coyle Women’s Club will host its community tack and yard sale from 9 a.m. to…

A group of friends from Jefferson and Island counties met Monday to play music as they do year-round at Port Townsend’s Chetzemoka Park gazebo. In the foreground is Dianne Boeger; playing Shetland Islands tunes with her, from left, are fiddler Mhaire Merryman, bouzouki and guitar player Donald Terao and English concertina player Len Feldman. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Gazebo quartet

A group of friends from Jefferson and Island counties met Monday to play music as they do year-round…

Tom Skerritt, star of “East of the Mountains,” will be honored during the Port Townsend Film Festival this September. A screening of the new movie is among the festival’s planned in-person events in downtown Port Townsend. (Photo courtesy of Jane Charles, “East of the Mountains”)

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September festivals coming back with ‘joyful caution’

Wooden Boat, Film events to return to in-person functions

Rosaletta Curry, the Jefferson County Library’s early childhood program coordinator, begins story time by pointing out elements of the environment, such as trees. Ellie Long, 4, left, is among the listeners at story time outside the Port Townsend Library last Thursday. Story hours are offered free at libraries across the North Olympic Peninsula. For information, see NOLS.org and PTpubliclibrary.org. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Rosaletta Curry, the Jefferson County Library’s early childhood program coordinator, begins story time by pointing out elements of…

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Biotoxins in shellfish lead to closure at Discovery Bay

Danger signs have been posted near public access points

Tyler Myles Vega.

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Port Townsend City Council hopefuls list priorities

Position only race in primary election

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Two new service officers for Port Townsend-area disabled veterans

PORT TOWNSEND — Disabled American Veterans (DAV) has announced two new service officers to help veterans in the…

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Child dies in collision

Driver suffered medical emergency, State Patrol said

Music on the Strait cofounders James Garlick, left, and Richard O’Neill, right, perform with New York City-based pianist Jeremy Denk and Southern California cellist Ani Aznavoorian, center, in the inaugural festival three years ago at Peninsula College’s Maier Performance Hall. The performers will reunite this August for the 2021 Music on the Strait. (Photo courtesy of Music on the Strait)

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Music on the Strait concerts lined up

PORT ANGELES — Less than a month from now, James Garlick and Richard O’Neill’s shared hope will at…

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