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University of Washington Medical Center Pharmacy Manager Christine Meyer puts a tray of doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine into the deep freeze after the vaccine arrived at the University of Washington Medical Center's Montlake campus on Monday in Seattle. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times via The Associated Press)

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Pfizer vaccine arrives in Washington

Peninsula confirms 6 new COVID-19 cases

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A GROWING CONCERN: Still time to prepare for winter

WOW, WHAT STRANGE weather — first gorgeous, then rain, rain, rain.

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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Open to the public

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Home Fund donors dig deep

Generous residents of the North Olympic Peninsula have dug deep into their pockets during a time of hardship…

Lauren Kuehne, lead author of a new study of noise pollution on the Olympic Peninsula, works in the forests of Western Washington.

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Growlers blamed for noise pollution

New study, Navy disagree on effects

Finnriver Farm & Cidery crew members Evelyn Cilley, left, and Sarah Albert co-host the Community Bowls and Soup Sharing this weekend. photo Diane Urbani de la Paz

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Bowls, soup shared at cidery

Donations aid food banks

Sequim Scout Troop 1498 gears up to attack and trim back overgrown native roses, blackberries and brush along the trails at Layton Hill Horse Camp. They also camped and learned trail safety rules from the Peninsula chapter of Back Country Horsemen. (Carrie Kalina)

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HORSEPLAY: Scouts good place to learn, make friends

ALWAYS LEAVE A place better than you found it.

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Pfizer vaccine expected to arrive in state Monday

Three COVID-19 cases reported across Peninsula this weekend

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Pfizer vaccine expected this week

Each county receiving 975 doses initially

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EYE ON JEFFERSON: Multi-agency group to consider resiliency plan

The Intergovernmental Collaborative Group will review, and possibly adopt, the draft COVID recovery and resiliency plan during a…

Port Townsend High School Orchestra teacher Daniel Ferland will engineer this Saturday's virtual concert. photo courtesy Port Townsend High School

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Port Townsend High School music benefit set

Donations to fund backpack program for students

Denise Winter stars in the title role in "May's Vote," the Key City Public Theatre production online Saturday and Sunday. photo Diane Urbani de la Paz

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Key City Public Theatre plans variety of holiday events

PORT TOWNSEND — A drama about two suffragists, short daily videos and Zoom meetings with Santa Claus are…

Quilcene's Ward Norden sits on a bench at the recently constructed fishing pier at Lake Leland County Park. The Lake Leland day use park, boat ramp, fishing dock and waterfront area are open after a construction project by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. (Holly Bauman)

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OUTDOORS: Steelhead restrictions up for discussion

Bigger, better fishing pier now open at Lake Leland

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State geology lecture offered online

PORT TOWNSEND — Will Gallin will present “Geologic Carbon Sequestration in Washington State” at 4 p.m. Saturday.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Equitese Pony Club members get certified

Ski, swim lessons being offered

Life

ISSUES OF FAITH: Be a light in dark times

DURING THIS DARKEST time of the year, Rabbi Chaim Stern offers this prayer: “In my darkness be a…

For 50 years, Diamond Point’s Don McIntyre has portrayed Santa Claus to benefit the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots. While limited this year due to COVID-19, he plans to go at least another five years. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Diamond Point man marks 50 years as Santa

Toys for Tots says it’s preparing for 3,400 kids in Clallam County

Jefferson County Food Banks Association volunteer Chance Worton stacks boxes of ham inside the refrigeration unit at the Tri-Area Food Bank on Thursday. Harbor Foodservice of Kent delivered 533 discounted hams to be distributed to families of all four food banks in Jefferson County. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

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533 hams delivered to Jefferson County Food Banks

Purchase was made possible through community donations

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Peninsula ports requesting federal money for projects

Funds for Marine Trades Center, Point Hudson jetty

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Jefferson County to sell land to PUD

Sale will allow for Olympic Discovery Trail extension