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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

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Strait ERN members to hear about next steps, other topics

The Strait of Juan de Fuca Ecosystem Recovery Network members will hear about the next steps for the…

Sports

OUTDOORS: Steelheaders left bank-bound and baitless

A GRIM VERDICT for steelheaders on the West End as new rule restrictions announced late Tuesday, just two…

Siobhan Canty, CEO of the Jefferson Community Foundation, works with the Housing Solutions Network in her new office space in Port Townsend. After the foundation was evicted from its Port Hadlock office, Edensaw Woods donated the Julian Street space. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Jefferson County community asked to free up affordable housing

Shortage affects workforce as well as homeless

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Vaccine hopes raised on Olympic Peninsula

Health officers see ‘light at the end of the tunnel’

Beverly Michaelsen, left, and her daughter Kaiya Lily Hubbard are ready to start a new chapter. They have put their shop, the Wandering Wardrobe, up for sale. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Wandering Wardrobe owners put vintage clothing shop up for sale

Retro dresses, suits could find homes with internet sales

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Port Townsend City Council supports affordable housing tax

County commission to conduct public hearing Dec. 21

Opinion

PAT NEAL: Waiting for steelhead season

IT’S BEEN ANOTHER tough week in the news, as we wait for the state to decide if they’ll…

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Naval Magazine Indian Island plans training exercise

PORT HADLOCK — Naval Magazine Indian Island will conduct a security training exercise Thursday, Dec. 10.

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Peninsula health officers preparing for vaccine distribution

7 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Clallam County; 5 in Jefferson County

Downtown music making, such as that by cellist Sage Coy, has long been part of Port Townsend's cultural identity. Now, with the state officially naming a Creative District within the city, artists are invited to submit proposals for wayfinding art markers downtown, Uptown and at Fort Worden State Park. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Artists sought for Port Townsend sign project

Work to define Creative District

Scott Bahlmann, youth and teen services librarian at the Jefferson County Library, kneels next to the start of the storywalk outside the library. Bahlmann, along with public services manager Chris HoffmanHill, curated the three storywalks that are now located throughout Jefferson County. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

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Jefferson County Library creates reading paths

Three storywalks encourage families to enjoy outdoors

Port Townsend Public Works installed permanent wooden bollards that have replaced the "road closed" signage on Adams Street after the city council voted to keep the street closed. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

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Adams Street in Port Townsend now closed

City may connect path to existing system of trails

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COVID-19 restrictions extended through Jan. 4

North Olympic Peninsula reports six new COVID-19 cases

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Kelp topic of Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s Future of Oceans series

PORT TOWNSEND — Betsy Peabody will present “Immersions in the World of Kelp” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec.…

Santa Claus waves to a few spectators after pulling the lever to light the community Christmas tree Saturday at Haller Fountain in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/For Peninsula Daily News)

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Santa lights up Port Townsend

Santa Claus waves to a few spectators after pulling the lever to light the community Christmas tree Saturday…