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NEWS BRIEFS: Tickets on sale for June’s ‘Taste of Port Townsend’ … and other items

PORT TOWNSEND — Tickets are now on sale for the Port Townsend Main Street “Taste of Port Townsend”…

Business

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Forks Chamber of Commerce — Luncheon meetings are Wednesdays at noon at Blakeslee’s Bar &Grill, 1222 S. Forks…

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EYE ON JEFFERSON: Short-term property rentals on Port Townsend council’s agenda

The Port Townsend City Council will consider moving to approve on a second reading an ordinance related to…

Entertainment

Rainshadow Chorale concerts set tonight, Saturday

RainShadow Chorale will give two performances of “Let My Love Be Heard” tonight in Chimacum and Saturday in…

The Port Townsend Friends Meeting is hosting a benefit concert featuring the Wild Berry Pickers, a band specializing in bluegrass and folk music, this Saturday night in Port Townsend.

Entertainment

Wild Berry Pickers to perform bluegrass, folk

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Friends Meeting will host a benefit concert featuring the Wild Berry Pickers,…

Jessalyn Northey, Lila Florence Morgan, Charlotte Capel, Emma McAdam and Mariel Price, from left, sing songs in rehearsal for the Port Townsend Children’s Library Choir’s concert Saturday.

Entertainment

Children’s Library Choir to sing variety of tunes in free Saturday concert in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Children’s Library Choir will serenade audiences young and old with a collection…

An unaccounted-for fiber-optic line on the corner of Landes and 19th streets slows the moving of a two-story apartment complex in Port Townsend on Thursday. (Cydney McFarland/Peninsula Daily News)

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Apartment building trucked through Port Townsend to provide low-cost housing

PORT TOWNSEND — Traffic was detoured Thursday around the route of a two-story apartment building as the structure…

Wearable Art Show donned this weekend in Port Townsend

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Wearable Art Show donned this weekend in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — This year’s Port Townsend Wearable Art Show will feature 48 creations by 40 artists that…

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Coast Guard says state ferries must add more life rafts

By David Gutman

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

News

Quake near Whidbey Island felt on Peninsula

PORT ANGELES — A swarm of earthquakes reported as peppering the Puget Sound region over the past few…

Life

ISSUES OF FAITH: Thank and God bless teachers, for they light the way

BRACE YOURSELF: JUNE is coming quickly, and June means the end of another school year.

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Here’s a more accurate count of how many attended Climate March

Please be advised that the attendance of the April 29 People’s Climate March and rally in Port Angeles…

Life

Ribbon-cutting, Mother’s Day breakfast, geology lecture set this weekend

A ribbon-cutting, a Mother’s Day breakfast and a geology lecture are among upcoming activities on the North Olympic…

News

NEWS BRIEFS: Port Angeles Public Works to host May 26 open house to fete new pump station … and other items

PORT ANGELES — The city’s Public Works and Utilities Department will hold an open house at its new…

TRACK AND FIELD: Postseason revs up in big way for area teams

Sports

TRACK AND FIELD: Postseason revs up in big way for area teams

JOYCE — Cameron Buzzell handled the sprints and Isaac Jay Brunk the long-distance runs as the Neah Bay…

Port Angeles’ Bobby Harrison and Leanne Price caught this 155-pound halibut in 80 feet of water on the third day of halibut fishing last Thursday.

Sports

OUTDOORS: Couple lands halibut ‘big enough to swallow a basketball’

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles anglers Bobby Harrison and Leanne Price put in the time and the effort…

Port Townsend sisters headed to reptile symposium

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Port Townsend sisters headed to reptile symposium

PORT TOWNSEND — Sisters Lauren and Grace Taracka are heading to New Mexico from Port Townsend to attend…

Power, traffic to make way today in Port Townsend as apartment building is moved

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Power, traffic to make way today in Port Townsend as apartment building is moved

PORT TOWNSEND — Power will be out in some areas of Port Townsend for several hours today and…

Sequim Irrigation Festival begins its Grand Finale

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Sequim Irrigation Festival begins its Grand Finale

SEQUIM — Building on a 122-year-old tradition, the Sequim Irrigation Festival’s Grand Finale Weekend will commence today and…

Residents pack Port Angeles council chambers to demand answers of experts on drug abuse

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Residents pack Port Angeles council chambers to demand answers of experts on drug abuse

PORT ANGELES — Residents who filled the Port Angeles City Council chambers and lobby Tuesday night said they…