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A GROWING CONCERN: Dos and Don’ts to fill fall days

I LIKE TELLING other gardeners what to do so I don’t have to perform so many tasks!

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Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show…

AmeriCorps service member Maggie Baker has joined the staff at Fort Worden State Park.

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AmeriCorps service member joins staff at Fort Worden State Park

AmeriCorps service member Maggie Baker has joined the staff at Fort Worden State Park. Baker is a native…

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EYE ON JEFFERSON: County plans budget workshop

The three Jefferson County commissioners will conduct a workshop on the 2022-2023 biennial budget and the American Rescue…

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Peninsula may have short delay in supplies of children’s COVID-19 vaccine

State has ordered doses, unsure how much will be available locally

This Halloween display is at 229 West 9th in Port Angeles.

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Halloween to be celebrated on Peninsula

Events planned in Port Townsend, Sequim, Port Angeles, Joyce and Forks

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Port Townsend’s Urban Sketchers plan to meet

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Urban Sketchers will sketch in Laurel Grove Cemetery at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Danielle McClelland will be the new executive director of the Port Townsend Film Festival. (Danielle McClelland)

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Port Townsend Film Festival names new executive director

Executive coming from Indiana

Pit bull/Labrador mix Watson waits for his owner, Joost Besijn of Port Townsend, to kick the ball again while the pair played in the rain Thursday afternoon at the Mountain View Dog Park in Port Townsend. According to AccuWeather, the rain will let up in Port Townsend today through the weekend and will return Monday. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

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Playing in the rain

Pit bull/Labrador mix Watson waits for his owner, Joost Besijn of Port Townsend, to kick the ball again…

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Police identify man who hanged himself from tree

PORT TOWNSEND — A man who was found hanging from a tree behind Jefferson Healthcare hospital Wednesday morning…

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Three hurt in single-car wreck near Brinnon

BRINNON — Three Glenns Ferry residents were hurt when a car rolled on a hill at milepost 302…

Joseph Bednarik will present "Facing Identity:  The Magical Lure of Masks" at 11 a.m. Sunday. 
Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship; his lesson will stream on Zoom.
Limited in-person viewing is available on the fellowship’s large screen TV at 1033 N. Barr Road.
For more information or the Zoom link, call 360-417-2665 or email admin@olympicuuf.com.

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Bednarik will present “Facing Identity: The Magical Lure of Masks” at service

PORT ANGELES — Joseph Bednarik will present “Facing Identity: The Magical Lure of Masks” at 11 a.m. Sunday.

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ISSUES OF FAITH: Still hope for the people struggling with addiction

HAVE YOU EVER had a brush with death?

Two Forks men are accused of cutting chunks of cedar from a state Department of Natural Resources bridge at a DNR property on the Upper Hoh Road in West Jefferson County. (Photo courtesy of Department of Natural Resources)

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Forks men accused of cutting up bridge for cedar to sell on black market

Both plead not guilty; trial dates set

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Hospitalizations from COVID-19 growing on Peninsula

A growing number of hospitalizations from COVID-19 on the North Olympic Peninsula is causing concern for the region’s…

The “Purple Fairy,” constructed by Mia Mann’s third-grade class at Quilcene School, was among the winners of last year’s Scarecrow Contest at Quilcene’s Worthington Park. Signups for this November’s competition are underway now. (Worthington Park)

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Registration now open for Quilcene Scarecrow Contest

Entries will be in general, expert judging categories

Andre the harbor seal was released back into the wild Wednesday afternoon on the beach at Fort Flagler State Park after being rehabilitated by the Sealife Response, Rehabilitation & Research (SR3) team. Patrick Hutchins, community engagement coordinator for SR3, and Holly Weinstein, marine stewardship educator and AmeriCorps member for the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, helped guide Andre into the water. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

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Rehabilitated harbor seal returned to the sea

Injured, emaciated pup healed before Fort Flagler release

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Applicants sought for youth awards

PORT HADLOCK — The Rotary Club of East Jefferson County is seeking high school students interested in attending…

Rachel Hill, the e-commerce lead for the Port Townsend Safeway, cuts the ribbon during the store's "Grand Reopening" on Wednesday while surrounded by current and retired employees of the store. Hill has worked for the Port Townsend grocery store for 32 years. 
The reopening is celebrating the completion of a four-month remodel for the store that began after the Fourth of July. The remodel brought in new refrigeration units, display windows for the departments like the deli and meat/seafood, new paint and a new "Ready? Go" section of pre-cooked meals. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Townsend Safeway celebrates remodel

Rachel Hill, the e-commerce lead for the Port Townsend Safeway, cuts the ribbon during the store’s “Grand Reopening”…

Crime & Justice

Peninsula man sentenced for child rape

Port Townsend man had taken child to Canada