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Port Townsend man accused of attempted child rape

Sting operation conducted

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Port Townsend City Council hopefuls debate

Housing, budget and deer addressed

The sign at the Courtyard Cafe in downtown Port Townsend tells the tale of restaurants in summer 2021. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Staffing shortages cramp businesses

Capacity restored, but service constrained

Anna Marchand will lead two free workshops at Fort Worden on Sunday

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Fort Worden workshops offered

PORT TOWNSEND — AmeriCorps service member Anna Marchand will present two free workshops at Fort Worden State Park,…

Ann Arscott's landscapes are featured at Gallery 9 in July.

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Landscapes, sculptures on view at Gallery 9

PORT TOWNSEND — Gallery 9’s featured artists for July are landscape painter Ann Arscott and Sarah Fitch, who…

Tom Saknit's work will be on display at Port Townsend Gallery in July.

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Photography, tin can art on view at Port Townsend Gallery

PORT TOWNSEND — Tom Saknit and Loran Scruggs are the Port Townsend Gallery’s featured artists for July.

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Hoffman Trail closed for logging work

PORT TOWNSEND — The Walt Hoffman Trail at Gibbs Lake County Park will close Tuesday, according to a…

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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Port Angeles Business Association — In-person meeting Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 Del Guzzi…

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EYE ON JEFFERSON: Sustainable forestry program topic at county meeting

The three Jefferson County commissioners will hear a presentation on the sustainable forestry program from Malloree J.Weinheimer, of…

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Covid blastoff expected after Fourth

Locke: Unvaccinated ‘antisocial’

Multi-instrumentalist John Maxwell, left, and blues violinist Jon Parry will mix their music into the Red, White & the Blues event Sunday at the Old Alcohol Plant. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Fundraiser for Bayside Housing set for Sunday

PORT HADLOCK — Live American blues and ragtime, bossa nova, vintage standards and gypsy jazz will mix together…

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Increased boat patrols planned this weekend

North Olympic Peninsula sheriff’s offices plan increased patrols on area waterways looking for drunk and impaired boaters during…

Bursts of fireworks light up the sky over Port Angeles Harbor during the 2019 Independence Day display. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Fourth of July to be celebrated on Peninsula

Port Angeles, Sequim, Forks plan in-person events

Uncle Funk and the Dope Six will play their first gig in nearly two years — a free, all-ages concert — this Saturday in the courtyard at Port Townsend’s Manresa Castle. The band includes, from left, singer Megan Hudson, guitarist Tim Halpin, percussionist Jesse Watson, bassist Kyle Dannert and drummer Tomoki Sage. Keyboardist Pete Lack was out of town but will soon return. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Free, all-ages concert Saturday at Manresa Castle

First performance set after two-year hiatus from public

Finn O’Donnell and Sorina Johnston, pictured as they graduate from Port Townsend High School last month, speak their minds about mental health during the pandemic in a video on The Benji Project website. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Teens tell of how they survived the isolation

The Benji Project conducts survey

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Workshop planned for teens

CHIMACUM — “Mindfulness in Motion,” a four-day workshop for youths age 14 and older, is offered by The…

Vocalist Jean Lenke and her trio will bring jazz, blues and rock to Manresa Castle's Rook Cafe this Friday evening. photo courtesy of Jean Lenke

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Manresa Castle offers Friday night jazz series

PORT TOWNSEND — Vocalist Jean Lenke and her trio will start a Friday night jazz series this week…

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Buses, ferries revert to full capacity

Clallam and Jefferson transit buses are running at full capacity now.

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Woodworking, art topic of Friday talk

PORT TOWNSEND — The fine arts side of woodworking is the topic of this Friday’s Jefferson County Historical…

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No fireworks ban this year in unincorporated Jefferson County

New restrictions can’t be put in place until at least 2023