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More hopefuls announce for Jefferson County public office

Weeklong filing period to continue through this Friday

Ellie Sandstrom, pictured leading students in a dance workshop, is one of two instructors of an outdoor pop-up "Seeds of Movement" class at Fort Worden State Park this Saturday. The workshop is open to ages 13 and older. photo by David Conklin

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Free outdoor dance class set for Saturday at Fort Worden

PORT TOWNSEND — A free outdoor dance class is open to movers ages 13 and older — with…

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Peninsula Housing Authority moves board meeting to Friday

PORT ANGELES — A Peninsula Housing Authority virtual board meeting scheduled for today has been moved to Friday…

Port Townsend entertainer Phina Pipia is pictured playing a free concert on the Tyler Street Plaza last Thursday; she’s slated to return at 2 p.m. this Thursday for another Buskers on the Block performance sponsored by the Main Street Program. The hour-long gigs in downtown Port Townsend showcase local artists such as Pipia, who has just returned to public performances after a year. She plays original songs including tracks from her new album and songbook, “Outside of the Movies.” More awaits at phinapipia.com. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Playing the plaza

Free concerts continue through May

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Port Townsend City Council members agree on several projects

LED lights, smoking ban in parks, road work get nods

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COVID cases dropping on Peninsula

Health officers still urge caution

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Jefferson Public Utility District to hear study on rates

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Public Utility District commissioners will hear a presentation on electric rates from Sergey…

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Naval Magazine Indian Island security exercise scheduled

PORT HADLOCK — Naval Magazine Indian Island has scheduled a training exercise for Tuesday.

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No weekly flight operations scheduled

COUPEVILLE — There will be no field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station…

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Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Area, cocktails at History Happy Hour in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Bartenders Sophia Elan and Alexander Moats will join Steve Shively for “History Happy Hour: The…

Author Corky Parker of Port Townsend gives a reading at the Ajax Cafe of her new book, “La Finca: Love, Loss and Laundry on a Tiny Puerto Rican Island.” (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Graphic memoir recalls joy and struggle

Author purchased inn on remote Puerto Rico island

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18 candidates file for office in Jefferson County

Port Ludlow fire district only contested race

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Goal: 70 percent or better vaccination rate

Health officers aim to protect all with widespread innoculations against COVID-19

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Jefferson County candidate filing begins today

Forty-six seats on Nov. 2 ballot

Practicing their balance in a garden at Chimacum Elementary School are, from left, Violet Weidner, 10, fourth-grade teacher Kit Pennell, Brycen Christiansen, 10, and Cora Van Otten, 9. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Chimacum educator wins state prize for excellence

Former students credit teacher for sparking environmental interests

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Clallam County death 13th recorded on Olympic Peninsula

Man in his 40s had chronic condition

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ACAC seeks projects for next grant cycle

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Accessible Community Advisory Committee, (ACAC) is looking for additional projects for the…

Andrew May/For Peninsula Daily newsIn many gardens, especially the English gardens found at Colette’s Bed and Breakfast, there will be numerous fall blooming plants. The trick to keep asters, mums and fall flowering sedum thick, short and extremely prolific is to cut them back, preferably twice, before the Fourth of July.

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A GROWING CONCERN: Garden chores? Just a pinch

MAY IS A time to tend to your mums and flowering sedums and Asters by cutting them down.

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Port initiates Quilcene outreach

Guidance sought on future of marina

Port Townsend Students for Sustainability club leaders Lochlan Krupa and Anna Molotsky, both 16, hope to raise awareness of the harmful effects of motor vehicle idling.  Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Students for Sustainability gather support for a ban

Motor vehicle exhaust pollutes air, they say