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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.

Life

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

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COVID aid for Peninsula education

College, boatbuilding school receive funds

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Oak Harbor man misses deer, rolls car near Crocker Lake

QUILCENE — An Oak Harbor man who swerved to miss a deer and rolled his vehicle on U.S.…

Business

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 DelGuzzi Drive…

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Hood Canal Bridge to be closed for three nights this week

No crossing between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

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Duvall man hurt in wreck at 101, 104 intersection

PORT TOWNSEND — A Duvall man was treated and discharged from St. Michael Medical Center in Silverdale after…

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Olympic Peninsula health officers worry about mask directive

‘Honor system’ on fully vaccinated

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EYE ON JEFFERSON: County considers cellular tower lease

The three Jefferson County commissioners will consider leasing space at the county fairgrounds to Verizon for a cellular…

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Maskless on the Peninsula

Vaccine opens the door

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Jefferson County settles social media lawsuit

Policy changes to follow allegation of First Amendment violation

Katy Bowman, author of “Grow Wild: The Whole Child, Whole Family, Nature-Rich Guide to Moving More,” will array pages of the book along a mile-long walking route at Chimacum’s Finnriver Farm & Cidery on Sunday afternoon. The “book walk” is free to the public. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Arts & Entertainment

Sequim author highlights new book with Chimacum walk

An unconventional approach to a tour in rural farm setting

KPTZ-FM board president Robert Ambrose and general manager Kate Ingram take in the sun outside the radio station's new quarters at Fort Worden. The community station will move from Port Townsend's Mountain View Commons to the 2,500-square-foot Building 305 this summer. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Radio station KPTZ celebrates with a move to Fort Worden

PORT TOWNSEND — On its 10th anniversary as a nonprofit radio station, KPTZ-FM 91.9 is about to move…

The Miró Quartet — from left, violinists Daniel Ching and William Fedkenheuer, violist John Largess and cellist Joshua Gindele — will engage in a live-streamed question-and-answer session after their virtual concert Saturday. (Photo courtesy of the Miró Quartet)

Arts & Entertainment

Miró Quartet to perform, speak with audience Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — A specially commissioned piece called “Home,” a Beethoven string quartet and Dvorak’s American Quartet are…

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Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers to hold free legal aid clinic

PORT ANGELES — The last day to register for the Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers’ free legal aid…

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Jefferson County Auditor’s office updating policy

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Auditor’s office will accept maps for recording plats and surveys that are…

Arts & Entertainment

Jefferson County Fair garage sale slated for Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Fair Association will host its first garage sale since the pandemic began…

Madpix Inc. filmmakers Doug Blush and Lisa Klein, whose movie “The S Word” appeared in the 2017 Port Townsend Film Festival, are teaching a nine-week documentary filmmaking seminar. (Photo courtesy of the Port Townsend Film Festival)

Arts & Entertainment

Port Townsend Film Festival announces prizes, seeks new boss

Director plans to leave after annual fall event