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Carmen Walter, 3, looks enamored with the T-Rex while waiting for the start of the annual Halloween Parade in Port Townsend on Monday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Towering T-Rex

Carmen Walter, 3, looks enamored with the T-Rex while waiting for the start of the annual Halloween Parade in Port Townsend on Monday.… Continue reading

Carmen Walter, 3, looks enamored with the T-Rex while waiting for the start of the annual Halloween Parade in Port Townsend on Monday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
The Crescent High School king and queen of Homecoming 2022 are Conner Ferro-May and Bay Peppard. They were crowned at halftime the Loggers’ home football game against Quilcene on Saturday at Crescent School. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Crescent Homecoming royalty

The Crescent High School king and queen of Homecoming 2022 are Conner Ferro-May and Bay Peppard. They were crowned at halftime the Loggers’ home football… Continue reading

The Crescent High School king and queen of Homecoming 2022 are Conner Ferro-May and Bay Peppard. They were crowned at halftime the Loggers’ home football game against Quilcene on Saturday at Crescent School. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Inspector Josh Ley of the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office accepts a package of medications from a motorist at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. The nationwide event was developed to provide a safe method of disposing of unwanted, uneeded or expired prescription medications and illicit drugs. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Drug takeback day

Inspector Josh Ley of the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office accepts a package of medications from a motorist at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles… Continue reading

Inspector Josh Ley of the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office accepts a package of medications from a motorist at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. The nationwide event was developed to provide a safe method of disposing of unwanted, uneeded or expired prescription medications and illicit drugs. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Bennet Web, 5, of Sequim picks out the perfect utensil for carving his jack-o-lantern during Saturday’s Halloween celebration at the Sequim Prairie Grange near Carlsborg. Trunk-or-Treat, hosted by grange members, featured candy and treats, food, pumpkin carving and other activities. For information about Halloween activities today, see Page A3. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Trunk or treat

Bennet Web, 5, of Sequim picks out the perfect utensil for carving his jack-o-lantern during Saturday’s Halloween celebration at the Sequim Prairie Grange near Carlsborg.… Continue reading

Bennet Web, 5, of Sequim picks out the perfect utensil for carving his jack-o-lantern during Saturday’s Halloween celebration at the Sequim Prairie Grange near Carlsborg. Trunk-or-Treat, hosted by grange members, featured candy and treats, food, pumpkin carving and other activities. For information about Halloween activities today, see Page A3. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
A row of carved Halloween pumpkins sitting on a brick fence in the 1800 block of West 10th in PA dlogan

Halloween celebrated all weekend

Merchants in downtowns across the North Olympic Peninsula are offering trick-or treating on Monday after haunted houses and other offerings have set the stage throughout… Continue reading

A row of carved Halloween pumpkins sitting on a brick fence in the 1800 block of West 10th in PA dlogan
Hilary Lewis of Olympia looks over a 36-inch jellyfish that washed up on the beach at Fort Worden last weekend. The jelly was identified as probably a Lions Mane jellyfish by Emilee Carpenter, aquarium specialist at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center. Such jellyfish can grow very large, she said Tuesday, adding that the color is accurate. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Jellyfish washes ashore

Hilary Lewis of Olympia looks over a 36-inch jellyfish that washed up on the beach at Fort Worden last weekend. The jelly was identified as… Continue reading

Hilary Lewis of Olympia looks over a 36-inch jellyfish that washed up on the beach at Fort Worden last weekend. The jelly was identified as probably a Lions Mane jellyfish by Emilee Carpenter, aquarium specialist at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center. Such jellyfish can grow very large, she said Tuesday, adding that the color is accurate. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Sharon Prosser of Sequim creates refrigerator magnets with hand-painted rocks as part of the Ladybug Project, a fund-raising effort for the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society. Prosser was making and selling magnets for $1 each and taking monetary donations to the society on Saturday at the Port Angeles Farmers Market.
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Magnet fundraiser for humane society

Sharon Prosser of Sequim creates refrigerator magnets with hand-painted rocks as part of the Ladybug Project, a fundraising effort for the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society.… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Sharon Prosser of Sequim creates refrigerator magnets with hand-painted rocks as part of the Ladybug Project, a fund-raising effort for the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society. Prosser was making and selling magnets for $1 each and taking monetary donations to the society on Saturday at the Port Angeles Farmers Market.
A woman and her dog stroll along a leaf-lined path at Kai Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend. Fall temperatures this week are expected to be in the mid to upper 50s with rain and wind likely in the forecast. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Autumn pathways

A woman and her dog stroll along a leaf-lined path at Kai Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend. Fall temperatures this week are expected to be… Continue reading

A woman and her dog stroll along a leaf-lined path at Kai Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend. Fall temperatures this week are expected to be in the mid to upper 50s with rain and wind likely in the forecast. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
ictured from left to right are Peter Raiswell, Francie Louden, Annie Welch, Priya Jayadev, Anita Chilton, Heather Loyd and Gary Schneider.
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Car club makes hospice donation

The Strait Air Volksgrüppe VW Car Club recently donated $1,800 to Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County. The funds were raised at the club’s North Olympic… Continue reading

ictured from left to right are Peter Raiswell, Francie Louden, Annie Welch, Priya Jayadev, Anita Chilton, Heather Loyd and Gary Schneider.
Pictured, left to right, are Janet Russell, Lorenzo Portelli and Mary Jacoby.
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Green thumb award winner named

The Port Angeles Garden Club has awarded its fill Green Thumb award to Lorenzo Portelli. Portelli received the award for excellence in landscaping at his… Continue reading

Pictured, left to right, are Janet Russell, Lorenzo Portelli and Mary Jacoby.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Six-year-old Emmett Stratford of Port Angeles receives a treat from Sarah Ogerly, owner of Olympic Stauned Glass, left, and Mitch Zenobi during Halloween trick or treating in downtown Port Angeles in 2019.

Scares and dares on Peninsula for Halloween

Thrills and chills are in store on the North Olympic Peninsula as Halloween approaches. Leading up to Halloween on Oct. 31 are a variety of… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Six-year-old Emmett Stratford of Port Angeles receives a treat from Sarah Ogerly, owner of Olympic Stauned Glass, left, and Mitch Zenobi during Halloween trick or treating in downtown Port Angeles in 2019.
A road crew from the Port Townsend Public Works Department — Rafe Thornton, bucket driver, Tracy Benson, with hard hat, Chris MacDonald and Lane Dotson in the background — finishes repaving a section of Walnut Street on Thursday. The section of street was degraded for months with barriers set up to direct traffic around the worst part, essentially making it a one-lane roadway. The street was slated to be open for traffic later in the afternoon. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Repaving Walnut Street

Rafe Thornton, bucket driver, Tracy Benson, with hard hat, Chris MacDonald and Lane Dotson… Continue reading

A road crew from the Port Townsend Public Works Department — Rafe Thornton, bucket driver, Tracy Benson, with hard hat, Chris MacDonald and Lane Dotson in the background — finishes repaving a section of Walnut Street on Thursday. The section of street was degraded for months with barriers set up to direct traffic around the worst part, essentially making it a one-lane roadway. The street was slated to be open for traffic later in the afternoon. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
At the Sunday Chimacum Farmers Market, Jill and Kevin — aka Jill McAnally and Kevin McConell — sing country, swing and blues songs to vendors and shoppers. The produce and artisan market, outside the Chimacum Corner at 9122 Rhody Drive, will be held just two more Sundays before it wraps up for the season on Oct. 30. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

Farmers Market music

aka Jill McAnally and Kevin McConell — sing country, swing and blues songs to vendors… Continue reading

At the Sunday Chimacum Farmers Market, Jill and Kevin — aka Jill McAnally and Kevin McConell — sing country, swing and blues songs to vendors and shoppers. The produce and artisan market, outside the Chimacum Corner at 9122 Rhody Drive, will be held just two more Sundays before it wraps up for the season on Oct. 30. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)
A boat floats placidly on Dungeness Bay on Saturday as hikers walk along Dungeness Spit in the background and Striped Peak stands on the horizon. Unseasonably warm and dry conditions made for good boating weather, despite hazy skies from wildfire smoke from east of the Cascades. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Hazy Day on Dungeness Bay

Hazy day on Dungeness Bay A boat floats placidly on Dungeness Bay on Saturday as hikers walk along Dungeness Spit in the background and Striped… Continue reading

A boat floats placidly on Dungeness Bay on Saturday as hikers walk along Dungeness Spit in the background and Striped Peak stands on the horizon. Unseasonably warm and dry conditions made for good boating weather, despite hazy skies from wildfire smoke from east of the Cascades. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
From left, Nancy Mandell, Julia Escobedo and Mandy Escobedo partake in the inaugural Witches’ Walk through downtown Port Townsend on Saturday. Some 50 witches — women, children and men among them — assembled at Haller Fountain and sashayed through traffic to Pope Marine Park. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)
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Witches’ walk

From left, Nancy Mandell, Julia Escobedo and Mandy Escobedo partake in the inaugural Witches’ Walk through downtown Port Townsend on Saturday. Some 50 witches —… Continue reading

From left, Nancy Mandell, Julia Escobedo and Mandy Escobedo partake in the inaugural Witches’ Walk through downtown Port Townsend on Saturday. Some 50 witches — women, children and men among them — assembled at Haller Fountain and sashayed through traffic to Pope Marine Park. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Two-year-old Knox Wahlsten of Port Angeles crawls into a cart filled with freshly-cut pumpkins on Wednesday at a pumpkin patch grown at Agnew Grocery in the Agnew area between Port Angeles and Sequim. The grocery and feed store at 2863 Old Olympic Highway features two fields of u-pick pumpkins as well as other seasonal activities for youngsters.
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Pumpkin wagon in Agnew

Two-year-old Knox Wahlsten of Port Angeles crawls into a cart filled with freshly-cut pumpkins at a pumpkin patch grown at Agnew Grocery in the Agnew… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Two-year-old Knox Wahlsten of Port Angeles crawls into a cart filled with freshly-cut pumpkins on Wednesday at a pumpkin patch grown at Agnew Grocery in the Agnew area between Port Angeles and Sequim. The grocery and feed store at 2863 Old Olympic Highway features two fields of u-pick pumpkins as well as other seasonal activities for youngsters.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Adam Cowan 1 1/2, of Sequim show a hint of trepidation on Wednesday while getting to know a goat named Trixie that resides at Agnew Grocery east of Port Angeles. The goat is one of several farm animals kept on the property of the grocery and feed store.
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Kid to kid in Agnew

Adam Cowan, 1½, of Sequim shows a hint of trepidation on Wednesday while getting to know a goat named Trixie that resides at Agnew Grocery… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Adam Cowan 1 1/2, of Sequim show a hint of trepidation on Wednesday while getting to know a goat named Trixie that resides at Agnew Grocery east of Port Angeles. The goat is one of several farm animals kept on the property of the grocery and feed store.
Fiona Krienke, 19, and her brother Hawk, 6, take a spin on the tire swing at Chetzemoka Park in Port Townsend. The 118-year-old city park is named after Chief Chetzemoka, the 19th century S’Klallam leader. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
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Getting in the swing of things

Fiona Krienke, 19, and her brother Hawk, 6, take a spin on the tire swing at Chetzemoka Park in Port Townsend. The 118-year-old city park… Continue reading

Fiona Krienke, 19, and her brother Hawk, 6, take a spin on the tire swing at Chetzemoka Park in Port Townsend. The 118-year-old city park is named after Chief Chetzemoka, the 19th century S’Klallam leader. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Martha Olbrych of Port Ludlow is part of the tennis crew at the Port Townsend High School courts on Wednesdays and Sundays. Players of various levels are getting together for morning doubles as long as the weather stays tennis-friendly. Anyone interested in joining the group can contact organizer David Michael at harp@olympus.net. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
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It’s not all pickleball

Martha Olbrych of Port Ludlow is part of the tennis crew at the Port Townsend High School courts on Wednesdays and Sundays. Players of various… Continue reading

Martha Olbrych of Port Ludlow is part of the tennis crew at the Port Townsend High School courts on Wednesdays and Sundays. Players of various levels are getting together for morning doubles as long as the weather stays tennis-friendly. Anyone interested in joining the group can contact organizer David Michael at harp@olympus.net. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles High School senior homecoming King and Queen Jack Gladfelter and Lily Halberg prepare to ride in their school’s homecoming parade after being crowned on Friday. The pair presided over the Port Angeles Roughriders’ 28-9 loss to the Bremerton Knights during Friday’s football game at Port Angeles Civic Field. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Homecoming royalty crowned

Port Angeles High School senior homecoming King and Queen Jack Gladfelter and Lily Halberg prepare to ride in their school’s homecoming parade after being crowned… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School senior homecoming King and Queen Jack Gladfelter and Lily Halberg prepare to ride in their school’s homecoming parade after being crowned on Friday. The pair presided over the Port Angeles Roughriders’ 28-9 loss to the Bremerton Knights during Friday’s football game at Port Angeles Civic Field. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)