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HELP LINE: Remember: Age is just a number

TODAY IS MY birthday (thank you, thank you very much), and I must confess that I hadn’t anticipated that turning 24 would be such a… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: Be cautious of starting fires

HORSEPLAY: Be cautious of starting fires

WE MIGHT BE roasting in this heat, but thankfully we’re not toasting from a wildfire. Still, as Western Washington broke the record for most consecutive… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: Be cautious of starting fires

PENINSULA KITCHEN: Finger foods to beat the heat

GROWING UP AS an only child with a single mother, we often had what we called “Snackens” for dinner. What seemed to be a special… Continue reading

Seahawk Sherman fuels foster donation

Seahawk Sherman fuels foster donation

Seahawk cornerback Richard Sherman has got ’em covered — and we’re talking local youths, not wide receivers. Blanket Coverage, the Richard Sherman Family… Continue reading

Seahawk Sherman fuels foster donation
Blue Rhinos bring blues, funk to Sequim

Blue Rhinos bring blues, funk to Sequim

The Blue Rhinos will hit the outdoor stage at the Sequim Library at 6 tonight. The performance at the library at 630 N.… Continue reading

Blue Rhinos bring blues, funk to Sequim

Have ‘A Night at the Movies’ with the Sequim City Band

Storm Troopers, Rydell High School seniors, cloned velociraptors, a little mermaid and even a dancing candlestick will invade the James Center for the… Continue reading

Historic Quilcene barn hosts free chamber music concerts

Historic Quilcene barn hosts free chamber music concerts

The concerts in the barn are back — and now with an expanded summer lineup. Since 1984, Alan Iglitzin has offered chamber concerts… Continue reading

Historic Quilcene barn hosts free chamber music concerts
Local pilots giving youth wings at Young Eagles rally Saturday

Local pilots giving youth wings at Young Eagles rally Saturday

John Meyers is one of many area pilots preparing to send youths into flight at the… Continue reading

Local pilots giving youth wings at Young Eagles rally Saturday
Northwest Colonial Festival returns for third year

Northwest Colonial Festival returns for third year

Re-enactments of the American Revolutionary War are scheduled today, Saturday and Sunday at the George Washington… Continue reading

Northwest Colonial Festival returns for third year

Salmon bake, drag races, English country dance coming up on Peninsula

EDITOR’S NOTE: This entry has been updated to revise the date of the Port Angeles Upper Race Street Extension Neighborhood Watch meeting. A salmon bake,… Continue reading

Block party ends Keying Around event

Block party ends Keying Around event

Keying Around went out with a bang with a block party sponsored by the city of… Continue reading

Block party ends Keying Around event
Strait Stamp Society hosts annual show Saturday at Sequim Masonic Lodge

Strait Stamp Society hosts annual show Saturday at Sequim Masonic Lodge

Like the back of stamps, there’s something that makes collecting postage for enthusiasts in the Strait Stamp Society stick.  There’s a story behind… Continue reading

Strait Stamp Society hosts annual show Saturday at Sequim Masonic Lodge
Dirt Rich Farms “Director of Dirt” Kateen Fitzgerald will present “Working with the Weeds” at noon Thursday, Aug. 10, in Port Angeles. This presentation is sponsored by the WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners. (Amanda Rosenberg)

Permaculture principles topic of Thursday lecture

Kateen Fitzgerald will present a model for creating a naturally sustainable gardening environment at noon Thursday. The lecture will be in the… Continue reading

Dirt Rich Farms “Director of Dirt” Kateen Fitzgerald will present “Working with the Weeds” at noon Thursday, Aug. 10, in Port Angeles. This presentation is sponsored by the WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners. (Amanda Rosenberg)

A GROWING CONCERN: As season evolves, so must your chores

WE’RE SOON ON the backside of the midsummer season, so now is the time to start making many decisions regarding the garden. These decisions mostly… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: Music center, and its teacher, remembered fondly

BACK WHEN: Music center, and its teacher, remembered fondly

SEVERAL PEOPLE RECOGNIZED the July picture from the past as Smock Music Center at 625 E. Front St. The building was built in 1929, but… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: Music center, and its teacher, remembered fondly

BIRD WATCH: Water provides the action for bird activity

I HOPE EVERYONE reading this has a birdbath in their yard or in another spot where it can be observed on a regular basis. That’s… Continue reading

HELP LINE: Seek information to help with dementia

A LOT OF us know a lot about dementia. It’s not necessarily because we’ve studied it, but more often than not, because we’ve lived it… Continue reading

Sequim journalist finds middle ground between collection, memoir in ‘Rain Shadow Country’

Sequim journalist finds middle ground between collection, memoir in ‘Rain Shadow Country’

Somewhere between a memoir and a collection of a journalist’s life work, one can find Tim Wheeler’s new book, “News from Rain Shadow… Continue reading

Sequim journalist finds middle ground between collection, memoir in ‘Rain Shadow Country’

BLOCK Fest events set up in Sequim, Port Angeles

BLOCK Fest will come to the Port Angeles Library on Saturday and to Sequim on Aug. 15. The session will begin at… Continue reading