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[caption id align="alignnone" width="6000"] Flowers continue to bloom on Hopscotch Farm. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Hudson Gardner As the season winds down and winter begins, peninsula farmers are taking stock of the last season. Staying small, efficient, and productive while balancing life
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="5472"] Though the new Fresnel lens has one of the best views in Port Townsend, the public have to admire the new lens (and Whidbey Island) from below. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Sarah Bofenkamp On October 29, after a
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2048"] Heritage turkeys come in a variety of colors including the sweetgrass (left) and blue sweetgrass which local farmer Ren Winchester added to his flock this year. [/caption] By Derek Firenze There is no evidence that turkey was served at the
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1900"] Illustration by Nhatt Nichols [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] Dear Readers, For my entire childhood through my 20s, Thanksgiving was my favorite holiday of the year. I love food, especially celebration food. I want funfetti cake on my birthday, hotdogs
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1080"] “My arms are my tools,” said Joshua Bingham, the brains behind the brawn of Large Man. [/caption] By Kathie Meyer Joshua Bingham, 34, had one thing—himself—so he turned himself into a business. He wasn’t thinking big when
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4102"] Frontman Dean Brittain brings pure Hadlock metal to the Lantern with his band, Tonight We Knife. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] Event reporting by Nigel O’Shea What: Live Life Loud Presents: Dryland (Bellingham), Key Party (Poulsbo), and Tonight We
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2048"] Illustration by Nhatt Nichols [/caption] By Angela Downs Judith-Kate Friedman is the founder of Songwriting Works, steward of Myth Legacy Project, coach of Aliveness Through Arts, and an award-winning performing artist. We met two years ago when I came to
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2997"] Photo by Lacey Williams on Unsplash [/caption] By Nhatt Nichols Jefferson County will no longer be able to collect glass bottles for recycling at the end of this month. The county transfer station reached holding capacity on Oct. 1 and
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By Nhatt Nichols, photos by Andrew Wiese Last night, every table at the Old Whiskey Mill was filled with Jefferson County Democrats eating dinner and nervously staring at the election coverage as presidential results came in from around the country. “The nerves kick in, the votes are being counted, we’
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="8333"] Photo by visuals on Unsplash [/caption] Welcome to The Beacon’s 2024 Election Coverage. We’ve partnered with the AP to provide up-to-the-minute state and national elections coverage. Click here to view State and National Elections, or navigate to the
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1600"] The proposed DNR timber sale named “Alley Cat” will log approximately 100 acres of mature legacy forest near the Elwha River and Little River in Clallam County. Alley Cat’s sale is scheduled to be approved by the Board of
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1508"] I Sing the Salmon Home with its shiny new sticker. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Nhatt Nichols On the ridges above salmon-filled Chimacum Creek sits Empty Bowl Press, a small publisher that has brought home the prestigious Washington State