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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4512"] Mike and Suzie Croy have opened Park Avenue Studio, an art supply shop in Port Townsend. Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] Art news by Diane Urbani de la Paz In this space, the
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By Angela Downs At 71 years old, Darby Huffman of Laughin’Gnome Pottery is retiring after 21 years of throwing, decorating, and inventing mugs and plates. Since 2004, with the start of Daily Bird Pottery, Huffman has been an artist and small business owner in the community, working to make
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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 book award for poetry with their anthology, I Sing the
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Rose Theatre owners Michael D'Alessandro and George Marie with their youngest son Emile, age 9. Photo by Derek Firenze [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Derek Firenze Like its namesake, the Rose Theatre requires attentive care to continue to blossom. Even when the theater first emerged from the
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James Schultz, owner of Quimper Sound, holds a Paul Reed Smith custom 24 semi hollow guitar that just arrived at the shop made from woods he picked out in 2021. Beacon photo by Derek Firenze [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Derek Firenze There’s not usually such solid tunes
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By Nhatt Nichols After five tumultuous years, Imprint Bookstore owners Samantha Ladwig and Thom Nienow have decided to sell the beloved bookstore and writing workshop space. From the beginning, Ladwig and Nienow knew they wanted to give the bookstore their all for five years and then reevaluate their feelings about
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By Charlie Bermant [caption id align="alignnone" width="2000"] A fire destroyed the inside of the Nordland General Store, but the building itself, along with its iconic sign, remained intact. [/caption] The Nordland General Store will reopen on Memorial Day weekend, almost four years after a
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By Derek Firenze [caption id align="alignnone" width="5184"] Pablo and Maria Qamara enjoy a moment on one of the couches they hope to fill their gathering space with. Beacon photo by Derek Firenze [/caption] Three retail businesses recently opened on Water Street, all with a