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Andy Kellogg and Homer Wilson chat with Lindianne Sarno at her stand, Music Garden, on May 28, the opening day of the Homer Farmers Market. -Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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Farmers Market 80 different plants, veggies on opening day

By KYRA WAGNER FOR THE HOMER NEWS The Homer Farmers Market was bustling on opening day. The sun…

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College cuts programs with low enrollment

KODIAK — Kodiak College is cutting some programs that are no longer in demand to save money during…

Homer resident and longtime indoor gardener Beth Carroll works in the new Panama Reds Indoor Gardening Store in Homer. Carroll’s wealth of growing knowledge is available to customers with questions about starting and maintaining their own gardens.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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Panama Reds store expands gardening options in Homer

Panama Reds Indoor Gardening Supply opened in Homer in the last weeks of May, bringing soils, plant fertilizers…

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New Fireweed Academy principal hired

Fireweed Academy’s academic policy committee offered the position of principal to Todd Hindman, who accepted. Hindman founded and…

Fireweed Academy Principal Kiki Abrahamson retired at the close of the 2015-2016 academic year after 19 years with the school.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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Abrahamson retiring, but not leaving Fireweed

Fireweed Academy Principal Kiki Abrahamson has been ready to retire for a couple years, but she was not…

A good catch

Outdoors & Recreation

Halibut, salmon fishing fair to good

W ow, what an incredibly gorgeous Memorial Day weekend even though the wind and overcast chilled things down…

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Letters

Students take ‘long walk to water’ and help others in South Sudan Earlier in the 2015-2016 school year…

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One way to improve health of community: connecting our youth to more adults

Editor’s Note: MAPP,  Mobilizing for Action through Planning & Partnerships, is a local coalition that aims to use…

Blooming in the Kachemak Gardener's garden is this trollius.-Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick

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The Kachemak Gardnener

There are basic truths that bear repeating:  • Keep your garden small; • Weed, if you can; •…

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Arts Briefs

        ‘The Drunkard’ auditions this weekend Auditions for The Drunkard, a melodramatic morality musical to…

Homer resident Christie Hill, who has been a bugle player for the Memorial Day services for about 10 years, plays “Taps” at the Ninilchik Cemetery on Monday, May 30. -Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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A day to remember

Homer, Anchor Point and Ninilchik American Legion and VFW members traveled to three ceremonies along the lower Kenai…

Pet of the Week

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Pet of the Week

Yes, Virginia, we have kittens.  Three-months old and absolutely adorable, this litter of mixed colors and markings playful,…

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Court report

Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through May 20: Judgments Shaun P. Anderson,…