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Balsamic vinegar adds sweet, tangy flavors

Traditional balsamic vinegars are made from a pure and unfermented reduced grape must and aged for several years…

Homer Mayor Bryan Zak reads a Mayoral Recognition recognizing June as Homer Pride Month at about 6 p.m. Monday, June 11, 2018 outside Homer City Hall in Homer, Alaska. That is the time a regular city council meeting had been scheduled to take place. A crowd of about 75 people attended in support of Pride Month. Council members Shelly Erickson, Heath Smith and Thomas Stroozas notified the city clerk that they would not attend the June 11 meeting, forcing its cancellation because of lack of a quorum. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Pride Month recognition causes controversy in Homer

Right after Call to Order, the Pledge of Allegiance and Agenda Approval on the Homer City Council agenda…

Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News Melisse Reichman sits on her sculpture, “Pocket Pebble,” at the Friday, June 1 opening of her show at Bunnell Street Arts Center. Anchorage artist Graham Dane also shows his works.

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Reichman creates marine life at larger scale

At big minus tides when the sea retreats and intertidal life become visible, Kachemak Bay beaches turn into…

Saint-Malo, France, in April 2018, as seen at low tide. The setting of Anthony Doerr’s “All the Light We Cannot See,” the town on the coast of Breton was heavily destroyed in the liberation of France in World War II. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Writers conference keynote speaker considers time, setting and the control of information

In his novels and short stories, Anthony Doerr, this year’s keynote speaker at the Kachemak Bay Writers Conference,…

Firefighters save East End Road homes from wildfire

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Firefighters save East End Road homes from wildfire

An alert neighbor and a quick response from firefighters at about 6 p.m. Sunday saved two East End…

Peter Sheppard, left, and Matt Lees, right practice a scene from Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot.” Sheppard directs the play, opening at 7 p.m. Friday, May 25, for the start of Pier One Theatre’s 2018 season. (Photo by Richard Rose)

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Pier One opens season this weekend

Now in its second season after former Pier One artistic director Lance Petersen passed the torch to current…

Firefighters save two East End Road homes from wildfire

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Firefighters save two East End Road homes from wildfire

A quick response from firefighters on Sunday afternoon saved two East End Road houses from being destroyed by…

Flex High School graduate Zoe Cramer’s hat reads “Still growing.” In her speech thanking family, friends, teachers and staff, Cramer said, “Mistakes don’t have to be a downfall. They are the soil from which we grow.” Nine students graduated from Flex on Tuesday night, May 22, 2018, at the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center auditorium, Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong / Homer News)

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Nine students graduate from Flex

In a ceremony where Flex High School graduates are easily outnumbered 10-to-1 by family, friends and staff, graduates…

Erin Rae D’Eimon stands by one of her paintings at the First Friday opening for her show on May 4, 2018 at the Homer Council on the Arts in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Shorebird artist explores birding through sound

Featured artists for the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival sometimes tend toward the Roger Tory Peterson side of the…

The Kachemak Bay Quilt Show include challenge quilt blocks on the theme of “Space.” The quilt show was held last weekend at the Homer Elks Lodge. (Photo by Michael Armstrong / Homer News)

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Arts Briefs

Pier One starts season with kick-off celebration Pier One Theatre on the Homer Spit starts its summer 2018…

Isla Brown, age 5, sits on Wildheart, the Giving Salmon, sculpture Saturday, May 12, 2018 at the ribbon cutting for the Homer Boat House. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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New Boathouse dedicated; Spit bathrooms to be built

The latest improvement to the Homer Harbor got officially dedicated last Saturday while funding has been secured for…

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Tutka Bay net pens come loose, now back in lagoon

Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association pink salmon rearing net pens placed at the head of Tutka Bay — but…

A map included in the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association’s permit application for salmon rearing net pens shows the location as closer to Tutka Bay Lagoon.

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DNR orders Tutka Bay salmon net pens to be moved

A discrepancy between where pink salmon net pens are now anchored in Tutka Bay and their listed location…