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Fire Company Reports

Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Services Oct. 6-Oct. 12 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to five medical…

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Madison DeMott and Cody Woodworth

Madison DeMott of Murietta, Calif., and Cody Woodworth of Homer announce their engagement. The parents of the bride…

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Lucie Jacqueline Schloesser

Lucie Jacqueline Schloesser was born  at 4:44 a.m. Oct. 13, 2014, at South Peninsula Hospital to Samantha and…

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Kylan Christian Andree

Kylan Christian Andree was born at 10:42 p.m. on Oct. 10, 2014, to Deanna R. Andre of Homer…

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Branson Scott Switzer

Branson Scott Switzer was born at 11:09 a.m. on Oct. 8, 2014, at South Peninsula Hospital to Ashley…

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Announcements

Kachemak Heritage Land Trust holds its 13th annual auction at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Wasabi’s. Music is by…

Homer Middle School Huskies Cora Parish, Katarina Hockema and Rylyn Todd show their homecoming spirit in Friday night’s Homer High School Homecoming parade. In back, crown-wearing HMS Principal Kari Dendurent adds some sparkle to the parade.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

If you happened to be cruising the Homer hillside on Sunday, you might have seen little white flakes…

Katelyn Wythe, center, holding books, is one of the student revolutionaries in “Les Misérables.” Wythe also was in the 2003 Homer High school production. Jennifer Norton, Bobby Copeland-McKinney, Judy Wynn and Jill Berryman painted the city-scene backdrop. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Pier One revives ‘Les Misérables’ with all-ages cast

How can a Broadway musical almost 30 years old based on a French novel published more than 150…

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Chamber seeks youth artists for MyHome show

The Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center has issued a call to artists in all genres from…

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Raku pit firing is Sunday

As part of a new program, the Giving Tree, Bunnell Street Arts Center, HOWL, South Peninsula Haven House,…

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Deadline for Wearable Arts entries is Oct. 19

Bunnell Street Arts Center has issued a call for entries for “Noche de Moda,” the 2014 Wearable Arts…

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‘Ordinary Wolves’ author signs new book Saturday

Seth Kantner, author of “Ordinary Wolves” and “Shopping for Porcupine: A Life in Arctic Alaska,” signs his new…

The new Hospice of Homer officers are downstairs in the historic Pioneer Hardware building on Pioneer Avenue, accessible from the parking lot in the back.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Hospice of Homer: End of life care since 1985

The birth of Homer of Hospice started the way many lower Kenai Peninsula organizations began: Someone saw a…