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Pet of the Week: Una

Una has been at the shelter for over six weeks; she is more than ready to be adopted.…

Photos by Emilie Springer/ Homer News
Peony bundles in a cooler at Diamond Ridge Peonies on August 11.

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Diamond Ridge Peonies reaches the height of harvest season

It is the height of harvest for Diamond Ridge Peonies. This year’s harvest is taking place about three…

Sarah Brewer conducting a Shakespeare course at the Wynn Nature Center. Photo provided by Sarah Brewer.

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Mud Bay Bards founding member to participate in Shakespeare’s Way: a Journey of Imagination

The 146-mile trail that Shakespeare himself may have traversed starts in Stratford-upon-Avon

Clark Fair photo
Homer Community Cemetery was first established in 1928 and has been closed to non-reserved burials since the early 1980s.

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Homer Community Cemetery: Difficulties in filling a public need (Part 1)

Two important events—one strategic, the other tragic—occurred in the Homer area on Sept. 21, 1928. Although they happened…

Image via Homer Farmers Market

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Governor declares official Farmers Market Week

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has officially declared this week as Farmers Market Week to “encourage all Alaskans to recognize…

Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion
Fresh ripe peaches are wrapped in a buttery crust in this peach galette recipe.

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Perfect peach galette for a special summer tradition

For one week every summer, my in-laws host all their children and their spouses and all seven grandchildren

Kayakers enjoy a sunny day as they explore the entrance to Halibut Cove on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023 in the Kachemak Bay in Alaska. Photo by Christina Whiting

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Best Bets

August is National Wellness Month. How do you promote your own good health? Whether it’s time with friends,…

Griffin, Una and Midnight. Photo courtesy of Homer Animal Shelter

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Pets of the Week: Midnight, Una and Griffin

We have some amazing cats at the shelter right now. Midnight is a 5-year-old male. Una is a…

Years Ago

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Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past

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Breezy Berryman and Mariah Maloney by Beluga Lake in Homer.

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Homer-raised dancer receives Fulbright to study Irish traditional music and dance

Growing up in Alaska has influenced her study and practice of dance through the years

Emilie Springer/ Homer News
Homer youth warming up at theater camp on the Homer Spit on August 3.

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Pier One performance of ‘Anne of Green Gables’ to spotlight theater skills developed in local youth camp

Pier One Theatre opens the youth theater production of “Anne of Green Gables” on Aug. 11 at 6…

Homer woodworker Ted Heuer in photographed in his shop with rockfish and halibut trivets in 2022. Photo by Beth Heuer

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Local craftsman finds ‘almost no limits’ to woodworking

Homer man shares his passion for turning wood into functional and beautiful works of art

A grazing board, also known as a charcuterie board, is prepared Saturday, July 22, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Grazing board rules

Charcuterie boards are all the rage in the wedding scene right now