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A festival returns to the market

It has been an odd year for weather here in Homer, I can’t ignore it.

This homemade bar of shortbread, caramel and chocolate mimics a brandname candy bar for a luxurious at-home treat. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Candy bar for a millionaire

Make this familiar treat at home for a luxurious dessert

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Best Bets

It’s not exactly fun in the sun with the continuing days of fog and rain here in this…

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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.…

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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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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