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    Ashley Steiner outside her food truck on the Homer Spit in summer 2018. (Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Meet Your Neighbor: The Tickled Pear
    By Christina Whiting For Homer News • May 18, 2023 2:30 am

    Local woman transitions her food truck business to a sit-down restaurant

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    Photo courtesy Fair Family Collection
The date is Oct. 19, 1957. The place is an airport in Kokomo, Indiana. The occasion is her departure from the Midwest. Her ultimate destination is Whittier, Alaska.
    Jane’s Story
    By Clark Fair • May 18, 2023 2:30 am

    I imagine my mother’s inability at this moment to truly understand the change her life is about to undergo.

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    Daughter and mother, Emma and Tracy Early, with their earrings and Tracy’s paintings at Art Shop Gallery on May 5, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Homer News)
    Creativity is a family business
    By Christina Whiting For Homer News • May 18, 2023 2:30 am

    Local woman follows her own creative path and nurtures creativity and entrepreneurship in her three young daughters

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    This meaty sauce is savory and herbaceous and is well worth the four hours of simmer time. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)
    Mom’s spaghetti
    By Tressa Dale • May 18, 2023 2:30 am

    Hearty pasta brings back memories of youth

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    Signs of summer on the Spit include Coal Town Coffee open, May 10.
    Best Bets
    May 17, 2023 2:30 am

    Memorial weekend is just around the corner and while these cooler temperatures might suggest otherwise, right behind it is spring…

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    After 18 years at Leavenworth prison in Kansas, William Dempsey was returned to McNeil Island federal penitentiary in Washington in April 1939. He would escape from McNeil nine months later. (Photo courtesy of the University of Alaska Fairbanks archives)
    A Nexus of Lives and Lies: The William...
    By Clark Fair • May 11, 2023 2:30 am

    On Jan. 30, 1940, nearly eight months later, Dempsey, while on a road gang in a heavy fog, slipped away from the work detail.

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    Lemon juice and powder sugar make the sweet topping for this luscious lemon cake. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)
    Sun shines through summertime lemon cake
    By Tressa Dale • May 11, 2023 2:30 am

    I can see green summer just ahead

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    Years Ago
    Years Ago
    May 11, 2023 1:30 am

    Homer happenings from years past

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    Anak, 2-year-old male. (Photo provided by Homer Animal Shelter)
    Pet of the Week: Anak, 2 year old...
    By Emilie Springer • May 11, 2023 1:30 am

    Anak is such a sweet and gentle boy. He is a bit reserved right now, but he sure loves those…

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    Members of the Kachemak Bay Watercolor Society showcase work in their annual Spring Show at Fireweed Gallery during First Friday on May 5. Photo by Christina Whiting
    United by a passion for watercolor painting
    By Christina Whiting For Homer News • May 11, 2023 1:30 am

    Community members gather to paint and share their creativity and knowledge

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    Community members participate in the 2022 Halibut Hustle on the Homer Spit, an annual event hosted by Kachemak Bay Running Club in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Kachemak Bay Running Club
    Meet Your Neighbor: Kachemak Bay Running Club
    By Christina Whiting For Homer News • May 11, 2023 1:30 am

    Local running club promotes physical activity for health, wellness, and connection

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    Marc Price
    Comedians to perform 2 shows at Anchor Point...
    By Emilie Springer • May 11, 2023 1:30 am

    Steve Hytner and Marc Price will perform live comedy in two shows May 12

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    Years Ago
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    Homer happenings from years past

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