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Two savannah sparrows fly around a sign at the Mariner Park Beach on the Homer Spit near the storm berm. Over the past years, the berm has built up, improving habitat for birds.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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You know how in all the hip cities neighborhoods have cool names? There’s Soho in New York for…

Kathy Buys, left, on fiddle, and Lief Sorbye, right, on mandolin, perform with Tempest last Friday at Karen Hornaday Park for the opening of CeltFest and the Highland Games. They played several songs based on Robert Burns poems. For photos and results of the games, see page 12.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Lately it seems like Homer has had some really important people come to visit. Earlier this month King…

A bald eagle flies away with a Dolly Varden on a stringer it snatched from a fisherman last week at Land’s End on the Homer Spit. The eagle took three fish, but two fell off, as did the stringer. The bird flew around the Spit for several hours showing off his catch, said photographer Russell Campbell. For more, see “Reelin’ ’Em In” by Nick Varney.-Russell Campbell, Wandering Nomad Photography

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As the latest whining about our heat wave shows, you just can’t please Homerites. Let the temperature fall…

Cancer survivors start Relay for Life in 2013. The annual fundraiser starts at 6 p.m. Friday with the Survivors Walk at its new location of West Homer Elementary School. Closing ceremonies are at noon Saturday. Proceeds benefit American Cancer Society research and patient support programs.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Next Wednesday the Homer Advisory Planning Commission holds a public hearing on how to connect Waddell Way from…

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What with graduation, climate change  and the state budget, there’s been a lot of talk about the future.…

The P/V Augustine passes by the M/V Statendam as the Alaska Public Safety boat leaves the Homer Harbor on Tuesday. Troopers provided security for King Harald V on his visit to Homer.-Photo by Michael Armstrong; Homer News

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If you’re like the Betster, you might have been putting in some extra hours lately. Hey, it’s summer,…

Jay Calvert left, and Meagan DeBenedetto, right, hold a pipe distributing silver salmon fry into pens at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon last Thursday. About 130,000 fry were put into the pens. Calvert is a doctoral student at the Ulster University in Northern Ireland. He is a Fulbright Scholar and is here Alaska working with Alaska Pacific University biology environmental science professor Bradley Harris of on a seabed mapping project. DeBenedetto is an undergraduate student at APU. They were with a group of 14 APU students working with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game on various projects.

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Senators, governors and distinguished congresspeople have visited Homer. Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon,…

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Here’s the thing about living in a magical place people pay lots of money to visit. Sometimes we…

Volunteers deliver trash and recyclables for the annual Cleanup Day on Saturday afternoon at the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center. About 800 bags of trash were picked up.-Photo by Aaron Carpenter, Homer News

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After decades living in Homer, the Betster can finally admit it. Yours truly has succumbed to birder fever.…

Four sandhill cranes fly over Beluga Slough last Thursday, the advance scout of a wave of cranes that arrived on the lower Kenai Peninsula over the weekend.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Last Thursday the Betster took a photo safari looking for sandhill cranes at Beluga Slough. The B. got…

A bald eagle feeds on a small mammal while sitting on a driftwood tree in Beluga Slough last Thursday. Another eagle watched from the nest across from the Lake Street stoplight.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Just when you think the world might be getting back to normal, shazam, things have to go all…

A red truck is in the woods at the side of Diamond Ridge Road last Thursday morning after the driver missed the curve on snowy roads near Sheldon Drive. A woman in the truck said she was shaken up but not hurt and waited for help.-Photo by Michael Armstrong

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When, oh when will our long seasonal nightmare end? Day after day, roaring blizzards have left maybe an…

Four generations pose for a photo at the Homer Elks Lodge Easter egg hunt on Sunday afternoon. At center, bottom, is Trinity Critchett, great-granddaughter of Tepa Rogers, right, granddaughter of Anita Critchett, left, and niece of Denali Critchett, center.

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Congratulations, citizens. This week you earn the distinct honor of directly participating in your government. Unlike voting, where…