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The Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies holds activities at its headquarters on early school release days. From 1:30-3:30…

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Community comes together to support basket program

All I  can say is WOW! What a wonderful town we live in. The Thanksgiving Basket program was…

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Pratt appreciates grant

The Pratt Museum wishes to thank the Alaska Community Foundation for a grant to send five core staff…

Adele Hiles (left)

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Together again

Attending the First Friday reception of “Women Who Run With the Tides” last week at the Pratt Museum…

Fran Van Sandt, left, and Amy Shumaker organize the packing of food boxes for the 2012 Lions Club Thanksgiving Basket Program. -Homer News file photo

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Thanksgiving baskets: sharing food for 30-plus years

If it seems like the Kachemak Bay Lions Club, Thanksgiving Basket program has been around forever, well, that…

Shoppers browse at Sustainable Wares last Friday. Most of the furnishings are made from repurposed items like thrift store furniture or salvaged wood, such as the counter, which uses cedar from an old sauna.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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New store’s philosophy: sustainability

At Karen West’s new store on Ocean Drive, Sustainable Wares, the very building itself embodies the spirit of…

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History exhibit finds new home

As co-curator of the Homer History exhibit, “Making Ourselves At Home: Creating a Community on the Benchlands of…

The Christian Community Church congregation is shown in this 1950s photo.

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Chronicling the history of homer’s oldest church

Homer’s oldest church didn’t start out with large numbers, a good band, or even its own building. Instead,…

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900 people ‘take day to be well’

The 31st Annual Rotary Health Fair is over and it was a terrific success. We welcomed more than…

“Women Who Run With the Tides,” opening at the Pratt Museum, features work by Charlotte Adamson. The show features art by 29 women artists who first came together as a group 25 to 30 years ago.-Photo provided

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First Friday Events

Bunnell Street Arts Center 106 W. Bunnell Ave. New Works, by Elizabeth Emery 5-7 p.m., First Friday Opening…

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Basket time quickly approaches

Greetings to all the wonderful people of Homer.  Thanksgiving Basket time is fast approaching and I could really…

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The Kachemak Skeeters Youth Sport Shooting Club announces registration is open for a new season. Youth in grades 3-12…

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Water-sewer rates are fair

I disagree with last week’s letter writer. Homer water and sewer rates are not unfair and do not…