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Bill Langley-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Looking back: Homer celebrates 50 years of incorporation

It was a packed house at the Homer Elks Lodge on Monday, as residents gathered to wish the…

Using a piece of plywood and oil that washed up on the beach at Mars Cove for “ink,” Homer artist Mavis Muller created this sign to encourage cleanup volunteers at the cove.-Photos courtesy of Mavis Muller

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Exxon Valdez oil spill response spurs area residents into action

Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News’ 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s…

A skier races at the second Homer Rope Tow off Ohlson Mountain Road.-Photo by Jake McLay

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Kachemak Ski Club: enjoying homer’s slopes since ’48

For centuries, traveling across snow on skis has been a common way to travel in Alaska. Given that…

Shown at its last location near Bishop’s Beach, the Skyway Theatre originally opened where the Homer United Methodist Church is currently located.-From the Wythe Family collection

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Homer Theatre entertaining for more than half a century

Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s…

The Homer Cafe and Club in the 1940s.-Photo provided by Adrienne Sweeney

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Homer Café and Club: good food and drinks since 1941

While the Homer Café and Club might not be Homer’s oldest bar, for 63 years the establishment on…

From Anchor Point Snow Festival program, second edition, 1962; courtesy of Stan Harrington.

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Anchor Point Snow Rondi: a long-standing celebration

Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News’ 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s…

Director Heather O’Connor, left, poses with Medical Director Dr. Hillary Seger, center, and Clinic Manager Catriona Lowe, right.-Photo provided

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Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic turns 30

In terms of history, not only is the Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic celebrating its 30th birthday this…

Keeping patrons happy before Alice’s Champagne Palace closed its doors on Sunday were servers Laura Duncan, Jill Gunnison and Nickie Knight, and bartender Dan Norton­.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Alice’s Champagne Palace holds solid place in Homer’s past

Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News’ 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s…

A woman walks her dog past WKFL Park on Tuesday.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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WKFL Park not new to controversy

Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s…

Construction readies Land’s End for its June 5, 1958, opening on the Homer Spit. -Photo copied with permission of Jon Faulkner.

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Land’s End Resort a long-time Homer presence

Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s…

Ice racers during the first Homer Winter Carnival in 1955.-Photo provided by Ray Kranich from the Wythe family collection

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Beluga Lake Ice Racing going on 60 years

Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s…

Band members of the Krewe of Gambrinus Social Aid and Pleasure Club march in the 2012 Homer Winter Carnival Parade.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Then and now: Past Winter Carnivals set high bar for present

Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News’ 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s…

Cassie Burkhardt, 18, has been accepted for the Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall.-Photo by McKibben, Jackinsky Homer News

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Burkhardt accepted for Carnegie Hall Honors

With a nomination from her Homer High School choir director, but still needing some financial support, singer Cassandra…