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Aberdeen mayoral candidates discuss why they should win

Editor’s note: With the majority of mail-in ballots hitting mailboxes today, The Daily World is profiling 15 General…

Sydney Renae Newbill

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Aberdeen’s Ward 6 Position 12 candidates explain why they want the job

In what was a razor-thin margin during the primaries, Aberdeen City Council’s Ward 6 could have the most…

Provided photo Jim George, who retired from Hoquiam City Council in July, died Oct. 3. He loved the Hoquiam community, which he and his wife Barb joined in 2011. George served as finance director for the Grays Harbor Community Foundation until the end of 2022. He served on Hoquiam City Council from 2017 to the end of July 2023.

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Jim George lived an ‘extraordinary life’

Jim G. George, former Hoquiam City Councilor, was a kind, caring and genuine man who was full of…

Redact Records Dave Morris, of “Donna and the Dudes,” performs a “dirty, bluesy style” set with Donna Albert, Ken Albert, Art Sartwell and Bill Proffitt during an Open Mic Night on Tuesday at Messy Jessy’s Bar and Grill.

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Open Mic Nights a successful venture at Messy Jessy’s

Messy Jessy’s Bar &Grill in Aberdeen is offering a new, fun night to its calendar that will allow…

Matthew N. Wells

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‘Charity is about helping people. That’s it.’

I volunteered on Tuesday night to help feed a faction of the Harbor’s homeless population. I won’t say…

Sterling Hamilton, a little boy from Elma who survived heart surgery at 14 months, is getting bigger by the day. He caught his first rainbow trout recently, according to his dad, Anthony Hamilton. Hamilton couldn't have sounded any happier about his eldest son's development. "He has been doing a great job with making friends," Anthony said. "He can go anywhere and get along with other kids of all ages, and make friends." (Provided photo)

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Former ‘miracle baby’ keeps growing

There is plenty of good news to report on Sterling Hamilton — the tough little boy who survived…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World In this photo from March 2023, when the group 100+ Harbor Women Who Care raised $16,285 for North Beach Senior Center and Food Bank (NBSC,) the room was nearly filled to the brim. Most of the chairs, even at the back of the room were spoken for. An estimated 140 women showed up then. The hope is as many or more attend on Tuesday night for the 6 p.m. event at Hoquiam Elks Lodge, 1082 — 624 K St.

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100+ Harbor Women Who Care changes lives on Tuesday

100+ Harbor Women Who Care is a group of kind and giving women who pick three nonprofit organizations,…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Rick Anderson, former sports editor for The Daily World, holds his first published book, “Rewind: A Half-century of Classics, Cult Hits and other Must-see Movies.” Anderson was effusive in his praise of former newspaper coworkers John Hughes, Doug Barker, Kat Bryant, Janet Simmelink and Jeff Burlingame for their assistance through his career and for helping him to get his book proofread and published.

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Former sports editor now a published author

Nine years after his retirement from The Daily World, Rick Anderson is back with a well-researched piece.

This building, on the southwest corner of S. Park St., and W. Market St., in Aberdeen, is seen as an eyesore. It's buildings such as this one — others can be easily spotted, too — that have led to the city's Vacant Building Program. The program is there to get people who own the vacant buildings in town to maintain their structures. (Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World)

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Vacant Building Program rolls out in Aberdeen

The city of Aberdeen’s Vacant Building Program is now in effect throughout downtown Aberdeen.

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Nancy Airhart-Cuyle, whose family helped with the former Aberdeen Museum of History, beamed when she spoke about the Aberdeen Museum of History and what, when it’s completed, it could do for Grays Harbor’s youth.

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Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Aberdeen Museum of History

Saturday provided a unique opportunity for people who headed over to 118 W. Wishkah St. — to run…

Located along the mouth of the Chehalis River and Grays Harbor Estuary, the Aberdeen-Hoquiam Flood Protection Project comprises the North Shore Levee, North Shore Levee-West Segment and Fry Creek Pump Station. (HDR)

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Updating the public on large-scale projects at Greater Grays Harbor, Inc.

About 50 people showed up Tuesday for an update on several high-end projects throughout the Harbor at the…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Workers from the city of Aberdeen and Washington State Department of Transportation worked Wednesday to clean out the state-owned property on State Street. The area in question is where 30-plus homeless people live. The homeless residents were being temporarily moved, but they will be allowed to move back once the area is cleared out.

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City, state workers clean up State Street encampment grounds

The city of Aberdeen worked with Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) on Wednesday in order to move…

Thursday morning’s fog that hovered over East Aberdeen offered a glimpse of the future for Grays Harbor residents — rain. While the rain should be lighter to start the weekend, there could be some heavy rainfall to end the weekend and to start the week. (Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World)

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First day of fall brings rainy weather

A chill in the air; a fresh, crisp scent amongst the trees and a good deal of fog.…