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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…

Lisa Griebel, right, speaks at a city council candidate’s forum hosted by Voice of the Shores at the Ocean Shores Lions Club on Wednesday, Oct. 4. Griebel and Susan Conniry, far left, are candidates for Position 3 on the Ocean Shores City Council. (Clayton Franke / The Daily World)

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Two former Ocean Shores councilors vye for vacant seat

Susan Conniry and Lisa Griebel gave campaign platforms at Wednesday forum

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,…

Grays Harbor County’s new Board of Equalization, from left: Liz Marriott, Randy Ross and Susan Ancich.

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New members appointed to property value appeals board

County’s new board of equalization has big cases on docket for next few months

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.

Courtesy photo / OSFD Ocean Shores firefighters attack a house fire on Monday afternoon.

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Fire immolates Ocean Shores house

It’s the second major structure fire in eight days

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World Volunteers set up a table of goods for veterans experiencing homelessness during a stand-down in Hoquiam on Oct. 2.

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Organizations hold “stand-down” for veterans

The event helps connect veterans to whatever they need: goods and services to fight forward with

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…

A Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad train struck an empty vehicle on the tracks near Montesano early Monday morning. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)

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Train strikes empty car on tracks near Montesano

The car had come to rest on the tracks after striking a telephone pole

An Aberdeen man was cited for fireworks use after a 911 call Saturday about a possible shooting. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)

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Man cited for fireworks use following “shooting” call

A brief investigation revealed no firearms in the suspect’s possession

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World Rear Adm. Ann C. Phillips, head of the Maritime Administration, speaks at a luncheon at the Port of Grays Harbor about the Terminal 4 expansion project on Sept. 28.

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Federal officials, VIPs visit for port expansion project

It’s the first visit by the head of the Maritime Administration, which provided a $25.5 mil grant