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Georgia on her mind

Emma Dorsch, a classically trained singer and sophomore student at Grays Harbor College, has reached the finalist stage…

Rick Moyer / Moyer Multi Media LLC Ruth Hamilton, president of The Friends of the Aberdeen Museum and ardent supporter of the annual Aberdeen Rain Glow Festival, smiles during her cosplay of a penny candy salesperson during the festival in 2023.

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Aberdeen Rain Glow Festival fundraiser shows early success

More than a month after the Aberdeen City Council stopped the funding for Harbor Art Guild, which Aberdeen…

Sydney Renae Newbill, owner of Renae's Rendezvous, takes a moment out of a busy day to pose for a photo.(Chelsey McNeese of Iola Jade Images)

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Entrepreneur Sydney Newbill can do it all

The last eight years have proved to be some of the most important in Sydney Renae Newbill’s life…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World The Aberdeen City Council approved a five-year contract for eight Big Belly trash cans to be installed throughout downtown Aberdeen. The trash cans are fully-enclosed, have technology that lets users know when they’re full, and look clean. This one shown is at the Aberdeen Transit Center and shows what sort of cans the city will soon receive.

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Aberdeen City Council approves five-year contract for “smart” garbage cans

The city of Aberdeen agreed to a contract where the service attached will help make its downtown a…

Provided photo Cristal Ramirez Garcia, a first-generation student originally from Tierra Blanca, Oaxaca, Mexico, has been selected by the city of Aberdeen to represent the city in a statewide scholarship hunt. If Garcia wins the $3,000 scholarship, she’d be one of three in the state.

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First-generation Aberdeen student nominated for $3,000 scholarship

Cristal Ramirez Garcia is a young, talented high school student who wants to be an elementary school teacher…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Connie Parsons, who volunteers with The Friends of the Aberdeen Museum (FAM), gives a tour of the space at 200 W. Market Suite 1. To enter FAM, which is situated inside the Aberdeen Art Center building, head to the door on K Street. Parsons said it takes about “one month’s worth of research,” and then about a week to get the exhibits going.

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The Friends of the Aberdeen Museum make history come alive

Grays Harbor used to be full of theaters, but now it only has a few left in operation.…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Jade Black shows off her new gallery, which can be found at 740 Point Brown Ave. NE, in Ocean Shores. The gallery will open Feb. 1.

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From ‘shoebox’ to dream, Jade Black to open art gallery

Jade Black, a talented artist with a unique approach to her craft, is opening her first art gallery…

City of Aberdeen Fred Scott, one of Aberdeen’s park board commissioners, is seen speaking at Pioneer Park. Scott had a large hand in helping renovate the park. It’s one of the projects both he and Stacie Barnum, Aberdeen Parks director, spoke about to show the impact he had as commissioner.

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Aberdeen Park Board Commissioner Fred Scott retires

A lifetime Aberdonian has said goodbye to a civic position he held for 26 years, but in that…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World This isn’t a cave. This is a close-up view of the fountain in front of Aberdeen City Hall. The artistic piece is called “Heaven, Man and Earth,” and it’s by George Tsutakawa. The piece is dated 1997. However the icicles and what appears to be blue dye are new. They popped up sometime in the last couple days.

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Photographing the bitter cold

It’s been a cold few days in Aberdeen, but at least it’s given residents some wintry art to…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World The consultants for the city of Aberdeen, David Evans and Associates, Inc. (DEA), gave a presentation on the North Aberdeen Bridge Project to Aberdeen City Council and many of its residents Wednesday night. The project has included numerous meetings with the public and will continue to engage the public as it moves forward. The move forward will not be complete without “brainstorming alternatives,” according to the slideshow from DEA. Many in the community want to preserve the bridge for its connection to the late-Kurt Cobain, but safety seems to be the city’s No. 1 concern with the bridge.

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Consultants present update on North Aberdeen Bridge Project

The consultants at David Evans and Associates, Inc., (DEA) spoke about the North Aberdeen Bridge and the potential…

Provided photo From left Jakob DeAlexandro, Chelcee DeAlexandro, Masen Ayres, Ella DeAlexandro and Brooklyn Ayres show off bikes they received from Bicycles from Heaven, a collaboration between the Aberdeen Lions Club, Stafford Creek Corrections Center and the Salvation Army.

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Put a smile on your child’s face

Every good parent wants to put a smile on their child’s face during the holidays. They want to…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World A view of Aberdeen’s Zelasko Park’s “NOEL” sign shows the season to celebrate the holidays is upon Grays Harbor County.

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Tis the season to celebrate

The old man in the sleigh and his eight reindeer are weeks out from approaching Grays Harbor County,…

Hoquiam City Council Hoquiam Mayor Ben Winkelman, left, shakes Hoquiam High School senior Jane Roloff’s hand after a city proclamation he read to honor the athlete during the Hoquiam City Council meeting on Monday. Dave Hinchen, Hoquiam city councilor, looks on with a smile, too.

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Hoquiam mayor, city council honors Jane Roloff for winning state

It’s dark. It’s cold. It’s rainy and it’s just above freezing outside. There’s fog coming from the mouth…