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Photo courtesy Dungeness River Nature Center/ The immersive guided hikes offered through the River Center’s Wildflower Walk Series are popular with nature lovers and plant enthusiasts.

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Wildflower Walk series returns to Dungeness River Nature Center

The Dungeness River Nature Center invites nature lovers and plant enthusiasts to take part in its Wildflower Walk…

Sequim Gazette photo by Monica Berkseth/ Sequim philanthropist Marylaura Ramponi, center front, celebrated her 90th birthday Saturday at the Sequim Masonic Lodge with friends and family members, some of whom had traveled from California and Nevada for the occasion. Nine candles on her birthday cake represented each decade of her life. Ramponi donated $1 million to the Sequim School District to fund The Ramponi Center for Technical Excellence, the district’s Career and Technical Education building, in honor of her late husband Louie, a TV salesman and real estate investor.

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Photo: Community donor Ramponi turns 90

Sequim Gazette photo by Monica Berkseth

Photo by Bob Lampert/ Sequim resident Bob Lampert captured this view of the April 1 full moon, which was a “Full Pink Moon” — a term related not to the orb’s color, but rather to the time of year: early spring.

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A full Pink Moon to herald spring’s arrival

Photo by Bob Lampert/ Sequim resident Bob Lampert captured this view of the April 1 full moon, which…

Photo courtesy Clallam County Fire District 3/ Firefighters with Clallam County Fire District 3 extinguished a brush fire on the 600 block of North Oak Wood Drive on Friday afternoon believed to have started by a torch used for burning weeds. The fire remains under investigation, staff said.

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Responder Blotter — April 1, 2026

The weekly blotter includes calls in the City of Sequim and in unincorporated Clallam County in the Sequim-Dungeness…

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Dementia Caregiving 101: Coming to grips with grief

By Linda Klinefelter

Photo by Pixabay/ A bee on an apple blossom.

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Get It Growing: Ask a Master Gardener

Facts about fruit trees and pollination

Graphic courtesy NOLS

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Off the Shelf: New books from the bird realm

By Emily Sly

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Think About It: Talking and not being heard

By Bertha Cooper

Sequim Gazette photo by Monica Berkseth Michelle Rhodes, who is in her second year as director of the Sequim Irrigation Festival, was voted Best Volunteer in last year’s “Best of the Peninsula” contest sponsored by Sound Publishing Inc., owner of the Sequim Gazette, Peninsula Daily News, and Forks Forum.

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Unsung Hero: Michelle Rhodes

Irrigation Festival director was named 2025 Best Volunteer in reader poll

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Be a Hero: Ongoing volunteer opportunities

Below is a list of organizations that provide services to the Sequim community and would welcome volunteers:

Photo courtesy NOLS/ Throughout April and May, nature-themed poems will be placed in inspirating locations on six trails.

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NOLS hosting programs for Poetry Month

The North Olympic Library System (NOLS) is bringing poetry programs to Clallam County during Poetry Month this April…

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — April 1, 2026

Resist the urge to buy rabbits

Pauline Geraci

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Fit Tips: Jump into spring — and into better health

By Pauline Geraci