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The Olympia Farmers Market suspended Crafted Restorations, a Hoquiam knife maker, on Oct. 13 after the vendor removed a plexiglass barrier the market had required over its blades. The market's board says the vendor's public account is misleading; the owner says he is buying new display cases and hopes to return.
GovernmentCounty cuts speed limit on north Johnson Point Road to 30 mph; draft road plan lists culvert work near Woodard Bay and Henderson InletThurston County has adopted a 30 mph limit on Johnson Point Road NE between 92nd Avenue NE and Johnson Point Loop NE, down from 35 mph, after an Oct. 6 hearing. The county's draft six-year road plan also lists fish-passage culvert projects near Woodard Bay and Henderson Inlet and a future South Bay Road widening.
InformTimberland library levy on Nov. 3 ballot: What Proposition 1 would cost and what the library says is at stakeTimberland Regional Library's Proposition 1 would raise its property tax rate from about 22 cents to 35 cents per $1,000 of assessed value in 2027 and 2028. The library says it needs the money to keep hours and staff; opponents in the voters' pamphlet say it should cut costs first.
CommunityForest preschool on Henderson Inlet adds Tuesday afternoons of shelter-building and spoon-carving for homeschoolersHidden Meadow School, an outdoor preschool on a 16-acre property in the South Bay area, has started a homeschool enrichment program for children ages 6 to 12 that meets Tuesday afternoons from October through spring.How much do the printed business ad signs staked along local roadsides bother you?
Read the story: printed business ad signs along our roadsides
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Oct 20 · Tuesday · 6:00–7:00 p.m.
Lacey Timberland Library, 500 College St SE, Lacey
Oct 22 · Thursday · 7:30–9:00 a.m.
Taylor Ray's Cafe, 3205 Willamette Dr NE, Lacey
Oct 23 · Friday · 1:00 p.m.
Lacey Timberland Library, 500 College St SE
Oct 23 · Friday · 6:30–7:30 p.m.
South Bay Elementary, 3845 Sleater-Kinney Rd NE, Olympia (listed on the school's calendar; no separate location given)
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